The launch of a highly potent new ecstasy pill called the Blue Punisher is worrying, after two teenage girls died within days of suspected overdose. Triangular pills with the logo of Punisher, an anti-hero of Marvel Comics, are said to contain two and a half times the normal level of MDMA, the main psychoactive substance […]
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Medicines, goodbye to red prescriptions: it’s all going electronic
Important news on drug prescriptions, with the transition to electronic prescriptions and the simplification of administrative procedures in pharmaceutical and health matters. The aim is to reduce bureaucracy for family physicians for the benefit of chronic patients and especially the disabled. Let’s take a look at all the innovations in the draft law that is […]
Same drugs across Europe and the fight against the silent epidemic: the new EU strategy
From long waits for drugs to long times to get licensing, rare diseases that the pharmaceutical industry ignores, and the ‘silent pandemic’ alert. The pharmaceutical sector reform adopted yesterday by the European Commission has many objectives. The anticipated revision of EU rules for the first time since 2004 calls for a response to inequality in […]
“Drug shortages require multi-year strategies”
Pharmaceutical industry experts pointed out that there is a notorious shortage of medicines both in Colombia and worldwide, and despite the fact that the causes are many, they require different short- and long-term strategies to intervene. This was stated during the closing of the National Pharmaceutical Retail Convention organized by Fenalco in the city of […]
Europe wants to ban leaflet on medicines: it will be replaced by QR code
No more leaflets on medicine packs: instead, a QR code that will allow you to check all medicine-related information from your smartphone, from dosage to contraindications. This is what the major pharmaceutical legislation reform the European Commission is preparing envisions, aimed at improving patients’ access to medicine, including through cheaper medicines. Also for this reason, […]
Counterfeit medicines, the shady business that endangers health
After the arrest of 12 members of an organization through 11 search and search procedures, carried out in the departments of Atlántico, Antioquia and Córdoba, by the Criminal Investigation Directorate and Interpol, Dijín, EL HERALDO learned that Barranquilla It appears to be the third capital of the country with the highest number of complaints for […]
Atlantic: Cancer Drug Counterfeit Network Members Fall
Some 11 searches and searches conducted by the Criminal Investigation Directorate and Interpol -Dijín-, in conjunction with the Public Prosecution Service, have enabled the dismantling of a criminal structure dedicated to the forgery, alteration, manufacture and illegal sale of medicines and products. cosmetics. It involved the imprisonment of 12 members of the organization in the […]
Pfizer will use its profits in Russia for humanitarian aid in Ukraine
the pharmaceutical Pfizer announced this Monday that it will maintain the “humanitarian supply” of medicines to Russia and that will donate its profits to provide direct humanitarian aid to the Ukrainian people. In a statement, Pfizer assured that, for “humanitarian reasons”, the suspension of operations announced by numerous US companies, many iconic, such as Coke […]