Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… Good Morning
Rise and shine, another chilly day is on the way. A shiny frost has enveloped the Pharmalot corporate campus this morning as we struggle to fire the furnace and deposit the short people at various houses of learning. Another way to keep warm, of course, is to reach for that fabled cup of stimulation. As always, we invite you to join us. Meanwhile, here are some tidbits. Have a great day and stay in touch…
Botox Maker Allergan To Buy MAP Pharmaceuticals (Los Angeles Times)
Vanda Sleep Drug Effective In Late-Stage Trial (Reuters)
China SFDA Orders API Export Survey (Xinhua News Agency)
Evidence Grows For Narcolepsy Lin...
Source: Pharmalot - January 23, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Allergan Bloodthinner Botox Bristol Myers Squibb Eliquis GlaxoSmithKline Hip Implants JJ Johnson & Johnson MAP Pharmaceuticals Narcolepsy Pfizer SFDA Sleeping Pills Vaccines Vanda Pharmaceuticals Source Type: blogs
Evidence grows for narcolepsy link to GSK swine flu shot
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent
STOCKHOLM | Tue Jan 22, 2013 1:55am EST
Jan 22 (Reuters) - Emelie is plagued by hallucinations and nightmares. When she wakes up, she's often paralysed, unable to breathe properly or call for help. During the day she can barely stay awake, and often misses school or having fun with friends. She is only 14, but at times she has wondered if her life is worth living.
Emelie is one of around 800 children in Sweden and elsewhere in Europe who developed narcolepsy, an incurable sleep disorder, after being immunised with the Pandemrix H1N1 swine flu vaccine made by British drug...
Source: PharmaGossip - January 22, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
Diagnosed with narcolepsy
by dredwinf (Posted Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:35 pm)I think the terribly very first thing you would like to do--before something else--is get directly established with a correct health care practioner and convey your medical problems in restraint. If you really do have narcolepsy--and to be honest, a number of the symptoms you describe support it and a few against it, however that's not the aim of this post to properly establish your diagnosis--but presumptuous it's, there area unit several treatments accessible which will create this a awfully manageable condition. however 1st things first--your aspirations to become a Dr. at no...
Source: Med Student Guide - January 5, 2013 Category: Medical Students Source Type: forums
Ed Silverman asks
Will A Court Ruling Usher In Off-Label Promotions?
A recent US appeals court ruling that pitted free speech rights versus off-label promotion of pharmaceuticals has raised speculation that 2013 may usher in the sort of aggressive marketing by drug makers that has previously drawn the wrath of federal prosecutors. But such a sudden shift in promotional efforts is unlikely, at least until the dispute has finished winding its way through the courts.
The case involved a former sales representative who worked for what is now Jazz Pharmaceuticals and marketed a drug for a form of narcolepsy. The rep was convicted in 2008 of a...
Source: PharmaGossip - January 1, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
prn MSLT's
A doctor asked on the AASM message board about prn (as needed) MSLT ' s. In his sleep medicine group, doctors sometimes order a nocturnal polysomnogram to evaluate for OSA, with instructions to the technicians to perform an MSLT if OSA is not found. < br / > < br / > < em > < span style= " color:#006600; " > Should the practice of " prn " MSLT be abandoned? Is it a bad idea? < br / > < /span > < /em > < br / > Here is my answer to the the doctor ' s question? < br / > < br / > yes and yes. < br / > < br / > If you think someone has narcolepsy/idiopathic hypersomnia it is reasonable to order a psg/MSLT with instructions t...
Source: sleepdoctor - June 27, 2010 Category: Sleep Medicine Tags: narcolepsy obstructive sleep apnea polysomnography Source Type: blogs
