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Letters: Sexism and the Plan B debate
Re "A birth control double standard," Opinion, May 20 Bravo to Meg Waite Clayton's articulate Op-Ed regarding society's double standard for male and female sexuality, and the Obama administration's consequent restriction of access to emergency...
Tags: Tylenol (drug), Plan B (drug), Abdominal Pain, Birth Control, Standards
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Jay Rittenberg: Pharmacies getting crushed by supposed partners
As the owner of a 57-year-old family-run pharmacy in Miami Beach and engaged provider of health care, I want my community to know that our first priority is serving our patients. Our businesses, alongside 1,300 independent retail pharmacies in Florida,...Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Marketing, Chemical Industry, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Miami Beach
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Valeant near deal to acquire Bausch & Lomb: source
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Canada's Valeant Pharmaceuticals International is nearing a deal to acquire eye care company Bausch & Lomb Holdings Inc from Warburg Pincus LLC for about $9 billion, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday. Valeant shares...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Abbott Laboratories, Bausch & Lomb, Novartis AG, The Wall Street Journal
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Stimulus fears haunt share markets, dollar recovers
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets slipped on Friday over worries the U.S. Federal Reserve may curb a stimulus program that has lifted stocks, while the dollar recovered against the euro after better-than-expected U.S. durable goods data for...Tags: Coca-Cola Co., Halliburton Company, Wells Fargo & Co., Foreign Exchange Market, Waddell & Reed Financial Incorporated
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Federal agency accepts Nevada hospital's plan to curb patient-dumping
Reuters(Reuters) - Federal authorities approved a Nevada hospital's proposal on Friday for correcting deficiencies that led to newly discharged psychiatric patients being bused out of state without adequate plans for continued care. The U.S. Centers for...Tags: Medicare, Hospitals and Clinics, Medicaid, Health Insurance, Health
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New U.S. fears emerge over tainted compounded steroids
Reuters(Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has received seven reports of illnesses in patients who took steroid injections compounded by a pharmacy in Tennessee. The FDA said full clinical information about the patients is still being...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hospitals and Clinics, Meningitis, Steroids, Food and Drug Administration
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FEATURE-Pfizer takes its shot at a vaccine for evasive superbug
ReutersBy Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, May 23 (Reuters) - Kathrin Jansen is a microbiologist with at least two breakthrough vaccines to her name: she brought the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to market for Merck and helped develop the $4 billion a year...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, HPV Vaccine, Novartis AG, Pneumonia, GlaxoSmithKline PLC
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BTG says interventional medicine buys could boost sales to $1 bln
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - British pharmaceutical company BTG announced two deals on Thursday that it said could create an interventional medicine business with potential sales of $1 billion. Chief Executive Louise Makin told Reuters the deals would more than...Tags: Chemotherapy, Drugs and Medicines, Thrombosis , Liver Cancer, Biotechnology
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Local Voices: Highland Park and Deerfield
Care for mentally ill I am grateful for the attention given to the issue of mental health and lack of appropriate programs and facilities available for those stricken with a mental illness. I am the sister and legal guardian for my brother, who has...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Psychology, Highland Park (Cook, Illinois), Religion and Belief, Schizophrenia
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Denner added as nominee to Vivus board by activist investor
Reuters(Reuters) - First Manhattan Company (FMC) added some heavyweight muscle on Thursday to its bid to shake up the board of drugmaker Vivus Inc by naming former Carl Icahn top lieutenant Alex Denner and two others to its slate of proposed nominees. Vivus...Tags: Qsymia, Companies and Corporations, Drugs and Medicines, Economy, Business and Finance, Biogen Idec Incorporated
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Zimbabwe rights activist files court suit on prisoners being denied vital AIDS drugs
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwean human rights activist says he wants the nation's highest court to order prison authorities to ensure suspects in jail can receive their life-prolonging HIV/AIDS medications. Douglas Muzanenhamo said in court...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Zimbabwe, Prisons, Chemical Industry, Politics
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New J&J anti-depressant related to 'Special K' party drug
ReutersNEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said it plans to seek approvals for 11 new drugs by 2017, including a treatment for patients with depression who have failed to benefit from standard medications. The intranasal drug, called...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Depression, Litigation, Behavioral Conditions, Polio
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