Gilead PrEP Campaign Leads to Truvada Black Market in Florida, AHF Says
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) decried the fact that the recent campaign by Gilead Sciences Inc. to obtain approval by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for Truvada as PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) has led to a “black market” for the drug in Florida. FDA-approval for use of Truvada—Gilead’s blockbuster HIV/AIDS treatment drug—as a possible form of HIV prevention for those NOT infected with the virus would be a first for the FDA, and a
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South Florida Man Convicted for Armed Drug Trafficking
Lawrence Berry, Jr., 44, of Opa-locka, was convicted late yesterday of conspiring to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine , possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, possessing a firearm in furtherance of the drug trafficking offenses, and possessing a firearm after a felony conviction, announced Pamela C. Marsh, U.S . Attorney for the …
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ACAI Plus & Resveratrol Plus™ is now Available in Seventy Two Drug Mart Stores in the Ohio Marketplace
LAKE MARY, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Heathrow Natural Food & Beverage, Inc. (OTCPK: HRNF) is pleased to announce that its functional gum line of Acai Plus & Resveratrol Plus™ is now available in all seventy two Drug Mart stores in Ohio. To find a location please visit www.discount-drugmart.com. In addition, the company would like to announce that all future packaging of its functional gum line will be marked Patent Pending. “We are very excited to have added the Drug Mart chain to our list
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ACAI Plus & Resveratrol Plus™ is now Available in Seventy Two Drug Mart Stores in the Ohio Marketplace
Freedland Russo Announces $520 Million Settlement Against AstraZeneca
WESTON, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Freedland Russo is pleased that Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General, announced the $520 million dollar settlement of a lawsuit filed against AstraZeneca. The settlement announced today in Philadelphia indicates marketing practices for Seroquel included promotion of the drug by physicians participating in clinical studies and drug sales representatives encouraging doctors to prescribe for the unapproved uses. Only fifteen months since Eli Lilly agreed to pay $1.4 Bil
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Freedland Russo Announces $520 Million Settlement Against AstraZeneca
AIDS Drug Access Bill Clears Key Florida Legislative Committee, Notes AHF
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Florida is poised to enact health care legislation that would add clarity to existing state statutes by requiring that all state-regulated health plans include lifesaving antiretroviral (ARV) HIV/AIDS drugs on their drug formularies or preferred drug lists. The bills, House Bill 591 by Representative Yolly Roberson (D-North Miami Beach) and SB 1132 by Senator Eleanor Sobel (D-Hallandale Beach), were introduced at the request of AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF)
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Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Investigates Possible Breach of Fiduciary Duty by the Board of Dragon Pharmaceutical Inc. – DRUG
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Levi & Korsinsky is investigating the Board of Directors of Dragon Pharmaceutical Inc. (OTCBB: DRUG.OB) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty
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Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Investigates Possible Breach of Fiduciary Duty by the Board of Dragon Pharmaceutical Inc. – DRUG
New Research by VGTI Florida Science Director Demonstrates How HIV Disables the Immune System
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–New research conducted by the scientific director for VGTI Florida and his colleagues at the University of Montreal, in collaboration with scientists from the NIH and the McGill University Hospital center, may soon lead to an expansion of the drug arsenal used to fight HIV. The research sheds new light on how HIV gradually weakens the body’s immune system and highlights the need for new research into therapies that will target the chain of events that
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DopeStats.com Provides Statistics on Oxycodone Abused in Non-Medical Purposes (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Information about Oxycodone use is now just a click away with the recently launched DopeStats.com. The new site is a statistical database that reports the street prices and use rates of Oxycodone in each county in the United States. The data is compiled by anonymous people who have used the drug for recreational or medicinal use.
Drug use awareness in 3,140 U.S counties. A new tool for the drug war in America
DopeStats.com Provides Statistical Information on Legal and Illegal Drugs in Each US County
Information about drug use and drug information is now just a click away with the recently launched DopeStats.com. The new site is an online statistical database documenting drug use in more than 3,000 counties in the United States. The data is compiled by anonymous users on drugs and herbs for spiritual, recreational or medicinal use, ranging from common psychoactive drugs such as LSD and cannabis, to chemicals like nicotine and crack/cocaine.
Tallahassee, FL (DopeStats) March XX, 2009 – Legal and illegal drug use statistics and information has never been easier or more accurate with the introduction of DopeStats.com, a site dedicated to providing an online statistical database documenting drug use in all the 3,140 counties in the United States.
DopeStats offers statistics and historical information on more than 300 different drugs and chemicals, including psychoactive drugs like LSD or cannabis or common chemicals picked up at the convenience store like caffeine or nicotine.
Information on each drug includes an average price, including mean, median and mode, each broken down by county.
DopeStats is updated by real people using real legal and illegal drugs. By offering total anonymity to the person, DopeStats can gather the most accurate and up-to-date information on illegal drug use.
“DopeStats.com is going to be an invaluable resource,” said Amor Avhad, founder of DopeStats.com. “The main goal of DopeStats.com is to raise drug awareness, while simultaneously improving the quality of drug use statistics by conducting surveys in large quantities. This is already being done by existing organizations like the National Institute on Drug Abuse. DopeStats introduces perspective and accuracy to the statistics by reporting statistics on the county as well as national level in real-time.”
Users of DopeStats do not have to worry about repercussions about giving information about illegal drug use. All information is collected through anonymous users and DopeStats does not, and will not in the future, collect any personal information about its users. That’s what allows DopeStats to provide the most accurate information available on the Web.
For more information or to submit data, visit www.dopestats.com.
About DopeStats.com
DopeStats.com is a statistical database documenting drug use, spiritual, recreational or medicinal. The data is compiled by anonymous users providing information about their use of substances ranging from common psychoactive drugs such as LSD and cannabis, to chemicals like crack/cocaine, nicotine, caffeine, and alcohol (chemically known as ethyl-alcohol). The mission of DopeStats is to raise drug awareness in the Unites States and provide the best drug use statistical data by conducting surveys in large quantities.
Amor Avhad
Administrator
http://www.DopeStats.com
