Tag: standard
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Drug Companies Urged to Conserve Antibiotics to Fight Resistance
A new report recommends that pharmaceutical companies take a different approach to combating resistance to antibiotic drugs. An article published today in the journal Health Affairs suggests physicians, hospitals, and drug makers coordinate their practices to extend the effective lifetimes of antibiotics. The paper, by Aaron S. Kesselheim of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard…
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Group to Develop Cell Therapy Industry Standards
The International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT) in Vancouver, Canada has rechartered an industry committee to develop standards for business processes that lead to late-stage clinical trials. ISCT expects larger health care and pharmaceutical companies to participate in this group. According to Ed Horwitz, M.D., President of ISCT, the group — called the ISCT Industry…
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New Standard Advanced for Labeling on Injectable Medications
An expert committee of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), a standards–setting body for prescription and over–the–counter medicines, has advanced a new labeling standard for injectable products, to reduce the likelihood of errors in the administration of these drugs. The new standard, to be published on 1 November 2010, applies to the top (circle) surface of…