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Warner Chilcott Considers Potential Repurchase or Redemption of 8.75% Senior Subordinated Notes
As Warner Chilcott plc has previously disclosed, its acquisition of the global branded prescription pharmaceuticals business of The Procter & Gamble Company on October 30, 2009 , constituted a change of control under a global marketing and collaboration agreement between a P&G subsidiary acquired by Warner Chilcott and Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC ... Comment?
NICE Guidelines Ration Affordable Osteoporosis Drugs
Low cost osteoporosis drugs are strictly rationed for the under 75s, and UK physicians hampered by restrictive guidelines, according to findings which appear in the journal Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease , published by SAGE. Comment?
Bone drug rationing leaves women at risk as many osteoporosis victims 'will go untreated'
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Women with osteoporosis face being banned from getting drugs which tackle their condition unless their bones are dangerously thin. Comment?
Research and Markets: Procter & Gamble: Pipeline, Products,...
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Procter & Gamble: Pipeline, Products, Performance and Potential" company profile to their offering. Comment?
PATIENTS could pay more for the most common medicines after the Rudd Government moved to stop drug companies cashing-in on taxpayer subsidies. Comment?
wishes Aubrey Blumsohn all the best
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Clare Dyer writes in the BMJ: The former research dean of Sheffield University's medical school was accused of dishonesty at a General Medical Council hearing on 2 November for allowing a journal to publish a false claim that he had seen all the data in a research study of which he was the lead author. Comment?
Interactive 3D Visualisations Of Biological Molecules Integrated Into The Scholarly Literature
On October 20th 2009, PLoS ONE will feature an impressive new 3D molecular animation technology on five newly published articles. Comment?
Medication Can Hasten Bone Loss
Q: I take the acid blocker Nexium and expect that I will need to take it indefinitely. Comment?
Focus On Dry Eyes In PAC Presentation, Australia
The problem of dry eyes is very common in Australia but often remains undiagnosed or under-treated. Despite the benign sounding name, dry-eye syndrome can have a significantly negative impact on quality of life and if poorly treated can result in sight-threatening consequences. Comment?
Focus On Dry Eyes In PAC Presentation, Australia
The problem of dry eyes is very common in Australia but often remains undiagnosed or under-treated. Despite the benign sounding name, dry-eye syndrome can have a significantly negative impact on quality of life and if poorly treated can result in sight-threatening consequences. Comment?
The Reappearance of a Ghost of Seasons Past
About a year after we started Health Care Renewal, in late 2005, we wrote multiple posts about the complex and unfortunate case of Dr Aubrey Blumsohn's attempts to keep a research project honest. Comment?
Ask the doctor: Should I have the jab for brittle bones?
Dr Martin Scurr has been treating patients for more than 30 years and is one of the country's leading GPs. Comment?
Amgen Inc. today announced the presentation of data highlighting the links between medication satisfaction, adherence to therapy and fracture risk reduction among women with postmenopausal osteoporosis. Comment?
Prescription guidelines deprive women of osteoporosis drugs, doctors say
Women with osteoporosis are missing out on the best drugs for managing their condition because strict prescribing rules are distorting medical priorities, senior doctors said yesterday. Comment?
Osteoporosis treatment strategy 'defies logic'
Thousands of patients with osteoporosis are being denied treatment because the government system "defies logic", said a world expert in brittle bones. Comment?
Restrictions on osteoporosis drugs 'defy belief', says top doctor
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Restrictions on the prescription of osteoporosis drugs defy belief, says a leading doctor. Comment?
New Research Reveals Need For Greater Awareness Of GI Tolerability...
Main Category: Bones / Orthopaedics Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 04 Sep 2009 - 1:00 PDT New research has revealed a need for GPs to assess their patients' history more closely when prescribing for post-menopausal osteoporosis to reduce the risk of upper gastrointestinal side effects that could lead to treatment ... 1 comment
New Research Reveals Need For Greater Awareness Of GI Tolerability...
Main Category: Bones / Orthopaedics Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 04 Sep 2009 New research has revealed a need for GPs to assess their patients' history more closely when prescribing for post-menopausal osteoporosis to reduce the risk of upper gastrointestinal side effects that could lead to treatment discontinuation.1 ... 1 comment
Estrogen Supplements Not As Effective As Claimed
Dietary supplements claiming to help postmenopausal women with bone health may not be doing what they say, according to new research from Purdue University. Comment?
Buyer Beware: Estrogen Supplements Not As Effective As Claimed, Researchers Find
"We found that some plant-derived isoflavones have a modest effect on suppressing bone loss during post-menopause, but more concerning is many dietary supplements that claim to have the power of estrogen do not," said Connie Weaver, distinguished professor of foods and nutrition. Comment?