First contract ever awarded for jarred infant food; award will generate further growth for infant food manufacturer LATHAM, N.Y., May 4 // — Hero/Beech-Nut announced that the company was the successful bidder for the Infant Foods and Infant Cereal Rebate system for the states of Maine, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island. The contract takes effect on [...]
Researchers from Columbia University and MixedInk in New York City identified more than 52,000 Twitter updates — called “tweets” — that mentioned antibiotics during a four-and-a-half month period in 2009. Of those, about 700 tweets included incorrect information about antibiotics, including misunderstandings and bad advice about how they should be used or evidence of misuse. Examples included: “Well, [...]
On Monday, GlaxoSmithKline PLC asked the federal Food and Drug Administration to approve its drug Avodart as a cancer preventive for men at higher-than-normal risk of the disease. The drug is already sold for urinary problems, and no heart failure risks have been seen with that use, doctors say. Results of a study testing it as a cancer [...]