Despite government recommendations that health care professionals be vaccinated against the H1N1 influenza in order to protect patients, a significant number of workers intend to refuse the vaccine. Dr. Field reviews the legal status of the mandates for vaccination as well as viewpoints for and against compliance.
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P&T® Journal contents for November 2009
Features
Humor
These days, it seems that just about everyone is emotionally attached to a brand-name electronic device, a designer T-shirt, or a gym bag with a pharma logo. The author, a reluctant consumer, ponders the power of brands.
Q & A
In the first of a three-part series, topics such as drug approvals and shortages, therapeutic interchanges, and pharmacoeconomic assessments are discussed.
Meeting Highlights
Agents for postmenopausal osteoporosis are reviewed.
FDA Public Health Alert
A Call for Heightened Vigilance and Monitoring
As a result of the contamination of unfractionated heparin, changes in the product’s potency have been made to ensure its purity and safety.
Topics include pralatrexate (Folotyn) for lymphoma; telavancin (Vibativ) for skin infections; and bepotastine besilate (Bepreve), an eyedrop for conjunctivitis.