Better care, added protection, and improved transparency for all trusted parties Blockchain technology is making headlines everywhere. If you have recently attended a tech event, chances are that you may…
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Drug lifecycle management is different from lifecycle management with other consumer products Lifecycle management for pharmaceuticals is different from lifecycle management of other products. Drugs have not one, but three distinct…
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Noncompliance Hurts Patients and the Healthcare Industry In America, medication noncompliance is estimated to cause nearly 125,000 deaths every year, according to a study published in the American College of…
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Roughly 50% of drugs consumed in developing nations are counterfeit The global pharmaceutical industry is faced with a growing counterfeit drugs market, a serious concern that is a strong deterrent…
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Deciphering generic drug names using the World Health Organization international nonproprietary names system Drugs have several types of names, as described in How are drugs named. Briefly, a drug’s tradename (E.g.…
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Generic competitors change things significantly for brand name pharmaceutical manufacturers In pharmaceuticals, drug patents and exclusivity are similar, but not identical. Drug patents are intellectual property rights conferred by the US…
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Biosimilars are expected to bring down costs of innovative treatments for conditions like cancer and autoimmune diseases “Biologics” are some of today’s most promising medications. Unlike “small molecule drugs” (such…
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Are protections in place to prevent bribing of FDA officials? With drugs such as Lipitor achieving lifetime sales well over $100 billion, the motivation to use any means available to…
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IT and software technologies attract the most patent lawsuits, but pharmaceuticals are targeted too In the US, patent infringement cases nearly doubled from the year 2010 to 2014. Sixty-one percent…
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