Salud y Fármacos is an international non-profit organization that promotes access and the appropriate use of pharmaceuticals among the Spanish-speaking population.
El lobby farmacéutico en Brasil: un tema ausente en la agenda de investigación en salud pública (Pharmaceutical lobbying in Brazil: a missing topic in the public health research agenda) Francisco José Roma Paumgartten Rev Saude Publica. 2016; 50: 70. Published online 2016 Nov 24. doi:10.1590/S1518-8787.2016050006508 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5152825/ Traducido por Salud y Fármacos En EE UU, […]
Safety Concerns Raised for 2 Novel Agents Pharmacy Practice News, 22 de enero de 2017 http://www.pharmacypracticenews.com/Clinical/Article/01-18/Safety-Concerns-Raised-for-2-Novel-Agents/46646/ses=ogst?enl=true The postmarketing safety record of two recently approved dru gs with novel mechanisms of action has raised concerns, leading investigators to examine how these agents got approved in the first place, according to a report by the Institute for […]
La OMS sugiere vacunarse contra la fiebre amarilla para viajar a Brasil Nación y Salud, 19 d enero de 2018 http://www.nacionysalud.com/node/9956 En lo que va de 2018, las autoridades brasileñas confirmaron 20 muertes por fiebre amarilla. La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) recomendó a quienes van a viajar a destinos turísticos de Brasil, incluido […]
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/diclectin-pregnancy-nausea-vomiting-persaud-duchesnay-confidential-industry-documents-health-canada-1.4491300 Morning sickness drug Diclectin doesn’t work, confidential industry documents reviewed by doctor show Drug fell short of company’s own threshold for effectiveness, analysis reveals By Kelly Crowe, CBC News Posted: Jan 17, 2018 3:37 PM ET Last Updated: Jan 18, 2018 11:00 AM ET Confidential industry data reveals a morning sickness pill taken by hundreds of thousands of […]
FELIPE VILLAMOR The New York Times MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines suspended its school-based dengue immunization program on Friday after the French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi warned that its flagship vaccine, Dengvaxia, had been found to pose health risks in people not previously infected. The suspension came after health experts expressed worries about Sanofi’s announcement this week. […]
E-DRUG: Dutch Advisory committee recommends Government to take urgent steps to lower medicines prices ————————————————————————————————- [The extremely high prices for new medicines (cancer, hepatitis-c) has now reached a point in which the official Dutch Council for Public Health and Society has recommended the new Dutch Government to use 3 strategies to improve its negotiation position […]
Keeping Olmesartan on the Market Would Risk Patients’ Lives for Corporate Profits Nov. 15, 2017 Contact: Angela Bradbery, abradbery@citizen.org, (202) 588-7741 Don Owens, dowens@citizen.org, (202) 588-7767 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should ban the sale of a certain hypertension medication because it can cause life-threatening health risks, Public Citizen said […]
https://miradaprofesional.com/ampliarpagina.php?npag=2&id=3957 GINEBRA, agosto 25, 2016 : Un análisis realizado por la cadena española SER asegura que los laboratorios entregaron en 2015 más de 30 millones de dólares en fondos, más 60 millones en donaciones de medicamentos y vacunas. Esto, afirman, condiciona el trabajo de la entidad. “Han privatizado la OMS, la financiación privada condiciona sus […]
A partir del 15 de noviembre de 2016, la nueva directora de la Oficina de Regulación de Medicamentos y Otras Tecnologías del Departamento de Medicinas Esenciales y otros Productos de Salud del Grupo de Sistemas de Salud e Innovación (HIS/EMP) de la OMS será la Sra Emer Cooke. La Sra Cooke es irlandesa y su […]
FDA, 12 de mayo de 2016 http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm501413.htm La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) advierte que los efectos secundarios graves relacionados con los medicamentos antibacterianos a base de fluoroquinolonas por lo general superan los beneficios para los pacientes con sinusitis, bronquitis e infecciones del tracto urinario sin complicaciones para los […]
