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| The United States Department of Justice recognized a "qui tam" whistleblower action against the nationwide pharmacy CVS Caremark Corp. as one of the top ten national recoveries under the False Claims Act. CVS Caremark, one of the nation's largest pharmacy chains, was charged with switching generic drugs to garner huge profits by evading federal and state Medicaid price limits. This case was pursued for over five years by Illinois pharmacist whistleblower Bernard Lisitza and his Chicago attorneys Michael I. Behn and Linda Wyetzner of Behn & Wyetzner, Chartered, under federal and state... |
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| Major biopharmaceutical companies with substantial internal mammalian cell culture capability are forecast to have adequate internal manufacturing capacity. Contract mammalian cell culture manufacturers (CMOs) however, are likely to feel the pressure of increased utilization rates. For these CMOs and biopharmaceutical companies depending on them, understanding critical demand drivers, market factors and manufacturing trends is instrumental to making effective strategic supply decisions. |
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| Dignified Products introduces the Dignity Prescription Label Magnifier a product designed to help people to read and identify their prescription medications. |
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| LegalView recently relaunched is Avandia information portal with updated news that the type 2 diabetes drug has more safety risks than drugs of a similar nature. A study from U.S. researchers was published evaluating the dangers of the diabetes drugs and found Avandia as riskier for patients than Actos. |
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| Associated Pharmacies, Inc. (API), a buying cooperative for over 1,000 independent pharmacies, today announces that it is purchasing the assets of the Pharmacy Group of New England (PGNE) on January 1, 2009. |
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| Thomas Wellner, President and CEO of Therapure Biopharma Inc. today announced that the Company has signed a biomanufacturing services agreement with Minnesota-based Biomedical Frontiers Incorporated for the production of an iron chelating agent used in the treatment of thalassemia, an inherited blood disorder. |
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| Jim Miller, president of PharmSource Information Services Inc., leads a videocast discussion with top executives on the benefits and challenges of outsourcing pharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing to Asia. |
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| ClutchWave LLC launches PricePlow.com, a highly-organized free price comparison service created to help users find the lowest-cost supplements, vitamins, and weight-loss products from various fitness stores on the Internet. |
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| According to Arrowhead Publishers' new publication entitled Evidence Based Medicine: Current Use and Future Impact on Global Clinical and Reimbursement Practices, experts agree that evidence-based medicine will become a gold standard in clinical practice and decisions regarding the use of public healthcare funds, given its huge potential for matching needs with resources. |
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| Experts in package design, sustainable packaging, and packaging line efficiency will present at this annual conference for packaging professionals in the pharmaceutical industry. |
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