In just days, a number of generic versions of Lipitor will hit pharmacy shelves. Pfizer’s 180-day generic exclusivity agreement for the medication expires at the end of the month. That will bring a host of new generic alternatives, and potential confusion, to more than 3 million Americans looking to control their cholesterol and reduce the [...]
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New Generics Soon Available for Lipitor
May 16th, 2012 
John BuckNew Cochlear Implant Surgical Option Engineered for Atraumaticity
May 15th, 2012 John BuckMED-EL Corporation announced that the FDA approval of the new FLEX24 and FLEX28 electrode arrays. The new surgical option will be coming to the US market soon for use with the MAESTRO™ Cochlear Implant System. The FLEX electrode design incorporates FLEX-Tip™ technology and MED-EL’s exclusive wave-shaped wires. The electrode arrays feature paired electrode contacts for [...]
ASPEN Releases Multi-vitamin Shortage Survey Results
May 14th, 2012 John BuckThe American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) continues to express its deep concern about the ongoing shortage of parenteral nutrition (PN) multi-vitamins. Multi-vitamins are a critical parenteral nutrition component; shortages of this drug in the past have been associated with serious illness and death. “The shortage issue with PN multi-vitamins is serious. We [...]
CHORI Develops Bar that Helps Restore Optimal Nutritional Balance
May 10th, 2012 John BuckScientists at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute’s (CHORI) Nutrition & Metabolism Center, led by National Medal of Science winner Bruce N. Ames, PhD, have developed a low-calorie fruit-based high fiber vitamin and mineral nutrition bar called the “CHORI-bar” that improves biological indicators (increased HDL-c and glutathione, lowered homocysteine) linked to risk of cardiovascular disease, cognitive [...]
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Tags: Bruce N. Ames PhD, Chidren's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, CHORI, CHORI-bar, FASEB 
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