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Brand Name Search

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Off label use information can be found here too. However, with the proliferation of biosimilars and liposomal or pegylated forms, health care professionals are now encouraged to communicate using product name for certain circumstances (e.g. Summary During university years, we are learning medicines by their active ingredient name.

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GSK’s world-first gonorrhoea vaccine launched in England

Pharmaceutical Technology

The vaccine was approved in Europe in 2013, with the UK becoming the first country to offer the vaccine as part of its routine childhood immunisation schedule in 2015. As protection against gonorrhoea is not currently a licensed indication for the 4CMenB vaccine in England, the programme utilises off-label use of the vaccine.

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GE HealthCare’s PET imaging agent gains Alzheimer’s label expansion

Pharmaceutical Technology

The updated label for GE HealthCare’s positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agent Vizamyl (flutemetamol F 18 injection) now includes quantification of amyloid in the brain, meaning patients taking an anti-amyloid therapy can be monitored for the drug’s effectiveness. “Now Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard.

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Unicorns Don’t Exist: Rethinking the Generalist Model in Oncology Pharmacy

Pharmacy Times

There are too many drug approvals, label updates, and new data published for even the most skilled and experienced oncology pharmacist to keep up with, let alone those still building their baseline knowledge. Touchstone Books; 2013. 6 challenges facing community oncology practices. Time Enough for Love. Putnam’s Sons; 1973.

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Pharma Wholesalers: Looking for Growth

Pharmaceutical Commerce

HDA has been communicating with the Trump administration, encouraging them to work collaboratively to advance the health and well-being of all Americans while also protecting what works—the pharmaceutical supply chain,” adds Davis.

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It Finally Happened – FDA’s OPDP Issues First Letter of 2023

Eye on FDA

But the numbers began to dwindle and 2013 was the last time the office even issued 12 letters within a year (it did 23 that year). The label for the medicine includes a boxed warning regarding potential issues related to complications for the liver (toxicity) and heart (QT prolongation).

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PEM POCUS Series: Pediatric Renal and Bladder Ultrasound

ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

Longitudinal view of the right kidney: Left – Probe placement in right mid-axillary line; Right – Unlabeled and labeled ultrasound view Video 1. Cysts will have a more spherical shape and will not “communicate” with one another [5]. Identify the medullary pyramids, calyces, renal cortex, and renal pelvis (Figure 4).