Pharma industry touts cure for data security ills
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Every security professional is intimately familiar with the Law of Unintended Consequences; sometimes it even works in their favor. Case in point? The data-protection advances that RxHub needed to build to protect their real-time data-transport operation.
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Heart problems that pushed the painkillers Bextra and Vioxx off the market could have come to light earlier had federal regulators given outside researchers speedier access to raw safety data, according to a commentary written by Boston researchers.
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New technology could lead to safer, more effective drugs.
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Safety problems with Vioxx could have been detected in months rather than years if the Food and Drug Administration had been able to sift through health-care information already compiled privately on one in three Americans.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in conjunction with several major drug companies, is working on an initiative that would involve fitting medicine bottles with tiny antennas to prevent fraud and counterfeiting, the New York Times reported Nov. 15.
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Last week's changes to the payment card industry data security standard should help address some outstanding implementation issues, analysts say.
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(Source: Imprivata)  The banking and credit card industry established the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) to provide organizations and IT departments with the tools they need to combat growing security threats. This paper examines the requirements of the new standard and discusses the technology solutions available to help organizations comply with these regulations in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
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Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche Holding AG on Tuesday unveiled a new method using nanotechnology to track patients' responses to treatments by monitoring their genes.
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Software giant hopes to convince governments that its products are secure.
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About two-thirds of Food and Drug Administration scientists are less than fully confident in the agency's monitoring of the safety of prescription drugs now being sold.
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The pharmaceutical enlists help to thwart a troublesome illness.
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The Food and Drug Administration launched an effort this week to use radio frequency identification technology to track the nation&#39;s drug supply from manufacturer to pharmacy to reduce counterfeiting.
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Platforms have the potential to develop multiple drugs for a company.
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The regulatory approval was also a boost for the embattled drugs sector. It was feared that, following a series of safety crises, the US Food and Drug Administration would get tougher on new drugs.
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Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline and Purdue Pharma are the first drugmakers willing to take the plunge and use radio frequency identification technology to protect their US drug supply chains from counterfeiters.
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An interview with development-stage drugmaker Pharmacopeia.
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If its latest drug isn't approved, the pharmaceutical could face trouble.