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Labelling of Dispensed Medicine

RX Note

Introduction Guide to Good Dispensing Practice, 2016 is developed to ensure that medicines are dispensed in accordance with the laws and guidelines in both government and private health care facilities in Malaysia. Labelling Requirements A ll dispensed medicine should be labelled according to the requirement stated by the law.

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Educating Patients about Generic Drugs: Strategies for Success

Drug Patent Watch

When educating elderly patients: Be patient and take extra time to explain concepts Use larger print materials for easier reading Address concerns about changes in pill appearance or packaging Communicating with Young Adults Younger patients may be more open to generic drugs but might lack knowledge about how they work. ” JAMA, 2016.

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Beyond instruments: streamlining process technology implementation in biopharmaceutical manufacturing

European Pharmaceutical Review

Given that multiple work packages may often start or end together, or else take longer than others ( Figure 1 ), the introduction of new PAT requires assessment and planning by multiple departments. Figure 1 : Process analytical technology implementation in (bio)pharmaceutical GMP manufacturing. References 1. Bliesner DM.

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Is DTC pharma advertising coming to an end?

PharmaVoice

Biggest spenders DTC ads are almost exclusively leveraged for brand name drugs, with two-thirds of that spending concentrated on just 39 drugs between 2016 and 2018, according to a Government Accountability Office report. Some of the biggest spenders are shelling out millions to get their brands in front of American audiences.

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TekniPlex Healthcare Unveils New Barrier Protection Systems Plant

Pharmaceutical Commerce

Supporting sterile barrier packaging and supply chain resilience The Madison plant reinforces the TekniPlex Healthcare’s goal of assisting pharma and medical companies, which indirectly includes its downstream partners as well.

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Can rare disease research in the US thrive under the new administration?

Pharmaceutical Technology

At BIO, David Ridley, a health economist at Duke University, said based on the reauthorisation experience in 2016, the program is likely to be renewed, but in the meantime, “this is slowing down drug development by a couple of years for many of these drugs.” “I How will RFK Jr’s American dream for vaccines play out?

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J&J eyes prostate cancer label expansion for Akeega

Pharmaceutical Technology

J&J gained prostate cancer rights for Zejula from Tesaro in 2016, the latter company was acquired by GSK. How will RFK Jr’s American dream for vaccines play out? Akeega combines the active ingredients in GSK’s PARP inhibitor Zejula (niraparib) and J&J’s androgen blocker Zytiga (abiraterone).