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Can you trust Turkey-approved Alipza? Is it the same as U.S.-Approved Livalo?

Pharmacy Checkers

A friend of mine, who has very difficult to control cholesterol, was prescribed Livalo, an FDA-approved brand of the drug pitavastatin. He went to our site to discover that brand-name Livalo ( pitavastatin ). He went to our site to discover that brand-name Livalo ( pitavastatin ). Is the drug safe?

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Our abysmal health care system

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Once limited to a few new treatments, it’s now being applied widely, even to generic drugs and established regimens.?The Andrew Witty, its CEO, had a 2021 pay package worth $18.4 87% of doctors say patients’ conditions have worsened because of red-tape regulations, and 83% worry the patients will suffer prolonged pain.

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Through the Looking Glass: Is FDA really the “Gold Standard” in Drug Safety?

Pharmacy Checkers

The FDA’s continuing problems with inspections of drug manufacturing plants, as well as the relative comparative strength of other drug regulators, ought to inspire serious reflection, even introspection, among drug safety policy professionals about whether or not, and how, we have the gold standard.

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Amazon’s Pharmacy Should Support Importation to Offer Lower Drug Prices

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Amazon’s support for The Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act , introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)—to allow for the importation of lower-cost prescription drugs—would be the game changer that would have American patients cheering and the pharmaceutical industry crying. prescription drugs. regulations.

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Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking titled “Importation of Prescription Drugs, FDA-2019-N-5711, 84 Fed. Reg. 70796”

Pharmacy Checkers

The FDA should be commended for its effort to create rules, pursuant to Section 804 of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, that can lead to a regulated and safe channel of wholesale drug importation from Canada to help reduce cost burdens on states and consumers. for drug safety. counterparts. J)(2) Waiver authority.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Coverage

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trillion) agreement reached in late July between leaders of the 27 countries in the European Union, a truly historic stimulus package designed to rescue flailing economies from COVID-19. The package is made up of a €390 billion fund in grants and a €360 billion in low interest loans. And stimulus packages continue.