Despite enactment of Medicare prescription drug legislation last year, healthcare coverage and costs remain prime concerns for the nation. Proposals to expand coverage for the growing number of uninsured Americans are attracting more attention, along with initiatives to curb
Combination medical products are hot and becoming hotter. In January, the Food and Drug Administration made headlines by quickly approving a fixed-dose-combination (FDC) treatment for AIDS under a new policy that allows its use in developing nations. Pharmaceutical
Once considered mainly an afterthought in a company's lifecyde-management strategy, controlled-release dosage forms are now positioned at the forefront of many formulation strategies. In contrast to drug discovery, formulation work focuses not only on the intricacies
In the legal arena, the Physician's Desk Reference (PDR) is often held to be the standard for medical usage of pharmaceutical drugs. (1) It is used by attorneys as a resource to support testimony that a certain adverse effect can occur with a drug and that the manufacturer or
