Marketing Of Unproven Genetic Tests A Threat To Public Health Apr 9, 2008
While most genetic tests must be ordered through a doctor, a growing number also are available directly to the consumer (DTC) over the Internet. These DTC tests are especially troubling, the paper explains, "because there is no health-care provider to serve as a 'gatekeeper' to prevent inappropriate test ordering or misinterpretation of test results." ... As a consequence, they warn, "a patient informed of his or her CYP450 profile might independently change the dose of antidepressant medication... (Science Daily)
Most bribery cases against Delhi police: Govt report Mar 30, 2008
During 2007, two corruption cases each were registered against Finance department and New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) while one case each was registered against Delhi Jal Board, Education, Waqf Board, DTC and health department besides others. In all, 37 government employees including 17 from police followed by five from MCD have been booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act, the Vigilance figures tell. (India Times, India)
Gutcheon seeks Windsor DTC endorsement for 60th House District run Mar 7, 2008
Windsor DTC Chairman Leo Canty said Wednesday he had heard Gutcheon planned to seek endorsement this week from the committee. Sayers was also invited to the meeting, he noted. (Windsor Journal, CT)
Breakthrough In Pre-eclampsia Test Feb 15, 2008
The work was funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), which sponsors around 40 students at the University of Leeds and University of Sheffield to carry out research in the White Rose Doctoral Training Centre (DTC); Physical Methods and Life Sciences. Dr Fisher made the discovery after giving the project to a new research student as part of her training. (Science Daily)
Robbers loot Rs 46L in Ghaziabad Feb 5, 2008
GHAZIABAD: A gruesome highway robbery on the Delhi-Meerut road left a DTC bus conductor dead and a police constable seriously injured while the assailants escaped with Rs 46 ... Police said a jeweller of Meerut's Kaagzi Bazar, Sunil Kumar, had taken the DTC bus to Delhi. (India Times, India)
Gujjar stir tomorrow Jan 20, 2008
New Delhi, January 19 After detecting power theft in hotels, hospitals, DTC bus shelters, residential apartments, bungalows, kusht ashram, petrol stations, the BSES has now turned its attention to large flourmills ... New Delhi, January 19 After detecting power theft in hotels, hospitals, DTC bus shelters, residential apartments, bungalows, kusht ashram, petrol stations, the BSES has now turned its attention to large flourmills. (The Tribune)
Tesei appointment called patronage Dec 15, 2007
"My feeling is the addition of members of the RTC or DTC will not change the nonpartisan nature of (the panel).". Selectman Lin Lavery, a Democrat who cast the lone vote against Theis' appointment and is a former chairman of the recruitment panel herself, said her colleagues had made an unfortunate mistake. (Greenwich Time)
WELLESSE ALL DAY ENERGY(TM) - Sponsors of the UW Medical Center 2007 Seattle Marathon Nov 21, 2007
About Botanical Laboratories, Inc. Botanical Laboratories, Inc. makers of WELLESSE ALL DAY Energy(TM), is a fully integrated marketer of premium specialty supplement products targeting wellness oriented consumers in the Direct to Consumer (DTC), Food, Drug and Club channels of distribution. The premium branded supplements are manufactured at the company's facility in Ferndale, Washington. (PR Newswire)
Delhi blasts hero to return medal Oct 17, 2007
The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) driver risked his life to save those of over 40 passengers seated in his bus when serial blasts rocked the Capital before Diwali in October 2005 ... I had submitted the checks to DTC and have even met the Chief minister but the money is not being released ... I have given the quotation for a hearing aid to DTC but nothing has happened about that either. (India Times, India)
DTC buildings sell for $52.5 mil. Sep 25, 2007
DTC buildings sell for $52 ... DTC buildings sell for $52. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Denver-area buildings change hands Sep 6, 2007
In metro Denver, Legacy also owns office properties such as 1660 Wynkoop and Lawrence Court in downtown Denver, 370 Interlocken in Broomfield and southeast suburban buildings such as The Solarium, The Commons, Legacy Center DTC and 116 Inverness. In another recent Denver-area real estate transaction, Catlin Properties Inc. of Sacramento Calif. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
A pill for everything Aug 30, 2007
are known as direct-to-consumer or DTC advertising ... (DTC drug ad spending was 5. (Montana Standard, MT)
Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ads Booming Despite Criticisms Aug 18, 2007
