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Advances in Drug Delivery & Selecting the right method of delivery

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Advances in drug delivery have revolutionised the human healthcare sector by providing better
ways to deliver medicines to the body. Once ground-breaking advances, technologies such as
metered-dose inhalers, transdermal patches and drug-eluting stents have now become standard
treatment.

Indeed, although these are generally mature markets, there are pockets of innovation within

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GENERIC NAME: HEMORRHOIDAL SUPPOSITORY

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USES:

This medication is used to relieve swelling, irritation and itching associated with hemorrhoids.

HOW TO USE:

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Orange Book: Need In India

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ORANGE BOOK:It gives list of Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations.

Purpose: To make generic pharmaceutical firms aware of patents protecting brand-name drugs
All patents that claim a new drug, or some method of using this drug are listed in the Orange Book.

Focus on patent-protected, RLD NDAs:

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Merck arm to sell cheap diabetes drug- NEWS

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Generally, most drug multinationals enjoy huge margins riding on their block-buster patented products. But MSD Pharmaceuticals,

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Matrix Signs Agreement with Clinton Foundation for ARV Drugs...

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The two companies have come to a deal in the year 2007 but most of us are unaware of this..

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Orchid's Piperacillin-Tazobactam ANDA gets FDA nod

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India based pharma major - Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals has received approvals from FDA for its ANDAs for Piperacillin and Tazobactam. These are available in both vial and Bulk Dosage forms. Orchid is the "first applicant" and a 180day generic drug exclusivity was granted by FDA. The Indian firm has marketing and distribution partnership with Apotex a US based company.

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Dangers of Aspirin -A Study

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First off, we do not get heart attacks because we do not have enough aspirin in our blood stream. We get heart attacks because we lack proper nutrition and proper lifestyles thus causing us to be hypercoagulable not to mention the inflammations in our blood streams adding to this condition.

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OTC Medication

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• People don’t consider OTC’s real medicine.
• People just don’t know what is in these medications, and many contain the same active ingredients.
• Only 34% of consumers could identify the active ingredient in the medicine they were taking.
• OTC Medication Use by Category
• Most common uses include:
o Pain (78%)
o Cough, cold, flu (52%)
o Allergy and sinus (45%)

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A Pharmacy Tech Sues employer over robbery

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A few weeks ago a robber stole prescription pain killers from a Rite Aid pharmacy in New Jersey. A man that was wearing a wig and fake facial hair walked into the pharmacy and demanded OxyContin from the pharmacist. The pharmacy technician who was on duty at the time was traumatized by this robbery that she decided to sue her employer when she found out is was a test.

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Orlistat...

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Recently, FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients about the usage of ORLISTAT,.

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