By LAUREN POLLOCK Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. confirmed its launch of generic Lipitor, Pfizer Inc.’s blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug that lost patent protection Wednesday, under an exclusive agreement with the pharmaceutical giant. Under the terms of their five-year deal, Pfizer will manufacture and supply Watson with all dosage strengths of the generic and Watson will market and distribute the product in [...]
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Watson Pharmaceuticals Launches Generic Lipitor
Posted: November 30, 2011 in Pharmaco"logical"Tags: Generic Lipitor, Lipitor, Pfizer
Four Drugs Cause Most Hospitalizations in Older Adults
Posted: November 26, 2011 in Pharmaco"logical"By ANAHAD O’CONNOR NY Times.com – Health Blood thinners and diabetes drugs cause most emergency hospital visits for drug reactions among people over 65 in the United States, a new study shows. Just four medications or medication groups — used alone or together — were responsible for two-thirds of emergency hospitalizations among older Americans, [...]
Depression Is Less Common in Women Who Drink Coffee
Posted: November 17, 2011 in Pharmaco"logical"Tags: Coffee, Depression, Women
Four or more cups daily seemed to protect against developing depression. One prospective study involving men showed a reduced risk for depression with increased coffee consumption (Public Health Nutr 2010; 13:1215), and several studies have shown an association between increased coffee consumption and decreased risk for suicide. Using data from the Nurses’ Health Study, investigators [...]
Pharmacy student convicted for delivering heroin
Posted: July 22, 2011 in Pharmaco"logical"Tags: Heroin, Oregon State University, Pharmaco"logical", Pharmacy Intern, Pharmacy School
KVAL.com CORVALLIS, Ore. — Benton County Court convicted 23-year-old Christopher Ploghoft of unlawful delivery of heroin Thursday after an investigation this spring. “He was a well-respected student at Oregon State,” said Lt. Dave Henslee with Corvallis Police. Henslee said a citizen informant handed police a list of names of potential drug dealers in March. Ploghoft’s [...]
OKC Pharmacist To Be Sentenced Today
Posted: July 11, 2011 in Pharmaco"logical"Tags: Jerome Ersland, Murder, Pharmacy Robbery
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Sentencing is set for an Oklahoma pharmacist convicted of first-degree murder for the shooting death of a teenager who tried to rob the south Oklahoma City pharmacy where he worked. Fifty-9-year-old Jerome Ersland is scheduled to be sentenced Monday by Oklahoma County District Judge Ray Elliott. A jury convicted Ersland of [...]
