Among the current manufacturers, Aventis Pasteur and Wyeth Lederle produce influenza vaccine in manufacturing plants located in the U.S. while Evans Vaccines produces influenza vaccine in the United Kingdom, but distributes a percentage of their production in the U.S. In most years, more doses of influenza vaccine are produced by manufacturers, and are released by [...]
The 2000 and 2001 Vaccine Delays The magnitude of the 2000 and 2001 vaccine distribution delays is best illustrated by comparing the volume of vaccine delivered by manufacturers by the end of October in those years with the amount of vaccine delivered by the same time point in 1999 (Figure 1). In 1999, four manufacturers [...]
INTRODUCTION During the past decade, substantial increases in the production and distribution of influenza vaccine have been critical for improving vaccination coverage among groups specifically targeted for vaccination, as well as among healthy persons in the U.S. The increases have been critical because annual vaccination is the cornerstone of efforts to reduce the health burden [...]
Health Advocate can send its medical directors and expert nurses to accompany patients while they are petitioning managed care organizations for therapies that may have been previously denied. Ironically, Dr. Liebowitz was formerly the chief medical officer of U.S.
Has anyone among our readers been a patient in the hospital recently? Has anyone been to a staff meeting in any hospital-based department when key members were absent because of the need to care for sick children or aging parents? I believe that we all go through sequential stages of fear, confusion, and exasperation as [...]
Manufacturer: Pfizer, New York, NY Indication: Varenicline is indicated as an aid in smoking cessation. Drug Class: As the tartrate salt, varenicline is a white to off-white to slightly yellow solid powder with the chemical name of 7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-6,10-methano-6H-pyrazino [2,3-h][3]benzazepine, (2R,3R)-2,3-dihydroxybutanedioate (1:1). It is not a controlled substance.
Manufacturer: GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC Indication: Generic Bupropion XL extended-release tablets are now approved to prevent major depressive episodes in adult patients with a history of seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Drug Class: This antidepressant of the amino ketone class is not chemically related to tricyclic and tetracyclic agents, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), or [...]
