E-pharmacy Global Market Report 2023: Easy Ordering, High-Quality Services, Availability of Pharmaceuticals, and Rising Internet Accessibility Drives Growth
Dublin, April 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “E-pharmacy Market Share, Size, Trends, Industry Analysis Report By Drug Type , By Product Type, By Payment Method, By Platform, By Regions, and Forecast, 2023-2032” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The global e-pharmacy market size is expected to reach USD 371.25 billion by 2032, according to a new study. […]
More drugs in short supply than official list: Greek pharmacists
More than 235 essential medicines missing from shelves of Greek pharmacies, including insulin, Alzheimer’s medicines, and antibiotics ATHENS The official list of drugs missing from Greek drug store shelves is larger than the official numbers, according to Greek pharmacists. Recent drug shortages which were temporarily covered by Health Ministry measures at the beginning of the […]
FDA Now Requiring New Warnings For Prescription Opioids
The FDA has recently announced safety labeling changes1 for all prescription opioid drugs, including immediate-release (IR) and extended-release/long-acting (ER/LA) formulations. One of the updates will include a new warning regarding the risk of opioid-induced hyperalgesia (OIH), a condition associated with taking opioids that causes an increase in pain (hyperalgesia) or an increased sensitivity to pain (allodynia). […]
Pharmacists lament exclusion from 40 percent pay rise
The National Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria (AHAPN) has described the exclusion of Pharmacists from the implementation of the recent 40 percent increase in the pay of Federal Civil servants in the country as discriminatory and unacceptable. The association conveyed its dissatisfaction in a statement in Lagos by its National Chairman, Olabode Ogunjemiyo, saying […]
Combining Fluvoxamine and Inhaled Budesonide for COVID-19 Treatment
A randomized platform trial of therapies repurposed for COVID-19 has found the combination of fluvoxamine and inhaled budesonide potentially useful, and more likely to prevent progression of early symptoms than either agent alone. “Our study is, to our knowledge, among the first to evaluate a drug combination for treatment of ambulatory patients with COVID-19 in a randomized […]
The Prevalence Of Long COVID in Vaccinated vs. Unvaccinated Children
Post-COVID-19 conditions were more common in unvaccinated children than in children who had received at least 1 dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Although most studies of post-COVID-19 conditions focus on adults, children can also experience long COVID. However, it is not clear whether COVID-19 vaccination in children, like adults, reduces the likelihood and severity of long […]
Pharmacists say clinics could close with proposed double dispensing prescriptions
Pharmacists say proposed changes to the way medicines are dispensed could leave regional patients without access to life-saving drugs. Key points: Midwest pharmacists say changes to dispensing rules could trigger a medication shortage The proposed federal budget change would allow patients to access a two-month supply of medicine per script Pharmacists say they weren’t consulted […]
It is an offence to advertise, sell unregistered products – FDA warns
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has cautioned manufacturers, importers, exporters and the public that it is an offence to manufacture, prepare, import, export, distribute, sell, supply or exhibit for sale any of FDA’s regulated products namely – food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices and household chemicals which have not been duly registered with the Authority. […]
FDA warns public against counterfeit anti-malarial drug COMBIART Tablets
Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has cautioned the general public against patronising a counterfeit antimalarial drug, COMBIART Tablets (Artemether/Lumefantrine 20/120) on the market. FDA warned that the counterfeit drug doesn’t contain any of the two active pharmaceutical ingredients it claims to have. “The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) as part of its market surveillance activities […]
Wrapping Fante kenkey with polyethylene poses health risk – FDA
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), the national regulatory body for food and medicine, has cautioned Ghanaians, particularly, cooks, against the use of plastic films (polyethylene) to wrap Fante kenkey before cooking. This is because the temperature at which the kenkey is cooked with wrapped polyethylene (which contains bisphenol A, BPA), could release some harmful […]