Impax Reaches $20 Mln Deal to End Trial Over Generic Drug's Delay Impax Reaches $20 Mln Deal to End Trial Over Generic Drug's Delay
Impax Laboratories Inc has agreed to pay $20 million to consumers and insurers to resolve claims that the drugmaker entered an anticompetitive deal to delay launching a generic, cheaper version of acne medication Solodyn.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 30, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medscape Today News Source Type: news
Impax reaches $20 million deal to end trial over generic drug's delay
BOSTON (Reuters) - Impax Laboratories Inc has agreed to pay $20 million to consumers and insurers to resolve claims that the drugmaker entered an anticompetitive deal to delay launching a generic, cheaper version of acne medication Solodyn. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 29, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Impax broke U.S. antitrust law by delaying generic drug, jury told
BOSTON (Reuters) - Impax Laboratories Inc went to trial on Monday over allegations by major retailers and consumers that the company agreed to delay launching a generic version of acne medication Solodyn in exchange for millions of dollars from the manufacturer. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Impax faces U.S. antitrust trial over generic acne drug's delay
BOSTON (Reuters) - Impax Laboratories Inc went to trial on Monday over claims by major retailers and consumers that the company agreed to delay launching a generic version of Solodyn in exchange for millions of dollars from the acne medication's manufacturer. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Traumatic brain injury: minocycline reduces microglial activation but increases neurodegeneration after TBI - Wood H.
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Source: SafetyLit - February 5, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: TBI Source Type: news
Minocycline As an Alternative to Doxycycline for Rosacea Minocycline As an Alternative to Doxycycline for Rosacea
A new study suggests that minocycline is as effective as doxycycline in treating papulopustular rosacea; but adverse effects might relegate it to a second-line option.The British Journal of Dermatology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 25, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dermatology Journal Article Source Type: news
Antibiotic Shows Promise for Major Depression Antibiotic Shows Promise for Major Depression
Minocycline, a broad-spectrum antibiotic frequently used to treat acne, may have utility as an adjunct for treating depression, especially by improving global functioning and quality of life.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - July 12, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Ximino (Minocycline Hydrochloride) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - June 21, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
PodMed: A Medical News Roundup From Johns Hopkins (with audio)
(MedPage Today) -- This week ' s topics include treating resistant hepatitis C infection, a new regimen for breast cancer, evolution of non-small cell lung cancer, and minocycline for MS (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - June 3, 2017 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Old Antibiotic May Slow Conversion From CIS to MS Old Antibiotic May Slow Conversion From CIS to MS
Treatment with minocycline met the randomized controlled trial ' s primary endpoint, decreasing conversion vs placebo within 6 months, but between-group differences weren ' t sustained at 24 months.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 1, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Minocycline Might Help Prevent Progression to Multiple Sclerosis (FREE)
By the Editors
The antibiotic minocycline might help prevent progression to multiple sclerosis in patients with an isolated demyelinating event, a New England Journal of … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - June 1, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Common acne medicine reduces risk of multiple sclerosis, Calgary researchers find
Millions of people already take minocycline to treat acne, but University of Calgary researchers have found the inexpensive antibiotic also helps to control multiple sclerosis. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - May 31, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Calgary Source Type: news
Arestin (Minocycline Hydrochloride Microspheres) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - May 22, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Minolira (Minocycline Hydrochloride Extended-Release Tablets) - new on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - May 19, 2017 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
What Are Options for Acne Treatment?
Discussion
Acne vulgaris or acne is a problem of the pilosebaceous follicle. It occurs most prominently where sebaceous glands are abundant especially the face, neck, and upper back. Sebum production increases because of androgens. Keratin and sebum clog the pores of the pilosebaceous unit causing hyperkeratosis (clogged pilosebaceous unit = clogged pores = comedomes). Propionibacterium acnes, a gram-negative anaerobe, multiplies in the sebaceous unit causing an inflammatory reaction resulting in moderate or severe acne.
Skin lesions include:
Comedomal acne has comedomes
White heads = closed comedomes
Black heads = open...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - January 16, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
