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Drug companies return to nutritional supplements for innovation

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

(via Consumer, Drug Firms Vie in Vitamins - WSJ.com) Related articles We mistook drugs for food supplements: Ram Singh (thehindu.com) Myths In The Pricing Of New Drugs (forbes.com) Decreasing Diabetes Risk In Obese Children And Adolescents Through Vitamin D Supplementation (medicalnewstoday.com)

Researchers seek new drugs through evolution and local plant lore

by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

Researchers seek new drugs through evolution and local plant lore John Timmer, arstechnica.com Some of the most suc­cess­ful drugs we know about have come from plants, includ­ing the can­cer drug Taxol, the malar­i­al treat­ment artemisinin, and even aspirin. The lat­ter two were iden­ti­fied because of their use in herbal reme­dies that… http://flpbd.it/IKidw Related articles Drug … Continue reading Researchers seek new drugs through evolution and local plant lore

To improve drug safety, FDA should check its mixed-up files

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Linguistic Search, Security & Privacy

This is really kind of sad...To improve drug safety, FDA should check its mixed-up files - The Boston Globe. Related articles FDA Issues New Cautionary Guidelines for Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants, Parker Waichman LLP Reports (prweb.com) DrugRisk Announces Updated Information on Mirena Lawsuits (prweb.com) FDA's Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food and Current … Continue reading To improve drug safety, FDA should check its mixed-up files