Merck has slashed the price of anti-HIV drug Efavirenz in Thailand, two months after Thailand announced a compulsory licence to manufacture a generic version.
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By David Woods So the editor has asked you to write a book review. You’re flattered. After all, the editor has presumably chosen you because you are knowledgeable about the book’s subject – possibly even an expert. On the other hand, the editor might be desperate… looking for someone capable of reading a book without…
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By Mary Gabb ([email protected]) Attending national or international scientific conferences is a must for any researchers hoping to stay current in their research area and to network with colleagues. With ever-tightening budgets, however, you may need to be more selective about which conferences to attend. Don’t just flip a coin – think hard about what…
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Drs Lofland and Pizzi are members of Jefferson Medical College’s Department of Health Policy where both are associate professors.
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By David Woods ([email protected]) A recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) concluded that women who stopped taking their antidepressant drugs during pregnancy were at greater risk of relapsing into depression. But several newspaper and television reports latched onto the fact that most of the JAMA article’s 13 co-authors are consultants…
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HOC will be attending and reporting on the 4th Annual World Health Care Congress, 22–24 April. Billed as “the must-attend event for healthcare, government and corporate leaders to formulate solutions to the escalating challenges of healthcare cost, quality, and delivery,” the congress features a stellar array of topics and speakers. The 27 keynote speakers include:…
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The Wall Street Journal has published a list of the top clichés of 2006 based upon the number press citations. The undisputed leader, with 21,430 citations, was “at the end of the day.”
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The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) – the regulatory agency for medicines, medical devices, blood, and tissues in Australia – is part of the Department of Health and Ageing. As a result of the Therapeutic Goods Act of 1989, the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) was formed; it’s a database of information about therapeutic goods for humans that are “approved for supply in, or exported from, Australia.”
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A little more than a decade ago, if you’d used words like google, blog, spam, email, internet, iPod, PDA, instant messaging, Blackberry (unless referring to the fruit) and e-zines, people wouldn’t have had a clue what you were talking about. In fact, this e-zine would have been almost impossible to produce… with its “home” in the United Kingdom and its editor in the United States.
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by David Woods The chance to generate new knowledge, to resolve healthcare problems, to benefit mankind – perhaps even to acquire in the process a Nobel Prize and a measure of immortality – ought to make healthcare research a popular, even glamorous endeavour. But it’s rarely perceived that way. What’s vital, says one ranking academic,…
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