Archive for June, 2011
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
While reading about Canada's seizure of counterfeit Cialis in Toronto, I came across an interesting site: www.buycialissafely.com. While it sounds like the subject line of spam e-mail, I do encourage you to check it out. There you will learn that "this website is now owned by Eli Lilly ...
Posted in Counterfeiting, Diversion | No Comments »
Friday, June 24th, 2011
A study of patient refill behavior to be published this month in Clinical Therapeutics shows modest--but significant--adherence improvements in patients using calendar blister packaging (CBP).
A Pharmacoepidemiologic Analysis of the Impact of Calendar Packaging On Adherence to Self-Administered Medications for Long-Term Use reports on an analysis of pharmacy claims data from ...
Posted in Baby Boomers, Blisters, Compliance Packaging, Pharmacies | No Comments »
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
This October 5-6, Michigan State University (MSU) and Oliver-Tolas Healthcare Packaging will once again host the Healthcare Packaging Immersion Experience (HcPIE), a unique program that simulates healthcare practitioners' experiences as they interact with packaging. In this year's program, attendees will be able to witness package use during simulated ambulance ...
Posted in Bar Coding, Drug Delivery, Handling, Hospital, Medical Errors, Pouches, Safety, serialization, Transporation | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Do you know whether the delivery devices included with your OTC liquid pharmaceutical products match your product's dosage instructions down to the half teaspoon? They better match exactly---otherwise your drug could be considered misbranded.
In addition, how well does your device deliver your intended dosage? As one potential solution, a drug-delivery ...
Posted in Drug Delivery, FDA, Labeling, Safety | No Comments »
Friday, June 10th, 2011
Baxter recently launched premixed IV formulations of NEXTERONE (amiodarone HCl) approved by FDA in two ready-to-use dosage forms, reports Christine Snyder, director of marketing for Baxter's U.S. Drug Delivery business. The new products are a 150-mg drug in a 100-mL flexible container for rapid 10-minute loading infusion, and a 360-mg ...
Posted in FDA, Hospital, ready to use, Safety | No Comments »
