Category Archives: Drugs

His opinion was successfully tapered to 7.5 mg on alternate days with no deterioration in symptoms or diurnal variability (Fig 1, top, A). On bronchoscopy, the airway anatomy was grossly normal. The BALF and culture findings were unremarkable. Endobronchial biopsy … Continue reading →

Unintended direct conflict between pharmaceutical marketing and public health Medical ethicists examine aggressive marketing tactics’ influence on medical practice and outline strategies to protect patients Drugs that pharmaceutical companies market most aggressively to physicians and patients tend to offer less … Continue reading →

USP revision aids PET drug prep A proposal by the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention aims for greater flexibility in the preparation of radiopharmaceuticals for use in positron emission tomography. The USP has proposed quality assurance revisions to the general chapter for … Continue reading →

U of T revising pain course over pharma influence concerns TORONTO — A complaint about perceived drug industry involvement in a pain management course for medical students has prompted the University of Toronto to revamp its curriculum. An informal inquiry … Continue reading →

Another casualty in the drugs industry’s battle The pharmaceutical industry’s effort to find new ways of discovering and developing drugs has been underway for most of this decade, but it remains a struggle. The latest sign is the replacement of … Continue reading →