Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Safety category.
Pharmaceutical start-ups: Phytomedics
Filed in Clinical Trials, Legal, Personal Health, Research, Safety, July 29, 2008, 12:01 am by Mariano DiFabioI read today about a really interesting pharmaceutical company that, though it’s considered a start-up, has spent the last 12 years researching and developing new drugs and methodologies that will allow for more rapid and safer development of drug products: Phytomedics. Their focus is on botanical drugs, which, in theory, could provide many of [...]
The Agonist/Antagonist Duel for Enhanced Pharmaceuticals
Filed in Clinical Trials, Research, Safety, July 22, 2008, 12:01 am by Scott AlexanderThis is the first posting from Scott Alexander. For more information about Scott, click the Author link on this page.
One of the persistent challenges of the Pharmaceutical industry has been maintaining the safety and efficacy of drug products in patients over time. In other words, when a patient starts taking the drug, the patient [...]
8 Drugs your Doctor Won’t Take?
Filed in Safety, July 8, 2008, 12:01 am by Mariano DiFabioI was flipping through my June Men’s Health magazine when I came across an article entitled, “8 Drugs Doctors Would Never Take,” written by Morgan Lord. Unfortunately, it’s unclear to me how Lord compiled this list, or weighted the pharmaceuticals that are on it, though I don’t disagree that some of the drugs he [...]
Drinking Others’ Prescriptions
Filed in Safety, April 1, 2008, 9:11 pm by Mariano DiFabioI was at a networking meeting the other day and speaking to a networking colleague of mine about my son. He had been sick with a scratchy throat and low-grade fever, not eating as well as he normally does, and we were understandably concerned. This woman, who happens to be a registered nurse, [...]
Professional Lab Rats
Filed in Clinical Trials, Safety, March 21, 2008, 3:52 pm by Mariano DiFabioFor those of you who know me, you know that I rarely take a pill if I don’t absolutely need to. It’s not that I necessarily think medicines don’t have their place as a solution for what ails me; rather, I am cautious about over-using drugs, regardless of whether it’s a simple painkiller or [...]
Consumer Protection
Filed in Advertising/Media, Research, Safety, Statistical Analysis, March 18, 2008, 9:54 pm by Mariano DiFabioAs I was leafing through my March 2008 issue of Pharmaceutical executive, I noticed a focus on consumer protection in the articles I was reading. I’m not sure if it was intentional, but I thought it an interesting topic to mull on for a while, especially given that the state of the economy seems [...]