Eight of the top 10 drug classes in terms of sales had at least one product that was promoted through DTC advertising ... "DTC advertising is used for a small subset of drugs, whereas other forms of promotion like 'detailing' [person-to-person meetings] and free samples are used by manufacturers for virtually all branded products." ... In response to the study, Ken Johnson, senior vice president of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), said in a statement: "DTC... (Forbes)
Drug makers triple spending on marketing as regulation softens Aug 17, 2007
"The New England Journal study underplays the valuable role that DTC has in educating and empowering patients to take initiative in their own health care," said Diane Bieri, general counsel for the pharmaceutical group. Researchers found that the advertising typically begins early in the life of a product. (International Herald Tribune -- Business Asia)
NEJM Direct-to-Consumer Ad Study Shows Drug Industry Incapable of Self- Regulation, Says AHF Aug 16, 2007
AIDS Healthcare Foundation - Critical of Drug Ads Including Pfizer's Latest 'Viva Viagra' Campaign - Calls on FDA to Increase Oversight of Out-of-Control Drug Industry to Rein In Skyrocketing Healthcare Costs and to Protect the Public's Health LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the US' largest HIV/AIDS healthcare provider, once again denounced direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising by the pharmaceutical industry after an article published in the New... (PR Newswire)
Three DTC buildings sold for $106M Aug 16, 2007
The office buildings -- One DTC, Crescent IV and Crescent V -- are in the Denver Tech Center ... One DTC, 5251 DTC Parkway, Englewood -- $57. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
DTC rakes in the moolah as bus crisis continues Jul 27, 2007
All of a sudden, the DTC appears to have become the blue-eyed boy among bus operators ... Life has definitely changed for us, said a senior official, pointing out how 525 new buses are going to be added to the DTC fleet in the five months starting October and how the Board has approved purchase of another 2,000 buses, including 500 air-conditioned ones ... A senior official said the DTC is also gearing up for a larger role. (Hindu)
Charting a new course Jul 24, 2007
Scott Gray, vice president of Virginia-based , says Singh has been an active supporter of the Defense Technology Cluster, a group of local companies that pursues government contracts, and says his expertise will be an asset as the DTC grows. "With his never-ending support for the small-business community, his passion to help the defense community and his outstanding support of San Antonio, he is certainly a great role model for others to follow," Gray says. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Ciber to move HQ to Palazzo Verde building Jul 20, 2007
Ciber already is based in Greenwood Village, at 5251 DTC Parkway. The lease deal closed on Wednesday; terms weren't disclosed. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Blueline hurts 3 at Narela Jul 16, 2007
Following the government Blueline stand-off last week the DTC revenue recorded a 20-30 per cent jump ... 41 crore in the next two days, a senior DTC official said ... Normally, the daily collection of the DTC is Rs 1. (The Tribune)
Crossing the Blueline Jul 13, 2007
So politicians are proposing invoking ESMA, importing buses from neighbouring Uttar Pradesh and the running of more buses by the organisationally and financially hamstrung state operator, the DTC. But theres no reason to think that Bluelines make the case for privately-run mass transport systems unviable. Lets put it this way: autos (called TSRs in the Capital, to the justified perplexity of those who visit Delhi) and cabs are privately-run everywhere. (Indian Express)
House to Approve Major Drug Safety, FDA Reform Package; Now Up to Conference Committee to Send Strong Bill to President Jul 12, 2007
" While the Senate bill includes some stronger consumer provisions relating to transparency and openness in the way the FDA operates which also should be kept in the final bill, the stronger House measures include: Clinical trials database: Both bills call for the creation of a public clinical trial results database so doctors, researchers and patients would know about the effectiveness and safety risks of the drug. But the House bill would require within a year the creation of such a site,... (PR Newswire)
Clampdown on Blueline buses continue Jul 11, 2007
Facing police crackdown, many of the Blueline operators chose to keep their vehicles off the roads resulting in overcrowding of DTC buses and leading to two freak accidents in west and north Delhi in the morning rush hours. A unidentified teenager was wounded after falling off an overcrowded bus in Hari Nagar locality of west Delhi while an elderly person was seriously injured in a similar accident near Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT) in north Delhi. (Hindustan Times)
