NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2016. Amid the outrage over Mylan’s price hike of life-saving EpiPens, Hillary Clinton yesterday announced a new plan to protect Americans from unjustified price hikes of long-available prescription drugs with limited competition. The proposal includes a new set of strong tools that will let the government take[Read More…]
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Senator Kirk: Allergic Reactions Can Be Deadly; Families Need Affordable Treatment
Kirk: Allergic Reactions Can Be Deadly; Families Need Affordable Treatment WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2016. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Robert M. Califf following recent reports of skyrocketing epinephrine injection prices. Senator Kirk is calling on the FDA to use[Read More…]
FDA Allows Marketing of Clot Retrieval Devices to Reduce Disability in Stroke Patients
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today allowed marketing of two Trevo clot retrieval devices as an initial therapy for strokes due to blood clots (ischemic) to reduce paralysis, speech difficulties and other stroke disabilities. These devices should be used within six hours of symptom[Read More…]
Two Thirds of US Adults Believe Pharmacies Should Not Sell Tobacco
Half of cigarette smokers agree Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2016. Two-thirds of American adults believe pharmacies should not be allowed to sell tobacco, while 14 percent strongly oppose such a policy, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published today in the American Journal of Preventive[Read More…]
Additional Help Coming to Illinois in the Battle Against the Heroin and Opioid Crisis
Illinois is one of 44 states to share in $53 million in grants to reduce opioid overdoses and deaths and improve treatment for residents SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2016. The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) has received two federal grants funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to[Read More…]
FDA Issues Final Rule on Safety and Effectiveness of Antibacterial Soaps
Rule removes triclosan and triclocarban from over-the-counter antibacterial hand and body washes Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a final rule establishing that over-the-counter (OTC) consumer antiseptic wash products containing certain active ingredients can no longer be marketed. Companies will no longer be[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton Announces Aggressive New Plan to Respond to Unjustified Price Hikes for EpiPens and other Long-Available Treatments
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2016. Today Hillary Clinton is announcing a new plan to protect Americans from unjustified price hikes of long-available prescription drugs with limited competition, like EpiPens and pyrimethamine, the drug for a disease related to AIDS that Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price of by more than 5,000%. After[Read More…]
Study: Cannabis Dosing Influences Pain Sensitivity
New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Cannabis inhalation influences subjects’ sensitivity to pain, according to clinical data published online ahead of print in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Investigators at the Columbia University Medical Center in New York assessed the effects of cannabis versus placebo in subjects exposed to a[Read More…]
Senator Durbin, Rep. Jan Schakowsky Call for Increased Resources for Mental Health Services on College Campuses
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. As students head back to school at colleges and universities across the country, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) today discussed their legislation to improve mental health services on college campuses. The Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act would make[Read More…]
Patient Advocacy Group Releases Comparative Analysis of DEA Marijuana Scheduling Decision
Concludes DEA ignored critical data supporting safety and efficacy for therapeutic use Washington D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016. Today, Americans for Safe Access (ASA) disseminated a report comparing the body of research the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) used as a basis for their decision to keep cannabis (marijuana) as a[Read More…]
