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March 30, 2008

"Stealth Learning": Launch into Education About Pharmacology (LEAP)

Category: Pharmacology

How science education outside the university can be an honorable, respected, and valued career track.

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March 29, 2008

Can academic drug discovery programs improve on pharma's relative stagnation?

Category: Academia

A paper in last month's issue of Nature Reviews Drug Discovery reported that US drug approvals during 2007 were the lowest number since 1983. (17 new molecular entities and 2 biologicals; see this figure for 1996-2007 data.) The review cites...

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March 27, 2008

10-year anniversary of Viagra (sildenafil) approval - what about the women???

Category: Pharmaceuticals

David Segal's widely-reprinted WaPo article might be passed over today by women but, dear female reader, it's all about you.

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March 26, 2008

Blue Steel Hero

Category: Botanical/Herbal Medicines

The jig is up - FDA targets the growing trend of Viagra-like drugs in dietary supplements sold online. Proof again that supplements sometimes DO work - especially if they contain prescription drugs.

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March 24, 2008

Looking for expert commentary on generic "follow-on" biologics

Category: Biotechnology

What are the political, legal, and scientific barriers to approving generic protein therapeutics in the US when Europe already does?

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March 22, 2008

Saturday morning round-up

Category: Alternative medicine

Congratulations Bora, ritual crucifixion and infectious disease, NYT on Myers and Dawkins, nutritional profiling scams, and the Truthfinding Cyberpress.

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March 21, 2008

The Friday Fermentable: Second Call for Favorite Local Wine (and Beer) Shops

Category: The Friday Fermentable

C'mon, tell us where to go in your community for great wine and beer! (with a special shout-out to Alabama beer enthusiasts!)

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March 20, 2008

Don't drink the denture cleanser, don't swallow the inhalation capsules

Category: Drug safety

A needlessly complicated inhaler design and allergic reactions to cleanser components top this latest overview of advisories from the good folks at the US Food & Drug Administration.

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March 19, 2008

Five years - Billy Bragg's "Price of Oil"

Category: Politics

In memory of all those lost and who will never be the same. . .

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March 18, 2008

"Not this time."

Category: Politics

No matter who you support - wow....

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