Internet marketing of herbal products

Article Abstract:

Many web sites that sell herbal products make health claims that are forbidden by US law, according to researchers who analyzed 443 web sites that provided information about St. John's wort, ginkgo biloba, echinacea, ginseng, garlic, saw palmetto, kava kava, and valerian root. Three-quarters of the sites were retail sites that sold the herbs and about half said the herb could be used to treat or prevent a specific health problem. This is a violation of the 1994 Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act.

Marketing procedures, Evaluation, Marketing, Company Web site/Web page, Web sites (World Wide Web), Web sites, Company marketing practices, Web site/Web page development, Medicine, Herbal, Herbal medicine, Medicine, Botanic

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University-based science and biotechnology products: Defining the boundaries of intellectual property

Article Abstract:

Private entities would be encouraged to use the results of years of costly publicly funded research to produce and market lucrative products without compensating university- or public sector-based innovators if basic science patenting is restricted. Several options to avoid the complex problems of overlapping basic science patents while still rewarding pivotal discoveries and encouraging further innovation are presented.

Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing, Drugs, Biological Products, Patents & copyrights, Intellectual property, Biological research, Biology, Experimental

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Economic implications of evidence-based prescribing for hypertension: can better care cost less?

Article Abstract:

The potential savings from the perspective of health care payers that would result from increased adherence to evidence-based recommendations for managing hypertension in patients older than 65 years is calculated.

Science & research, Care and treatment, Research, Economic aspects, Hypertension, Comparative analysis, Medical care, Cost of, Health care costs, Blood circulation disorders, Vascular diseases, Cookery for hypertensives

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