Need CE Right NOW! is a post from: Everyday EMS Tips I just finished my National Registry re-registration application … nothing like waiting until the absolute last minute. Fortunately I have enough CE and have met the refresher requirements through regular training sessions. Now I just need to track down…
Its time for the 2009 bestseller list. These are books purchased last year through this website from readers either going through the Amazon portals on the page (more about which later) or clicking on Amazon links appearing in many of the posts when books are mentioned. As always, these are…
Over a year ago the Witherspoon Institute published paper drafts about the social cost of pornography in our culture. Recently they have released video presentations from these scholars on their new website: SocialCostsOfPornography.org . You can now order the 6-hour DVD and the book of these publications. These presentations talk…
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Pfizer agreed to drop an 8-year-old patent infringement lawsuit against Eli Lilly over Viagra after a U.S. government agency rejected part of the male impotence drug’s patent. Report
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The folks at GlaxoSmithKline must be celebrating today: Rival Novartis has handed back U.S. rights to a drug that might have become a copycat version of the GSK blockbuster Advair. That move gives Glaxo one less problem to worry about. GSK chief Andrew Witty has been pooh-poohing the potential of…
Why do Americans pay so much for their pharmaceuticals? That’s the question posed by Sen. Herb Kohl, a Democrat and chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, who has written to the world’s top drugmakers to demand an explanation. “Americans pay, on average, twice as much as people in…
Well, now we know the pharma chief who made the most money in 2009. It’s last year’s winner, Johnson & Johnson CEO William Weldon ( photo ). In a year when many pharma CEOs have seen their paychecks shrink at least slightly, Weldon’s compensation grew to $30.8 million. That’s an…
Clinically, sexual addiction is classified as either an invasive and persistent desire of sexual behaviour or simply the frequent undertakings of sexual behaviour to a much greater extent than norm or for extended periods. Preoccupation with either thought or action of sexual behaviour aimed at fulfilling emotional, societal, or personal…
Healthcare reform just started to look better for pharma: That ban on pay-for-delay deals has been dropped from the legislation. The provision would have barred patent settlements in which generics firms agree to hold off on their copycat-drug plans in exchange for something of value. The Federal Trade Commission has…