Poor drug access continues to be one of the main global health problems. Global inequalities in access to pharmaceuticals are caused by a number of variables including poverty, high drug prices, poor health infrastructure, and fraud and corruption--the latter being the subject of this article. There is growing recognition among policy makers that corruption in the pharmaceutical system can wast...

Despite progressive universal drug coverage and pharmaceutical policies found in other countries, Canada remains the only developed nation with a publicly funded healthcare system that does not include universal coverage for prescription drugs. In the absence of a national pharmacare plan, a province may choose to cover a specific sub-population for certain drugs. Altho...

Acoustic and video imaging system for quality determination of pharmaceutical products"

Cases of contaminated nonsterile products have been reported in increasing numbers. Often, these contaminated products are associated with the presence of objectionable microorganisms. The major contaminants of nonsterile pharmaceutical products and ingredients are bacteria, yeasts, and molds. The combination of parts 1 and 2 of this series of articles provides a thorough examination of microbi...

Background: Development of EU guidelines Guideline (GL) in the pharmaceutical legislative framework represents a harmonised EU approach based on the most up-to-date scientific knowledge to facilitate planning the overall pharmaceutical product development, the preparation of applications for marketing authorisations by the pharmaceutical industry and the assessment, approval and control of medi...

Pharmaceutical products prepared in pharmacies have the potential of contamination with different microorganisms. This is in part due to the unhygienic environment and also lack of a suitable preservative system. In this study, microbial quality of Eucerin-Urea ointments prepared at different pharmacies in Tehran, at the point of sale and also after two weeks storage at room temperature was exa...

Pharmaceutical products prepared in pharmacies have the potential of contamination with different microorganisms. This is in part due to the unhygienic environment and also lack of a suitable preservative system. In this study, microbial quality of Eucerin-Urea ointments prepared at different pharmacies in Tehran, at the point of sale and also after two weeks storage at room temperature was exa...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE With constant incentives for healthcare payers to contain their pharmaceutical budgets, modelling policy decision impact became critical. The objective of this project was to test the impact of various policy decisions on pharmaceutical budget (developed for the European Commission for the project 'European Union (EU) Pharmaceutical expenditure forecast' - http://ec.eur...

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2006 PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERING On-Line Exclusive 1 www.ispe.org/PE_Online_Exclusive ©C op yr ig ht IS PE 2 0 0 6 The Product Quality Research Institute (PQRI) is collaborative effort between the pharmaceutical industry, regulatory agencies, and academia. One of the purposes of PQRI is to promote discussion on current topics of interest in the pharmaceutical field. To that end...

Comparison of Methylguanidine Production from Creatinine and Creatol in vivo T. Takako Yokozawa N. Naoki Fujitsuka H. Hikokichi Oura K. Kazuharu Ienaga K. Ko Nakamura Department of Applied Biochemistry, Research Institute for Wakan-Yaku, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sugitani, Toyama, Japan; Department of Natural Products Chemistry, Institute of Bio-Active Science, Nippon Zoki P...