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November 24, 2008
A Pill For Every Mouth
Analysis of: Are Costly Diabetes Pills Doing Any Good? | www.pharmalot.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Our obsession with quick fixes and a lack of focus on lifestyle changes will provide sub-optimal results.  Without comparative effectiveness trials, there is no way to gauge the value of these new therapies.
November 24, 2008
Off Label Use Can Be Prevented
Analysis of: Use of Antipsychotics in Children Is Criticized | www.nytimes.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Current PBM adjudication technology can stop a prescription from being a covered benefit when an atypical is being prescribed in the pediatric setting.  the  dispensing pharmacist would receive a prior authorization required message and a discussion with the prescribing MD would be required. ...
November 13, 2008
Who can tolerate these doses and for how long?
Analysis of: CRESTOR Demonstrates Dramatic CV Risk Reduction in a Large Statin Outcomes Study | www.astrazeneca.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
20 mg of Crestor is a high dose associated in many studies with a higher incidence of side effects.  Since compliance is historically poor with any maintenance medication, it will be interesting to see if patients with normal LDL with stay compliant with this statin or any statin in the higher...
November 13, 2008
Tamper Proof Narcotic Pain pill? YES
Analysis of: FDA Asks if Pain Pill Is Tamper-Proof | online.wsj.com
Author: David Zimmerman, President/Owner, Doctors of Pharmacy, Inc.
This drug will allow patients in severe pain to get the necessary pain relief and not have to worry about the other patients that abuse the drug.
November 12, 2008
Science vs Marketing
Analysis of: Pharma need not worry too much about President Obama | www.pharmatimes.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
The Obama vision is based on science driving the prescription process.  As such, DTC advertising and the sampling of brand name medications will either be restricted or incentives provided to MDs to replace samples with vouchers.  PBMs will be required to be absolutely transparent and Medicare...
November 12, 2008
Many Key Healthcare Players Will See Drop
Analysis of: Hospitals See Drop in Paying Patients | www.nytimes.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Not just hospitals, but many players will see receivables drop including wellness and disease management companies, imaging diagnostics and labs, and soon manufacturers.
October 23, 2008
Indian Economy strengthening: Mobile users in India - an indicative of Economy
Analysis of: Slowdown? India adds 10 mn mobile users in Sept | www.business-standard.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Indian economy is not slowing down even if global finacial market is in crises.  The indian population has been denied the access of the convenient and comfort of the land-line telephone facilities due to unaffordable high price to use them.  Now the introduction of mobile phone gives them...
October 16, 2008
Does this dosage form really add anything?
Analysis of: Watson Announces Positive Data for Its Investigational Oxybutynin Topical Gel for the Treatment of Overactive Bladder at SUNA's Annual Conference | www.pipelinereview.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
The comparator product to oxybutynin topical gel (OTG) is Ditropan XL which is also a once daily drug.
October 13, 2008
This is not a study!
Analysis of: St John's Wort 'as good as Prozac' | ukpress.google.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
The word "study" should not have appeared in the first sentence of the article.  What we have here is commonly known as a "meta-analysis".  A meta-analysis is nothing more than a simple tool that obviates the need to pull multiple studies to make one point or another. ...
September 11, 2008
Psychotherapy may save money
Analysis of: National Trends in Psychotherapy by Office-Based Psychiatrists | archpsyc.ama-assn.org
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Unfortunately, many insurance payors do not realize that allowing psychotherapy visits may save the money in the long run by reducing the need for much more costly Inpatient psychiatric treatment. I find that my patients who receive psychotherapy are much less likely to miss work and much...

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