Archive for August, 2009
Next Entries »Administration said to have reversed stand on drug industry deal.
Thursday, August 13th, 2009The New York Times (8/8, A10, Kirkpatrick) called an Obama Administration “reversal” on “what drug industry lobbyists had said this week was a firm White House promise to exclude from a proposed healthcare overhaul the possibility of allowing the government to negotiate lower drug prices under Medicare” an illustration of “the delicate balancing act the [...]
New methods of contraception mean women must weigh choices
Thursday, August 13th, 2009Puzzled by the onslaught of advertising that touts pregnancy prevention along with bonuses like clearer skin and a period-free lifestyle, Jennifer Meyer balked at a birth control pill that would reduce her monthly cycles to just four per year.
“It’s just not something we should stop,” says Meyer, a 33-year-old graduate student at Wayne State [...]
Darunavir is not inferior to lopinavir and ritonavir treatment
Thursday, August 13th, 200996-week study results published today show that 79 percent of treatment-naïve HIV-1 infected adults taking PREZISTA (darunavir) 800 mg (two 400 mg tablets) with 100 mg ritonavir once daily reached an undetectable viral load (<50 copies/mL) at week 96, compared with 71 percent of patients taking lopinavir/ritonavir 800 mg/200 mg (KALETRA) once daily (or 400 [...]
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