Tag Archives: Doctors

Biohaven’s ambitious Nurtec ODT marketing strategy pays dividends with doctors in migraine market: analyst

Biohaven went all-in on marketing its added preventative indication for oral migraine med Nurtec. And now it’s reaping the rewards with doctors. Three months post-approval, 96% of neurologists were aware of the brand, while 65% are “highly familiar” with it, according to Spherix Global Insights’ postlaunch report. Nurtec easily bested bigger migraine players postlaunch familiarity including Amgen’s… Read More »

Can doctors have personalities? [PODCAST]

“When I teach medical students who rotate with me at my clinic, I ask them to write about the single most negative and single most positive emotional experiences they have had in their 3 to 4 years of training thus far. Commonly, I see fear as a negative emotion and pride in self-worth as the… Read More »

NHS pay: England senior doctors could strike over 1% rise

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Consultants will be consulted on industrial action if the 1% pay rise offer is not improved, says union. BBC News – Health

Doctors’ Lobby Scores ‘Major Victory’ on Bill to Hold Physicians Accountable

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The board that licenses and disciplines doctors in California is failing to hold bad actors accountable, endangering patients in the process. That’s the verdict of state lawmakers and patient advocates who have been working for years to reform the Medical Board of California. But an attempt this year to give the board… Read More »

Doctors Prescribing Opioids to COVID ‘Long Haulers’

Wednesday, April 28, 2021 (Kaiser News) — Covid survivors are at risk from a possible second pandemic, this time of opioid addiction, given the high rate of painkillers being prescribed to these patients, health experts say. A new study in Nature found alarmingly high rates of opioid use among covid survivors with lingering symptoms at… Read More »

Pandemic-related cuts in cancer screening, surgery have doctors worried more people will die

Breadcrumb Trail Links Toronto News Health Canada ‘I do believe that patients with cancer in Canada … are being rendered fatal, terminal or incurable, as a result of what’s happened’ Author of the article: Tom Blackwell Publishing date: Apr 13, 2021 • 8 hours ago • 4 minute read • 84 Comments A doctor exams mammograms,… Read More »