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Latest News | 19 December 2012

US Regulators Looking into New Prescribing Paradigm for Opioids

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US regulators are preparing to hold a meeting regarding the use of opioid drugs to treat chronic pain, and whether new restrictions on their use should be required.In the 19 December edition of the Read More...


Latest News | 12 October 2012

New Rules to Voluntarily Restrict Prescription Drug and Device Marketing in Ireland

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Pharmaceutical and medical devices industries doing business in Ireland may soon find it more difficult to market their products under new guidance developed by the Irish Medical Council aimed at Read More...


Latest News | 8 October 2012

French Regulators Launch New Prescription Drug Paradigm Aimed at Limiting Off-Label Use

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In the wake of a drug safety scandal that brought down an entire regulatory agency, France's new healthcare product regulatory body, ANSM, is moving to fundamentally change the way it regulates the Read More...


Latest News | 14 June 2012

NICE Unveils Mobile Prescribing App to Keep Healthcare Professionals Up-to-date

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Physicians could soon be dispensing more accurate and up-to-date prescriptions in Britain thanks to a new mobile medical application from the British National Formulary (BNF) and the National Read More...


Latest News | 14 May 2012

New Canadian Regulations Would Dramatically Expand Prescribing Authority

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Canada has moved one step closer to allowing nurse practitioners, midwives and podiatrists to prescribe some medications authorized by Health Canada, potentially changing how millions of Canadians Read More...


Latest News | 17 April 2012

Study: Canadian Off-Label Prescribing Common, Lacks 'Strong Scientific Evidence'

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A new study released in the medical journal Archives of Internal Medicines finds nearly one-in-ten prescriptions written “off-label” in Canada lacked “strong scientific evidence” to support their Read More...


Latest News | 7 March 2012

Study: Patients Often Unaware of Off-Label Prescribing Risks

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A study of 150 European patient groups conducted on behalf of the Irish Patients Association (IPA) has found that patients are usually not made aware that the medication they have been prescribed is Read More...


Latest News | 6 March 2012

Prescribing Brand-Name Medications Criminal Offense Under New Greek Law

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Greece is reportedly banning the prescription of anything other than generic-brand medications, reports The Economist Intelligence Unit.The law, passed along with a series of other austerity measures, Read More...


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