This certainly seems to be the month of the “brain devices”. Just last week the FDA approved one magnetic device to zap your brain and now we have another company from Israel to begin trials in Israel and 2 other areas. The device approved for last week is only for severe cases of depression...
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on 10-29-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, FDA, clinical trials, Brain, Depression, obesity, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Brainwaves, Bi-Polar
Not just India, but other countries as well. I have posted many articles on the blog referencing outsourcing over the last year or so and all of Big Pharma has interests in foreign countries including the strong possibility of phase 1 clinical trials. The one comment I have to make here...
Hat's off to the Wall Street Journal for mentioning this. Great topic and I'm going to rant and bring a few more details of this entire issue to light here. As any readers of this blog know I am a tech person that work with medical professionals and others to bring this to light and...
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on 09-05-2008
Filed under: Tablet PCs, Medically Related, Technology, Windows Mobile, healthcare, Medical Records, Tablet PC, Google Health, FDA, clinical trials, HealthVault, Kaiser Permanente, Documentation
This procedure is not approved for us in the US. It is not inexpensive either at 25-30K per procedure, but good money for the physicians getting paid from 5-7k for their work. There are opinions on both sides of the fence and like anything else today, there has not been one cure all that works...
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on 08-31-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Cancer, FDA, clinical trials, Prostate Cancer, HIFU, Procedures
This is one tough subject by all means. Yes, consumers want early access, but on the other hand if there’s not enough information regarding issues such as side effects, a drug could in fact hasten the process with individuals dying sooner, again studies are what is needed to be safe. ...
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on 07-07-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, drugs, Cancer, FDA, clinical trials, Research, University of California
A couple weeks ago I had a couple posts referencing the partner ship with Anthem Blue Cross with utilizing their data bases for such a project as well...The new FDA white paper, titled "The Sentinel Initiative -- A National Strategy for Monitoring Medical Product Safety," ... totally amazing...
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on 05-22-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, My Commentaries, Genomics, healthcare, Health IT, Security, FDA, clinical trials, Medicare Part D, HL7, data bases