WHO announces new policy guidelines on injection safetyThe World Health Organization wants to see universal adoption of syringes that can only be used once, to address the global problem of unsafe injections.…
Infliximab biosimilars to launch in the UK as innovator product reaches patent expiryNapp Pharmaceuticals and Hospira will both launch biosimilars of Janssen Biologic’s Remicade in the UK after its patent expires on 24 February 2015.…
Pharmaceuticals in the environment: a growing problem Drugs taken by humans and animals find their way into rivers, lakes and even drinking water, and can have devastating effects on the environment.…
A history of how our taste buds became adapted to liking sweet-tasting foodsHow did our desire to consume sugary foods come about and what public health measures are needed to reduce this excessive consumption?…
Drug withdrawal delays are causing avoidable deaths, investigation finds The average time it has taken for a drug to be withdrawn following deaths attributable to it has remained constant at four years since the middle of the last century.…
First-in-class oral drug approved for psoriasis conditions in Europe The European Commission has authorised apremilast (Celgene’s Otezla), a first-in-class oral drug for the treatment of chronic plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in patients who have failed first-line systemic therapies.…
Drug manufacturers propose alert system to mitigate medicine shortages European drug manufacturers have developed a communications framework which they claim could help prevent medicines shortages or lessen their impact.…
WHO calls for basic medicines to be made available to tackle deaths from non-communicable diseasesJust under half the 38 million deaths in the world from non-communicable diseases could have been prevented, according to the World Health Organization.…
Finding patient zero Advances in molecular techniques make it easier to track down the first patient to be infected with a disease while it is still useful.…
The next step for the UN’s Millennium Development Goals The UN Millennium Development Goals may have fallen short of their aims, but they have created a strong foundation for ending health inequality.…