BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy
Archive for January 2012
The Road to Wellness Begins in Just 20 Minutes
It’s shocking enough that more than 3 million people in the United States are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV), but what really blows me away is that most of these people have no idea about their infection status. In fact, just considering adults ages 40-64, there’s an estimated 1.6 million in the U.S. … Continue reading
An Ounce of Blood Clotting Prevention
With hemophilia, the old adage about “an ounce of prevention” certainly rings true. People with hemophilia lack a clotting factor that is needed to stop bleeding. An infusion of clotting factor can be provided to a bleeding person (called “on-demand therapy”). Way back in 1958, the Swedish doctor Inga Marie Nilsson tried a new idea: … Continue reading
I Can Save You a Quarter-Million Dollars Every Year
How often do you get an offer like that? A few years back, after meeting with a city municipality about their specialty pharmacy needs, I was able to offer this incredible savings to the city. This particular city municipality relied on a mail-order company to meet their specialty pharmacy needs. Each city employee needing medications … Continue reading
D for Diabetes
Following the valid advice to stay out of the sun and apply sunscreen when outside has left a surprising number of U.S. adults with a vitamin D deficit, according to recent research. American youth also fall short with this “sunshine vitamin.” So what’s the big deal if someone’s tank is a bit low when it … Continue reading
Virus To the Rescue
For the first time ever, gene therapy successfully treated hemophilia B and even allowed some patients to give up their regular injections of clotting factor altogether. This landmark study spearheaded by researchers from the University College London and the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis injected six hemophilia B patients with a virus that … Continue reading