TSX Venture Exchange Daily Bulletins for June 22, 2007 Jun 23, 2007
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Cricket pushes work force to 300 in Greenwood Village Jun 18, 2007
That gives the San Diego-based subsidiary of about 300 employees here now, filling 85 percent of a four-story office building at 5775 DTC Boulevard in the Denver Technological Center. Cricket had 80 employees at its regional offices there in 2004, when the company was climbing out of bankruptcy. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
A Niche Strategy Now Under Stress Jun 6, 2007
And it was a brand-building effort that at least until now had been considered generally effective, as evident in the awards for multicultural marketing in 2001 and 2002 that Glaxo won at the DTC National Conference, an annual conference about marketing drugs to consumers. Generally among marketers, efforts to reach black audiences often include ads featuring African-Americans that run in magazines like Ebony, Essence and Jet or on the television network Black Entertainment Network. (Shoals TimesDaily)
DTC office building sold May 23, 2007
Members: Not Registered. for free extra services. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Pro-Build Holdings calling Denver home May 22, 2007
Hylbert said Pro-Build will employ about 60 people at its DTC headquarters to start, but plans to bring in more employees later. He said the company is looking at consolidating its various data centers in a single location. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Biovail Reports Record Fourth Quarter, Year-End 2006 Financial Results Mar 15, 2007
In the last several months, OMI has undertaken a number of initiatives to accelerate prescription growth for Ultram(R) ER, including an unbranded direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising campaign, a discount-card program and an increase to 30 tablets (from seven) in the size of samples to allow patients to be optimally titrated to higher dosage strengths. In addition, in December 2006, Biovail and OMI agreed to invest equal amounts in incremental advertising and promotional support for the product,... (Canada Newswire)
Environment Ministry to have new set of rules Feb 25, 2007
DTC revenue loss touches Rs 3. 40 crore New Delhi, February 24 The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has suggested to the Delhi and UP governments to urgently restore DTCs operations at least on Delhi, Noida and Ghaziabad routes, in view of its revenue losses that have exceeded Rs 3 ... 40 crore since DTC fleet stopped plying on these routes. (The Tribune)
Outside Forces 'Medicalizing' Everyday Problems Feb 24, 2007
Metzl discussed the effects of direct-to-consumer (DTC) drug advertising in one of six essays in the journal, originating from a workshop on medicalization that he helped organize ... Similarly, DTC antidepressant ads that depict depressed women as unable to fulfill their roles in the family have medicalized that issue, Metzl said. (MEDLINEplus)
Anti-smoking drive Feb 21, 2007
Goomper s point is proven by Jatin Pandya, who commutes every day between Badarpur and Lajpat Nagar on DTC buses. Asked why he was smoking at the bus stand, his reply was a befuddled look. (Hindustan Times, India)
Marketers Blast Drug-Ad Study Jan 31, 2007
"The study does not reflect any of the positive changes in DTC advertisements over the past 12 months and therefore has little relevance to the current policy discussion on direct-to-consumer advertising." ... Dan Jaffe, vp, government relations for the Association of National Advertisers, said today that he feared the study would be misunderstood in Congress, where proposals have already been floated for new legal restrictions on DTC. ... The study is also a concern, Jaffe believes, because of... (MediaWeek.com)
Study Blasts TV Drug Ads Jan 30, 2007
In a statement, the group said: "Informed patients are better patients, and DTC advertising provides doctors and patients with accurate, educational information about disease and treatment options.". But in a commentary accompanying the new study, a doctor and a legal specialist agreed that the drug industry's efforts are not enough. (Forbes)
Study finds dangers in rosy TV drug ads Jan 30, 2007
"DTC advertising empowers patients, increasing people's awareness of diseases and available treatments," Johnson said in the statement. "And surveys show DTC advertising brings patients into their doctors' offices and helps start important doctor-patient conversations.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Prescription drug ads leave out risks, alternatives Jan 30, 2007
