19 posts categorized "Pharmaceutical"

10/03/2012

PharmaVoice.com: Taking Charge of Your Career: Next Steps

Dr. Leona Blustein, program director of the industry residency program and assistant professor of clinical pharmacy, tells PharmaVocie people can benefit from having a mentor at any point in their careers and mentors can provide guidance to people who haven’t yet entered the workforce.

Read more: http://www.pharmavoice.com/content/digitaledition.html?pg=30

07/15/2012

NorthJersey.com: Corner drugstores facing new headache

"One of the elements of unfairness of these prescription benefit programs is that the same companies who design the programs own the mail-order pharmacies to which patients are directed," said Daniel Hussar, a professor at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and author of The Pharmacist Activist newsletter.

Read more: http://www.northjersey.com/news/162499516_New_assault_on_drugstores.html

03/05/2012

Expert: Kids unlikely harmed by pharmacy mix-up

The Associated Press reached out on Saturday to see if we had an expert who could talk about the medication mix up in New Jersey. Dan Hussar was readily available to speak with the AP. The AP story he was quoted in resulted in 165 stories around the nation that our clipping service grabbed as well as nearly 600 on hits on Google.

"Fortunately, it's very unlikely that this specific drug would cause any serious or adverse effects when used for only a short periods of time," said Daniel Hussar, a professor with the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy at the University of the Sciences.

Read more: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/NJ-CVS-Gives-Breast-Cancer-Pills-To-Kids-141302873.html

01/24/2012

Four New Companies Join Science Center Port Business Incubator

Pharmaceutical Press chose Philadelphia and the Science Center due to its proximity to the pharmaceutical industry and area universities including new customer, the University of the Sciences -- a Science Center shareholder.

Read more: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/four-new-companies-join-science-center-port-business-incubator-2012-01-24

01/06/2012

Healthnewsdigest.com: APhA Publishes 17th Edition of Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs

Karen J. Tietze listed among associate editors.

Read more: http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Book_Review_440/APhA_Publishes_17th_Edition_of_Handbook_of_Nonprescription_Drugs.shtml

12/22/2011

Increase your Knowledge on Site Start-Up Costs at the '2nd Annual State of Clinical Development Cost Conference'

The '2nd Annual State of Clinical Development Cost Conference' hosted by USciences and sponsored by TTC will highlight a variety of detailed research throughout this two day event. Are you interested in learning new and fascinating facts about site start-up costs in clinical trial agreements?

Read more: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/increase-your-knowledge-on-site-start-up-costs-at-the-2nd-annual-state-of-clinical-development-cost-conference-2011-12-22

12/16/2011

Wistar secures $4.7M to develop Epstein-Barr-related cancer drug

The Seeding Drug Discovery Award of up to $4.7 million is to aid the translational research being carried out by Paul M. Lieberman, a professor at Wistar. Lieberman leads the Center for Chemical Biology and Translational Medicine at Wistar, a partnership between Wistar and University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.

Read more: http://www.medcitynews.com/2011/12/wistar-institute-secures-4-7-mil-for-epstein-barr-related-cancer-drug/

12/15/2011

Discover how much CROs are used at the '2nd Annual State of Clinical Development Cost Conference' Sponsored by TTC

The '2nd Annual State of Clinical Development Cost Conference' hosted by USciences and sponsored by TTC will highlight a variety of detailed research throughout this two day event. Are you curious how much CROs are actually used? Or how much CROs are involved in key clinical trial activity areas? Curious how the use of CRO's affect study completion times? These questions will be explored and answered during the conference.

Read more: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/discover-how-much-cros-are-used-at-the-2nd-annual-state-of-clinical-development-cost-conference-sponsored-by-ttc-2011-12-15

12/08/2011

Expert Commentary with Dan Hussar on Sore Throats

Dr. Dan Hussar conducted a series of interviews on a new survey that reveals that not all winter-time sore throats are a result of the common cold or worse yet, the flu virus.

Read: http://www.nebraska.tv/story/16176460/this-winter-avoid-the-pain-and-stock-up-your-sore-throat-survival-kit

Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1VP7fx6hSU

Increase Your Knowledge on Global Site Spending at the TTC-Sponsored Conference

The ‘2nd Annual State of Clinical Development Cost Conference’ hosted by USciences and sponsored by TTC will cover a variety of detailed pharmaceutical research throughout this two day event.

Read more: http://www.sunherald.com/2011/12/08/3620971/increase-your-knowledge-on-global.html