Monday morning morbidity
Will Cairns: Fear of dyingNOT long ago, I was asked to see a woman in her early 50s who had been diagnosed with advanced and incurable lung cancer.She had been offered chemotherapy that might have prolonged her life for a time, perhaps even a year. This treatment would probably have caused her some unpleasant side effects and possibly made her very ill indeed.After careful thought, she decided not to accept the offer of treatment. Her wish was to spend some time at home with her family and then to enter a hospice for palliative care until she died.With her disease untreated, her life expectancy was probably only a few week...
Source: PharmaGossip - October 14, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
Monday morning humor
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Source: PharmaGossip - October 14, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
Banksy's at it again
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Source: PharmaGossip - October 14, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
Ben Goldacre suggests 5 things you can do today to help us with
AllTrials
Dear FriendsThe head of Europe's pharmaceutical industry body has threatened "a series of lawsuits" if the EU's medicines body goes ahead with its great plans to publish more of the clinical trial information it holds. The European Medicines Agency plans to proactively publish the Clinical Study Reports (CSRs) companies submit to it when they apply for a license. Researchers at Germany's medicines licensing body this week showed that these CSRs contain vital information about drug effectiveness and safety and that regulators and doctors need that information to make decisions about treatments.The industry body th...
Source: PharmaGossip - October 12, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
Caffeine OD
Family of dad who died from massive caffeine overdose after eating MINTS want them removed from saleThe step-daughter of a man who died from a massive caffeine overdose after eating a pack of mints bought from his local sweet shop today demanded that they are immediately removed from sale.Rebecca Court, 23, said there could be further deaths after John Jackson, who was a heavy drinker and had cirrhosis of the liver, was was found dead in his flat in May.“On the box they said one tablet equals one can of energy drink. A kid could go in and buy them and the same thing could happen to him," said Ms Court.“Something should...
Source: PharmaGossip - October 12, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