"The study does not reflect any of the positive changes in DTC advertisements over the past 12 months," Johnson said in a statement. In their editorial, Kessler and Levy write that although such industry efforts "may be a step in the right direction, physicians, consumers and policymakers must take further action so that the facts about medicine are not lost in the advertising fog.". (USA Today)
Drug ad come under scrutiny Jan 22, 2007
Criticism of direct-to-consumer, or DTC, advertising has intensified since 2004, after Merck withdrew Vioxx, a heavily advertised painkiller, after a clinical trial showed that it sharply increased the risk of heart attacks and strokes ... "It would be na?ve to not acknowledge the fact that DTC advertising is also a lightning rod in the health care debate in this country," Billy Tauzin, a former congressman who is president and chief executive of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of... (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Drug firms to help fund review of TV ads Jan 12, 2007
As a result, it is impossible for FDA to review all of the DTC (direct-to-consumer) television advertisement advisory submissions it receives in a timely manner, it said. The ad fees would allow for 27 additional staff reviewers who would evaluate the ads in 45 days. (MSNBC -- Health)
Weyerhaeuser-Domtar deal gets Canadian antitrust OK Jan 11, 2007
Domtar (NYSE: DTC), based in Montreal, Canada, is a manufacturer of business papers, commercial printing and publication papers, and technical and specialty papers, with 8,500 employees. Extra. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Group wants FDA to review more drug ads Dec 14, 2006
"If we are serious about protecting the health of consumers in our country, then we need an FDA capable of reviewing DTC (direct-to-consumer) ads and taking swift action when necessary. This report tells us that were nowhere close to that goal," said Kohl, who will become chairman of the Senate panel with jurisdiction over the FDA budget. Spending on direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs grew at almost 20 percent each year between 1997 and 2005, far outstripping the 9 percent... (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
A day after violence, uneasy calm prevails in Seelampur Sep 21, 2006
A large number of police personnel, including from the Rapid Action Force, were still patrolling the Muslim-dominated locality as a precautionary measure even as DTC and Delhi Metro operated their services as usual. Three persons were killed, two of them in police firing, when thousands of protestors went on a rampage pelting stones and attacking policemen yesterday and security men resorting to lathicharge, teargasing and firing. (Hindu)
Effect of Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ads Have Unexpected Results Sep 12, 2006
Initial results of an ongoing project at MUSC that looks at Direct to Consumer Advertising (DTC) for Cox-2 inhibitor drugs will be published in the September/October issue of the journal Health Affairs ... Because the use of DTC by pharmaceutical companies continues to accelerate, researchers wondered what the advertising was actually influencing ... "It's not been established whether DTC has a larger effect on stimulating prescribing by physicians or on encouraging patients to go visit their... (PR Newswire)
Dilliwallah is in love with the city Aug 27, 2006
Around 55 per cent of the people rated DTC bus service as "good" or "very good" and around 39 per cent of them said public transport facilities have improved in Delhi over the past three years. On the education front, the satisfaction levels were higher in the case of private schools. (India Times, India)
Investment Group Acquires TMS Health From Access Worldwide Aug 26, 2006
The company has established itself as a consistently reliable provider of pharmaceutical marketing services by delivering high quality programs in pharmacy stocking, pharmacy education and awareness, clinical trial recruitment, physician teledetailing, direct-to-consumer ("DTC") call handling, and pharmaceutical compliance/adherence programs ... Capabilities include physician teledetailing, pharmacy programs and inbound DTC call handling. (PR Newswire)
SRK unplugged Aug 6, 2006
The first time I went to university in DTC (Delhi's local) buses, I heard about Hum Log (popular Doordarshan soap), while I was talking Family Ties. People would sing 'Khaike Paan Banaras Wala', while I would buy (radio-recording) tapes of Kasey Kason. (Mumbai Mirror)
Presidential hopeful slams 'politics as usual' Jul 27, 2006
It will be a while before the DTC decides who to back for the 2008 presidential race. "We're just so focused on the primary," he said. (Greenwich Time)
City Dems endorse DeStefano, Lamont Jul 24, 2006
