Tricor (Lipanthyl): A Widely Available Drug has Remarkable Anti-COVID-19 Effects

Tricor (generic name: fenofibrate) was patented in 1969, and has been prescribed for more than fifty years as a generic fat-lowering treatment for patients with raised levels of cholesterol. It is used especially to target “bad” (LDL) cholesterol and fats such as triglycerides, and to raise “good” (HDL) cholesterol in the blood. It works by […]

How Does IsraelPharm Save You Money on Your Prescriptions?

President Joe Biden early in August this year urged Congress to take steps to lower the cost of prescription drugs in the United States, saying that “for years, the price of many prescription drugs has dramatically outpaced inflation. These prices have put the squeeze on too many families and stripped them of their dignity.” Here […]

FDA Approves a Third Vaccine Dose for People with a Compromised Immune System

In an important step, the Federal Drug Authority has pushed through an approval to get an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccines administered to the estimated 2.7 percent of adults in the United States who are immuno-compromised. Immuno-compromised individuals, specifically solid organ transplant recipients or those diagnosed with conditions that are considered to have an equivalent […]

Vaccine Alternatives for Immunocompromised People

As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout gathers pace, a population is at risk of being left behind: the millions of immunocompromised people around the globe who lack fully functional immune systems. For them, vaccines may not be as effective, because they are less capable of making their own antibodies to neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Instead, pharmaceutical […]

Expanding the battle against COVID-19: Two New Nasal Sprays Keep You Defended

Countries like Israel and the UK poured all of their resources into getting their people vaccinated against COVID-19 as quickly as possible. But now, after the great success of the vaccines, there are emerging several levels of concern when administrators and scientists are seeing the effects of newer variants of the virus. This makes it […]

Killing COVID-19 with NO

Of all the remarkable products that the Israeli “Start-up Nation” has developed to help fight the SARS-CoV-2 virus that has devastated the world, there is surely nothing to match the achievement of the joint Israel-Canada biotech company called SaNOtize. There is a surprisingly familiar ring to the chemistry that forms the basis of what SaNOtize […]

Breakthrough! Israel’s Pancreatic Cancer Trial

Globally, pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death and the 12th most common cancer. New developments in Israel are welcomed as a new drug enters phase 3 trial and Israeli oncologists offer new hope. Unfortunately, the disease is difficult to diagnose. Due to this, and the aggression of the disease, the first-year […]

Israel: Reducing Prescription Errors and Saving Lives

Approximately eight million Americans experience preventable prescription errors each year. 1.5 million Americans are injured by medication errors. It is understandable that mistakes can happen considering the process of acquiring medicine. First there is the decision to prescribe medicine. An erroneous decision could be made. Then there is the potential for a mistake to be […]

Is There A Diabetes Cure? In Israel Several Groundbreaking Diabetes Treatments Advance

Diabetes is said to affect approximately 9.4% of the US population. In fact, 30.3 million Americans suffer from the disease, with 1.5 million people newly diagnosed every year. With so many people living with the condition, it’s natural to wonder about a cure. New medical innovations in Israel provide hope for diabetics that a cure […]

Are Creon Strengths confusing?

In the US and the EU different units are used to measure the amount of Creon-containing enzymes. What is Creon used for? Creon is a mixture of enzymes used for Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy – PERT. Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) is a condition characterized by the deficiency of the exocrine pancreatic enzymes, resulting in the […]