ANALGETICS

Aspirin to be available only on prescription

Quite soon bulk packs with the analgetic acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) could no longer be available in German pharmacies without a ...more

NORWAY

Pandemic brings with it new rights for pharmacists

Because swine flu is quickly spreading in Norway, the Ministry of Health in Oslo has now created new competencies for pharmacists: ...more

HOMECARE PHARMACY

Medco supplies British patients

The US company Medco will in the future supply British patients with pharmaceutical products. In cooperation with the Irish wholesaler United Drug, the pharmaceutical trading company lays out a concept for the ...more

UNITED KINGDOM

Pharmacies stumble through Alli test

British pharmacies seem to have difficulties with the dispensing of the newly introduced OTC slimming pill Alli. The orlistate ...more

PFIZER

After Viagra comes Xiaflex

The US pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer reserved the marketing rights for the promising agent Xiaflex. The enzyme preparation of the US biotech company Auxilium is currently going through clinical trials for the ...more

GENERIC MANUFACTURERS

Stada snaps up Phoenix man

The German generic drugs company Stada is expanding its leadership: The former head of company finances, taxes and investments of the ...more

GERMANY

Pharmacists to be vaccinated

Alongside other high-risk groups, German pharmacists and their employees are to be vaccinated first against swine flu in the autumn. This is envisaged by the vaccination decree passed before the federal cabinet. ...more

SWINE FLU

Multipacks for mass vaccination

While clinical studies are still underway for the approval of the swine flu vaccine, the details for its allocation have already been ...more

MORNING AFTER PILL

Competition for Levonorgestrel

Possibly, women can prevent unwanted pregnancies even five days after unsafe sexual intercourse soon. The European Medicines Agency EMEA gave a positive evaluation for the drug „EllaOne“, the manufacturer HRA ...more

SUICIDE RISKS

Warning for anticonvulsants

Now, also in the USA, manufacturers of anticonvulsants have to warn that the intake of the substances might increase the rish of suicide. The American drug authority FDA wants to force the companies to include ...more

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