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• FDA: Progress made over drug shortages
• CDC Restates Position on Use of Single-Dose and Single-Use Vials
• AMA Reminds Docs of Medicare E-Prescribing Deadline
• Screening for Other Health Problems May Aid COPD Survival

• COX-2 Mystery Cleared Up
• HIV Drug Tenofovir Safe During Pregnancy, Study Suggests
• NIH, companies aim to teach old drugs new tricks
• Orphan drugs to see growth through 2018, report finds

• CDC links eye infections to troubled Fla. pharmacy
• Utah pharmacist accused of blackmailing customer

1. FDA: Progress made over drug shortages
   Health officials said the number of new shortages of crucial drugs used to treat cancer and other illnesses had been halved compared to a year ago, and attributed the improvement to earlier notice from drugmakers about looming supply issues.
   Reuters
   
   
2. CDC Restates Position on Use of Single-Dose and Single-Use Vials
   In an effort to ensure clinicians are clear about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, the agency is restating its position on the use of single-dose/single-use vials and also seeks to dispel inaccuracies being disseminated to healthcare providers.
   Infection Control Today
   
   
3. AMA Reminds Docs of Medicare E-Prescribing Deadline
   The American Medical Association reminds physicians that they must report generation of at least 10 electronic prescriptions by June 30 to avoid reimbursement penalties under Medicare's e-prescribing program.
   HealthData Management
   
   
4. Screening for Other Health Problems May Aid COPD Survival
   People with the often deadly lung condition chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, have an increased risk of death if they also have certain types of other health problems, according to new research.
   HealthDay
   
   

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1. COX-2 Mystery Cleared Up
   A controversial class of anti-inflammatory drugs -- the COX-2 inhibitors -- increase the risk of cardiovascular disease by blocking a key protective substance, researchers reported.
   MedPage Today
   
   
2. HIV Drug Tenofovir Safe During Pregnancy, Study Suggests
   The use of the anti-HIV drug tenofovir during pregnancy appears to be safe for infants, new research suggests.
   HealthDay
   
   
3. NIH, companies aim to teach old drugs new tricks
   Three pharmaceutical giants are unlocking their freezers to see if government-funded scientists can reinvent some of their old drugs.
   Associated Press
   
   
4. Orphan drugs to see growth through 2018, report finds
   Drug makers could strike big with new treatments for rare diseases, according to a new report by a market research firm.
   Drug Store News
   
   

1. CDC links eye infections to troubled Fla. pharmacy
   Federal health officials confirmed 33 cases of a rare fungal eye infection across seven states on Thursday, stemming from products mixed in a Florida pharmacy that also mixed supplements that killed 21 elite polo horses in 2009.
   Associated Press
   
   
2. Utah pharmacist accused of blackmailing customer
   A pharmacist accused of filling a woman's forged painkiller prescription with candy and then demanded money in exchange for his silence says he was trying to help her clean up her life, authorities said.
   Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
   
   

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