Voluntary reporting of medication errors through ISMP has an impact
March 17th 2010The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), a nonprofit organization devoted to medication error prevention and safe medication use, has a voluntary practitioner error-reporting program that has helped to identify a variety of medication errors and their causes.
Dr. Koda-Kimble, Rep. Waxman Honored at APhA meeting
March 17th 2010Clinical pharmacy pioneer Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD, and Congressman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) were among those honored last weekend at the Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) in Washington, D.C.
Medical marijuana movement forges ahead
March 15th 2010While the government deems that marijuana has a "high potential for abuse" and "has no currently accepted medical use," some states have undertaken initiatives to pass legislation permitting its use for pain control and for control of nausea and vomiting by cancer patients.
Investigational drug may boost survival for certain prostate cancer patients
March 15th 2010Cabazitaxel, an investigational compound under development by Sanofi-aventis, plus prednisone/prednisolone, is associated with overall survival and progression-free survival in patients with metastatic (advanced) hormone-refractory prostate cancer whose disease advanced after treatment with docetaxel-based chemotherapy.