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China, Equador stand by India at WTO
Date: 14 June 2010
NEW DELHI: China and Equador have come out in support of India in its fight against the European Union at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for ‘wrongful’ seizure of its generic or off-patent drugs in transit to third countries. Read More»

Dollar General may open store in Butler
Date: 14 June 2010
The site of the former WellSpan Pharmacy, 3460 Biglerville Road, in Biglerville may become home to a Dollar General store. Sketch plans for the chain store offering both brand name and generic merchandise were submitted to Butler Township recently for review. Read More»

US Court Injunction Stops Launch of Dr Reddy's Drug
Date: 13 June 2010
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) received a major setback in the US yesterday, as a court there granted a motion seeking a preliminary injunction to block the launch of its generic version of Sanofi-Aventis' anti-allergic drug, Allegra D24. Read More»

East Side CVS Pharmacy gets a Rx for negligence after old prescriptions found blowing in street
Date: 13 June 2010
A pile of prescriptions - which included patients' names and personal information - was found tossed on E. 18th St. near a CVS pharmacy's back door Friday. "I'm just so angry. I'm going to blow my stack!" said Gramercy resident and CVS customer Shirley Okin. Read More»

Call for TGA to test online drugs
Date: 11 June 2010
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) president Warwick Plunkett has called on the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to purchase and test medicines sold online. Read More»

How Pharma Is Cashing In on Sex
Date: 9 June 2010
A few years ago the humiliating commercials advertising ways for men to be more intimate despite their age were hard to avoid; it seemed like everywhere you turned, Viagra was being talked about. Now the sex drugs are making a comeback. Read More»

Add penny to saving accounts by expanding access to generic drugs
Date: 26 May 2010
In the recent years, the statistics of surveys done by the health care providers has been fluctuating massively as many of the people are now actually working on certain factors to take care of their health. Read More»

Men on Viagra More Likely to Report Hearing Loss
Date: 19 May 2010
A new study that points to a link between Viagra and long-term hearing loss found that in 11,525 men over age 40, those taking Viagra or similar medications—phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE-5i)—experienced a two-fold likelihood of hearing loss versus men not taking drugs in that class, said LiveScience.Read More»

Brazilian Generic Drug Registration Sets Standard For ‘Pipeline’ Patents
Date: 13 May 2010
The first Brazilian generic drug against erectile dysfunction recently received registration at the National Surveillance Agency – a unit of the Health Ministry. The Viagra generic’s registration was only possible because of a decision of the Superior Court that will terminate the drug patent next month, said Odnir Finotti, president of the Pro-Generics Association. Read More»

Users of Twitter Hit by a Fresh Spam Campaign
Date: 06 May 2010
The security experts stated that the spam messages have satirized headers so that it may seem to have come from the support team of Twitter. The spam mail is efficiently designed so that it easily surpasses anti-spam filters of Gmail. Read More»

Teva beats out Pfizer in generics takeover
Date: 19 Mar 2010
The world's largest generic-drug firm has beaten out Pfizer Inc., the world's largest research-based pharmaceutical company, by placing a $5 billion bid to take over a German generics manufacturer, according to the Reuters news service.Read More»

Generic Viagra Leading to Lower Divorce Rates
Date: 26 Feb 2010
New York, NY - The most recent census reports have started to build a picture of the new America, and United States in the 2000s -and beyond- is looking drastically different than experts anticipated. Read More»

Weight loss pill could mess up mind, banned
Date: 30 Dec. 2008
Mumbai, December 30: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned the use of weight-loss pill `rimonabant' after research showed that the drug caused serious psychiatric side-effects, including suicidal tendencies among users. About 12 generic companies in India manufacture the anti-obesity drug, which had a tiny, Rs 13-crore market. Read More»

Pharmacies Fight Tough Battle on Generic Prices
Date: 22 Dec. 2008
Retail pharmacies are waging what some consider a generic-drug price war that is threatening margins in a typically high-profit area and reflects the intense competition that drug-store chains face in attracting and keeping customers. Read More»

Drugmakers Could Lose Their Greatest Weapon
Date: 11 Dec. 2008
Pharmaceutical companies are so worried about losing their biggest weapon to increase sales -- direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertisements -- that the industry trade group made a preemptive strike yesterday. Read More»

Lilly to post 2008 loss on ImClone costs
Date: 11 Dec. 2008
NEW YORK (AP) - Eli Lilly & Co. said Thursday hefty costs related to its $6.5 billion acquisition of ImClone will force the drugmaker to post a loss for 2008 and significantly lower earnings for 2009. Read More»

Police Raid Alleged Prescription Pill Lab
Date: 1 Nov. 2008
The Manitowoc County Drug Unit busted a major international drug operation in the Village of Reedsville. Read More»

Snyders Launches Snyders Prescription Savings Club
Date: 19 Oct. 2008
Snyder's Drug Stores launched the Snyder's Prescription Savings Club in Albert Lea and Mankato this weekend Read More»

FTC Busts Major Spam Operation
Date: 15 Oct. 2008
A U.S. district court this week ordered the owners of a major spam operation to shut down their operations immediately. Read More »

The Problem With Medicine Trade Marks
Date: 14 Oct. 2008
The Problem With Medicine Trade Marks Read More »