Watson gets approval for emergency contraceptive

Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Friday it received Food and Drug Administration approval for its over-the-counter version of the emergency contraceptive Plan B, which is made by Barr Pharmaceuticals unit Duramed.

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Watson gets FDA approval for generic Plan B

Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Wednesday it recieved Food and Drug Administration approval for a generic version of Duramed Pharmaceuticals' Plan B emergency contraceptive.

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Watson Pharma to buy Arrow group for $1.75B

Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Wednesday it will buy smaller generic drug maker Arrow Group for $1.75 billion in cash and stock, getting access to a promising drug candidate pipeline and new markets.

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Pricing, regulation squeezed drug industry in 2008

Stricter regulation, a dearth of new blockbuster drugs, increased pressure to lower prices and more intense generic competition hammered the pharmaceutical industry in 2008, but its stocks still weathered the market collapse better than many other sectors.

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EU says drug makers blocked cheaper medicines

European patients had to pay some euro3 billion ($3.87 billion) more for medicines in 2000-2007 because pharmaceutical companies deliberately stalled the sale of cheaper generic versions, EU antitrust regulators said Friday.

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In Mississippi, where Dr. David Allen worked as a heart surgeon, authorities seized his home and ranch this year after finding $800 worth of marijuana and $1,000 in hashish.

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The suit alleges that the Thousand Oaks biotech firm offered medical providers kickbacks to boost sales of Aranesp, leading to fraudulent claims for reimbursement from Medicaid and other insurers.

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Is NSPD-51 and HSPD-20: National Emergency Illegal?

President Obama declared a "National Emergency" today, October 24, 2009, because of the Swine Flu, but can that declaration lead to the U.S.

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The Australian Medical Association (AMA) is supporting calls to introduce compulsory reporting of sales of cold and flu tablets.

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A drug used to treat cancer can stop contractions and may prevent premature labour, researchers say.

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This article provides a transparent picture of how Wall Street and politicians honeymoon while WE THE PEOPLE foot the bill and have gotten nothing for our investment in them from the newly printed trillions that sooner or later will hyper-inflat the economy in my opinion.

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Previously secret documents that surfaced at a Vioxx court case in April of this year reveal pharmaceutical giant Merck maintained a "hit list" of doctors to be "neutralized" for speaking out against Vioxx.

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Call your representatives at the White House today and demand public hearings on the record for public review on the Swine Flu vaccinations, ingredients, safety, adjuvants, the "LIVE VIRUS' nasal spray; prevention; and your rights and who is held liable should physical injury or …

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Many medical conditions, such as chronic pain, cancer and diabetes, require medications that cannot be taken orally, but must be dosed intermittently, on an as-needed basis, over a long period of time.

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The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration has devised a proposal for insuring some of the 23,000 childless Hoosiers who are eligible for coverage through the Healthy Indiana Plan but are currently on a waiting list.

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HOW can you get a faster high from sustained-release pain pills like OxyContin? Let me count some of the ways.

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A drug now used to treat cancer may also be able to restore memory deficits in patients with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study conducted by scientists at Columbia University Medical Center, which appeared in the September issue of The Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released the Spanish language version of Osteoporosis Treatments that Help Prevent Broken Bones: A Guide for Women After Menopause. The information is available online and in pdf format.

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THE number of Americans denouncing their president's plans for health-care reform as unvarnished socialism would presumably rise dramatically if Barack Obama decided to institute price controls for drugs.

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Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Friday it received Food and Drug Administration approval for its over-the-counter version of the emergency contraceptive Plan B, which is made by Barr Pharmaceuticals unit Duramed.

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A commentary in the current issue of the journal JAMA [abstract only] addresses Merck's marketing of its HPV vaccine, Gardasil, and describes several ethical and public health-related problems with the company's approach.

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Scientists say doctors should stop prescribing a commonly used diabetes drug, after studies show that it is linked to higher rates of heart failure and death than a similar alternative.

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A memo obtained by the Huffington Post confirms that the White House and the pharmaceutical lobby secretly agreed to precisely the sort of wide-ranging deal that both parties have been denying over the past week.

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It's amazing that the U.S. government never referred to the AIDS virus as a communicable disease since its inception many years ago nor did they call out a pandemic to my knowledge.

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Let me remind you: Any bonanza for the drug industry means higher health-care costs for the rest of us, which is one reason why critics of the emerging healthcare plans, including the Congressional Budget Office, are so worried about their failure to adequately stem future health …

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It is crucial that every American citizen google, MSEHPA regarding mandated vaccinations, criminalization of American citizens, isolating and placing Americans under quarantine; mandatory physical exams; ordering doctors to report American citizens with suspicious illness or pres …

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Thousands of women in the UK may be taking antidepressants prescribed by their GPs without knowing that the pills, which are hard to stop taking, could cause birth defects in unborn children.

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See also link in the article for alternative ways to finance production of medications without built-in inefficiencies.

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The president of the Australian College of Obstetricians has renewed the call for abortion to be decriminalised throughout Australia.

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Obama breaks his promise of transparency once again by attaching a bill to a congressional bill and sneaking in billions of U.S. tax dollars to be paid by the majority of unsuspecting Americans for a pandemic predicted by WHO.

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