"DeStefano's early support for universal health care and calls for meaningful property tax relief are compelling reasons for majority support by the Town Committee," said DTC Chairman John McNamara. The Town Committee also unanimously endorsed the candidacy of challenger Ned Lamont in his bid to unseat incumbent Joseph Lieberman. (New Britain Herald, CT)
AMA Wants to Halt DTC Drug Ads Jun 17, 2006
"A temporary moratorium on DTC advertising of prescribed drugs and medical devices will benefit both the patient and physician," said AMA president-elect Dr. Ronald Davis, in a statement released Thursday ... The AMA also said it had adopted new guidelines for DTC advertising, which would ensure that "objective information" reaches the consumer, and warnings and precautions are presented in "a clear and understandable way.". (AdWeek)
AMA Wants a Delay in Advertising New Drugs, No Actors Playing ... Jun 16, 2006
The new direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising policy also includes guidelines for pharmaceutical companies to follow when preparing DTC advertising. "A temporary moratorium on DTC advertising of prescribed drugs and medical devices will benefit both the patient and physician," said AMA President-elect Ronald M. Davis, MD. ... In addition to the moratorium on newly approved drugs (the time interval for this moratorium will be determined by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)), the AMA adopted... (SeniorJournal.com)
AMA Wants Halt on Drug Ads Aimed at Consumers Jun 16, 2006
At its just-concluded annual House of Delegates meeting in Chicago, the AMA endorsed a policy asking for a temporary moratorium on so-called direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of new prescription drugs and implantable medical devices. "A temporary moratorium on DTC advertising of prescribed drugs and medical devices will benefit both the patient and physician," AMA President-elect Dr. Ronald M. Davis said in a prepared statement ... "We crafted our proposal to provide for very tight FDA... (Forbes)
Medical Marketing Association Names Medical Marketers of the Year at June 1 Ceremony in Chicago Jun 7, 2006
To address this marketing challenge, she developed an innovative DTC campaign and presented it to INAMED's senior management team. Senior management only approved a shoestring budget for a "test balloon" to prove that Malia's concept/program had legs. (PR Newswire)
Three of family killed in Delhi accident May 23, 2006
NEW DELHI: Three members of a family died and two were injured Monday when a Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus ran over them while they were crossing the road in west Delhi, police said. The driver of the bus, identified as Ashok, was arrested after the accident that took place near the Makarba Chowk in Jehangirpuri area on Monday morning, police said. (India Times, India -- Community News)
How the US drug safety system should be changed May 3, 2006
(Philadelphia, PA) - In the May 3 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Brian L. Strom, MD, MPH, Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and Chair of the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, analyzes the limitations of the current system of drug-safety monitoring and proposes a solution that addresses overly aggressive early marketing practices; an absence of incentives to complete post-marketing safety... (EurekAlert!)
Irrational Exubera-nce for Pfizer? Feb 15, 2006
OLD WINE, NEW BOTTLES. Pfizer appears to have chosen to ignore the OBA approach to defining Exubera's health-care value, and instead is likely to rely on a legacy direct-to-consumer (DTC) and physician marketing strategy. Since OBA effectively transfers a great deal of the decision-making power to payers, it renders a good deal of traditional DTC and physician marketing ineffective ... PAYER DEMANDS. Pfizer's masterful use of DTC, physician detailing, and PR may still come to the rescue. (BusinessWeek)
Multicultural Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology & Healthcare Marketing Forum, March 16-17, New Jersey Feb 7, 2006
Compelling cultural insights about these patients, their perceptions about various diseases, and approach to medications require retooling of traditional DTC or DTP campaigns. Beyond English language DTC, opportunities exist for brands to boost value through strategic investments in cultural competency, health-literacy, customized adherence programs, disease education initiatives, and grassroots partnerships. (PR Newswire)
Diamond prices steady in first sale of year Jan 23, 2006
"There are no price increases," Rosalind Kainyah, London-based director of corporate communications for the Diamond Trading Company (DTC), said ... The DTC increased prices of rough diamonds twice last year, in January and June, each time by 3 percent. (Business Report, South Africa)
