Sierra Leone testing new Ebola vaccine
April 28th 2015About 6,000 healthcare workers, including pharmacists, will be enrolled in a new clinical trial in Sierra Leone to test the safety and efficacy of the rVSV-ZEBOV candidate Ebola vaccine, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced.
Microneedle patch could make vaccinations simpler, more widespread
April 28th 2015Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believe a microneedle patch they are jointly developing can reduce the spread of preventable diseases by making vaccinations easier to administer.
Generic versions of Abilify approved for mental illness treatment
April 28th 2015Four generic manufacturers (Alembic Pharmaceuticals, Hetero Labs, Teva Pharmaceuticals, and Torrent Pharmaceuticals) received the go-ahead April 28 to market their generic versions for Abilify for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Formal antibiotic stewardship programs work in children’s hospitals
April 23rd 2015Children’s hospitals with formal antibiotic stewardship programs helped reduce antibiotic use significantly following the 2007 release of guidelines for developing these programs, according to a report published in Pediatrics.