Plavix

Plavix is a clot-busting drug, produced by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, and reached annual sales in 2009 of $4.2m, making the third highest drug in the world (based on 2009 annual sales). Prescri...

Brilinta (TM) - ticagrelor, AstraZeneca's new heart drug

Brilinta - ticagrelor, AstraZeneca's new heart drug is a blood-thinning medicine designed to prevent dangerous blood clots in patients with serious chest pain or previous heart attacks. It re...

Toxic Shock Syndrome TSS

Toxic shock syndrome is a rare but very serious illness that can develop rapidly in anyone From a UK population of around 60 million there were about 40 cases reported each year, half of which are a...

Interleukin 1 IL 1 Receptor IL 1R

Interleukin-1 (IL-1) beta is a proinflammatory cytokine driving joint inflammation as well as systemic signs of inflammation, such as fever and acute phase protein production. Current therapy targetin...

Breast Implants - Augmentation

Breast implants are medical devices that are used to augment breast size or to reconstruct the breast following mastectomy or to correct a congenital abnormality. Breast implants consist of a silico...

New Blood Thinner Effient No Better Than Plavix at Preventing Heart Trouble: Study

SUNDAY, Aug. 26 -- The newer blood thinner Effient is no more effective than the widely used Plavix in preventing death, heart attacks or strokes, new research finds. Nor is Effient (prasugrel) any sa...

What Is Plavix (Clopidogrel Bisulfate)?

Plavix (clopidogrel disulfate) is a medication that prevents platelets from clumping together and forming blood clots. This prescription drug helps blood flow more easily, and reduces the chances of a...

The Biology Police: The Plavix Investigation and Pharmacogenomics

The discovery of a genetic marker for Plavix resistance is one of the milestones in the regulatory application of pharmacogenomics. Is it also a crime drama?

Does Plavix Effect Depend on Smoking Status? (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Smokers may be the only ones getting any benefit from clopidogrel (Plavix) for anti-thrombotic protection, a group of researchers warned.

Does Plavix Effect Depend on Smoking Status? (CME/CE, with audio)

(MedPage Today) -- Smokers may be the only ones getting any benefit from clopidogrel (Plavix) for anti-thrombotic protection, a group of researchers warned.

Latest News From "The Pink Sheet" DAILY - Effient Goes Up Against Plavix Head To Head

Study Shows Effient Not Superior To Plavix, But Bleeding Risk Similar

BMS forks over most Plavix, Avapro rights plus $80M to Sanofi

Sanofi and Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) have restructured their alliance following the loss of exclusivity of Plavix and Avapro/Avalide in many markets.

Tablet Design Software

iTab offers tablet manufacturers a unique tablet design software that aids in the design and calculation of key tablet parameters, while also performing stress analysis for round and shape tool tips i...

Successful Dose Finding with Sublingual Fentanyl Tablet: Combined Results from 2 Open-Label Titration Studies.

Objective:  This analysis was conducted to determine the likelihood of identifying an effective dose of fentanyl sublingual tablet during the initial titration phase of 2 clinical trials, to charact...

How suitable is the measurement of take-off forces for detection of sticking during direct compression of various ibuprofen tablet formulations?

Sticking of tablet formulations to punch surfaces is one of the most common problems observed during tablet manufacture. An inline method proposed for detection of sticking during compression is the m...

The reality of in-line tablet coating.

The possibility of continuous processing in pharmaceutical tablet manufacturing is hampered by the viscoelastic recovery of tablets post-compaction. Compacted tablets are typically aged before coating...

Study of interaction between croscarmellose and escitalopram during sample preparation.

During routine analysis of an escitalopram tablet formulation, it was seen that there was a systematic deviation between content uniformity (CU - one tablet analysis) and assay analysis (ten pooled ta...

Incompatibility of croscarmellose sodium with alkaline excipients in a tablet formulation.

Abstract The objective of the current work was to study an observed incompatibility between croscarmellose sodium and basic excipients in a tablet formulation. Significant dissolution slowdown was obs...