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Current overview of FDA postmarket surveillance

17 hours ago ago from TigerTox

How can we better execute postmarket drug surveillance?  A recent study proposes formation of a detailed, publicly available database that could be continually updated and aggregated with new information as new clinical study results are published.  This essentially real-time balance sheet of a drug’s risks and benefits would be open to external review.  Using the Vioxx litigation data as an example, study results suggest that cardiovascular ...

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Merck buys British maker of biotech medicines

6 hours ago ago from U.S. News

Merck buys British maker of biotech medicines TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Merck & Co. said Thursday it is making another deal in its strategy to become a top maker of biotech drugs, buying a British company that makes them. Merck, the world's second-biggest drugmaker, said its United Kingdom subsidiary, Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd., has agreed to acquire Avecia Biologics from its parent holding company. Specific financial terms of the deal were not ...

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Charles Shaw: Exile Nation: Drugs, Prisons, Politics & Spirituality

38 minutes ago ago from Huffington Post

The follow excerpt is taken from Exile Nation: Drugs, Prisons, Politics, & Spirituality , by Charles Shaw (2009, Reality Sandwich) "Dead Time" The Cook County Jail is part of the Cook County Department of Corrections, a sprawling 96-acre detention complex situated next to the Cook County Criminal Courts along California Avenue in Chicago's Lower West Side neighborhood. Most refer to it as "26th and Cal" even though the jail stretches all ...

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