The post is a summary of how things look today and under related reading I have included some past posts that may offer a few more details on how the shift it taking place today. Things are also happening and humming as well in China and you can search and find some recent relative posts here as...
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on 11-20-2008
Filed under: Pharma/FDA News, My Commentaries, healthcare, Pharma, clinical trials, R and D, India, Economics, Mayo Clinic, Outsourcing, Employment, China pharma
It is still at the mice testing stage, but 80% tested had a reversal of diabetes and in other cases it prevented the onset of diabetes. Side effects, etc. will need to be studied as well, but this looks very promising if in fact the drugs can prevent diabetes for many, especially children if their...
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on 11-19-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, personalized medicine, healthcare, Cancer, Diabetes, R and D, San Francisco University of California
Ankle replacements moving main stage and one manufacturer took on the FDA of recent, and it has been so long that the patent has now run out so in effect it appears to be open ball game on the device that is currently used outside the US and has been for years. BD “It's not often the little...
This is a very interesting video, if you use one of the baby carriers, it assumes you are going to have some pain and this is where Motrin comes to the rescue? Someone along the line got pretty creative for Motrin, couldn’t be a headache or something else along that line, the baby carrier will create...
There’s probably no bigger fan of PHRs than yours truly here, but where’s the awareness and out reach here, it doesn’t exist. The technology is out there, but what good is it if nobody uses it or realizes the value. Consumers, much less doctors and clinical staff all over have not a clue...
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on 11-13-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, Education, PHR, Google Health, Personal Health Records, Microsoft HealthVault
At first you may say this is old stuff, but the new version does much more than just take pictures on it’s way through your system, this one disperses medication, and that’s the whole idea is to have a pill put the medicine on target, where it needs to be with digestive problems such as treating Crohn...
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on 11-11-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, healthcare, Pharma, Phillips, iPill, digestive problems, crohn's disease
This also means some folks will be losing jobs as well. The unit has been in place since 1991 and has provided information on over 1,000 trials. This is just one more sign of how the face of the pharmaceutical business is changing. It is about one fifth the cost to run trials in countries...
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on 11-10-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, healthcare, clinical trials, India, Economics, Mayo Clinic, Outsourcing, China pharma