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PHARMACEUTICAL PRESS REVIEW from 6 to 9 June 2008 by AboutPharma

Press Review from 06/06/08 to the 09/06/08 

"Healthcare, online recipes are coming soon"

(Il Messaggero: page 1 – 9 June 2008)

Medical recipes and prescriptions online. This is a hypothesis under study for the next Budget. The target is to improve the control of health expenditure and to obtain savings. Experimentation should start in 2009. Family doctors approve the proposal, but believe that the structures are not ready for this change.

http://www.aboutpharma.it/notizia.asp?id=16864

 

Diabetic foot medications increase the risk of cancer

(The International Herald Tribune: page 15 – 7/8 June 2008)

FDA has issued a 'warning' relating to the prolonged use of Regranex (becaplermin), a Johnson & Johnson drug for diabetic foot. The use of 3 or more packs of the medicine would increase the risk of dying from cancer by 5 times.

http://www.aboutpharma.it/notizia.asp?id=16862

 

Horizon of obstacles for the health sector

(The International Herald Tribune: page 16 – 7/8 June 2008)

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