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New Data From Caldolor(R) Study In Burn Patients To Be Presented At 42nd Annual Meeting Of The American Burn Association

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: CPIX) announced that data from a recent study evaluating the safety and efficacy of CaldolorĀ® (ibuprofen) Injection in treating pain and fever in hospitalized burn patients will be presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association in Boston…

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Criticism, Passion Emerge At Day-Long Health Care Meeting

Strong personalities and opinions emerged at yesterday’s bipartisan health care summit. NPR interviewed Rep. Dave Camp, ranking Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee. Camp said: “We were able to at least be heard and have some exposure to the ideas that we’ve been promoting for a long time…

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AcelRx Announces Successful Completion Of End-of-Phase 2 Meeting On ARX-01, Sufentanil NanoTab PCA System For Post-Operative Pain Management

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc announced that it has successfully completed an End-of-Phase 2 meeting with the FDA for ARX-01, a drug/device combination product based on the company’s proprietary NanoTab(TM) dosage form, which enables delivery of sufentanil by the non-invasive oral transmucosal (sublingual) route. ARX-01 offers a non-invasive alternative to intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV PCA) for the management of acute post-operative pain in the hospital setting.

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New Data Presented At ACR Meeting Demonstrates Colcrys(TM) (Colchicine, USP) Significantly Reduces Pain Of Acute Gout Flare Within 24 Hours

URL Pharma, Inc., announced data from a pivotal Phase III study demonstrating that Colcrys(TM) (colchicine, USP), a low-dose colchicine, reduced the pain of gout flares within a 24-hour period as effectively as high-dose colchicine with a side effect profile statistically indistinguishable from placebo. These data and two other Colcrys studies were presented this week at the 2009 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Annual Scientific Meeting in Philadelphia.

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Advances In Treating Hip Pain To Be Focus Of Hip Arthroscopy Meeting

Recent advances in diagnostic imaging techniques and hip arthroscopy procedures are giving physicians and surgeons better tools with which to treat hip pain. The 2009 International Society for Hip Arthroscopy meeting, hosted by Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, brings together leading surgeons from all over the world to take an in-depth look at hip arthroscopy and its potential benefits.

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American Society Of Plastic Surgeons Hosts 78th Annual Meeting

Whether in a quest for beauty or out of necessity, millions of Americans will have plastic surgery this year. To stay ahead of the demand, the hottest topics, technologies, and research will be presented at Plastic Surgery 2009, the annual scientific meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), Oct. 23-27, in Seattle.

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DIA 45th Annual Meeting Features Sessions Highlighting Wyeth V. Levine And Pandemic Influenza

The Drug Information Association (DIA) 45th Annual Meeting is the biopharmaceutical industry’s largest and longest running global, multidisciplinary conference featuring sessions and preconference tutorials on issues affecting drug discovery and development, including two timely sessions reflecting the state of today’s global biopharmaceutical environment. The public policy/law track features a special session on

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IFPMA Director General Michael D. Boyd’s Remarks At WHO-UN Meeting With Vaccine CEOs

Mr Secretary General, Madame Director General, Ladies and Gentlemen, we are gathered here today in the shadow of the pandemic influenza threat posed by the Novel A / H1N1 virus. My name is Michael Boyd and I am Acting Director General of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations.

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Three Clinical Presentations On Tapentadol Extended Release Tablets For Chronic Pain Featured At 2009 American Pain Society Annual Meeting

Chronic pain is a significant medical challenge in the United States, and chronic low back pain is the most common cause of disability in developed countries. An estimated 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain each year. If left undertreated, chronic pain can impair an individual’s ability to carry out daily activities and diminish quality of life.

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New Opinion Data Revealed Alongside British Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting Shows Importance Of Managing Side Effects When Treating Pain

GPs have called for new pain treatments better suited to patient needs, according to new survey findings. These results are supported by a recent survey which identified the impact of side effects among patients suffering from pain. The results, released for the first time during the British Pain Society’s (BPS) Annual Scientific Meeting today, found that nine out of ten GPs believe there is a need for an opioid treatment which addresses gastro-intestinal (GI) related side-effects.

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