Giving Kids Tylenol After Shots Makes Vaccines Less Effective, Study Finds Oct 16, 2009
Using the painkiller, also sold under the brands Calpol in the U.K. and Anacin in the U.S., to prevent fever after vaccination has become routine practice and is even recommended in some countries, wrote the researchers, led by Roman Prymula of the , the Czech Republic. Prymula and his colleagues studied 459 healthy babies divided in two groups. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Sanofi buys Merck's half of animal health business Sep 19, 2009
Pfizer will get Wyeth's booming biotech and vaccine businesses, the Fort Dodge animal health business and a consumer health division with well-known products including Chap Stick, Advil and Anacin pain relievers, and Preparation H for hemorrhoids. Similarly, Merck will acquire Schering's biotech division, a consumer products business with staples like the Dr. Scholl's and Coppertone lines, and one of the industry's strongest pipelines of experimental drugs in development. (NJ.com -- News)
Second penny sales tax for Bismarck proposed Sep 10, 2009
Al Gee wrote on Sep 9, 2009 8:22 AM:" I don't oppose the idea of a penny sales tax increase, what i oppose is the money going to "expand" the civic center. You can't polish a terd no matter how much money you throw at it. How many times has that place been revamped, and still they get no concert to go there (except for maybe bands that had their heydey when the commodore 64 was all the rage.) Why not earmark that 1st penny for a real event center like Fargo or Grand Forks has? I need to go take... (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Letters for Saturday, August 15, 2009 Aug 16, 2009
""Obscene" is THE WORD. da kinipopo.When you look on an itemized list of charges for hospital service, it is common to see a patient charged $1.00 for one lone Anacin or Tylenol.[My first thought when I saw charges like that: you mean hospitals don't get wholesale prices? "Administrative Costs, perhaps. " causing the inflation of the cost of one tylenol tablet? How much are administrative costs after you have your computer system and programs set up and functioning like a speeding freight... (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
FDA Rules: Lower Doses Of Acetaminophen Jul 1, 2009
Acephen Anacin Aspirin Free Maximum Strength Tablets Capital and Codeine Endocet Excedrin P.M. Caplets Excedrin P.M. Geltabs Excedrin P.M. Tablets Excedrin Extra-Strength Caplets Excedrin Extra-Strength Tablets Excedrin Migraine Caplets Excedrin Migraine Geltabs Excedrin Migraine Tablets FeverAll Children's FeverAll Infants' FeverAll Junior Strength Gelpirin Genapap Genapap Children's Genapap Drops Infant's Genapap Extra Strength Caplets Genapap Extra Strength Tablets... (W-USA News, DC)
Pfizer's CEO makes big play with $68B Wyeth deal Feb 9, 2009
With it come a trove of vaccines, biotech drugs, veterinary medicines and consumer health products, many as well known as those it gave up, including Wyeth's Chap Stick, Centrum vitamins and Advil and Anacin pain relievers. "He's done a lot of things in his short tenure," said Edward Jones analyst Linda Bannister, from creating stand-alone business units with more accountability to restructuring research and development to get out of areas where Pfizer doesn't have a competitive advantage. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
