Most medications have standardized generic names that are the same worldwide. But some drugs have different brand names in different countries. When traveling, it’s important to be sure you’re getting ...

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TORONTO & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New Klick Health research published today in Nature Digital Medicine found Google Assistant’s comprehension of the most commonly dispensed medication names in the ...

Rachel Bryan receives doctoral funding from Swansea University. She has previously received fundings from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. In one English language case of a lookalike name ...

Author(s)Max Straka, Director, Drug Safety, at Leaderboard Branding, a Fingerpaint company, and previously served as a senior member of the FDA Division of Medication ...

A new tool could be on the horizon for identifying drugs that have similar names in order to help cut down on errors caused when prescription drugs are mixed up—or even preventing drugs from having ...

Five years have passed since the member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) gathered at the 72nd World Health Assembly and decided that September 17 should be recognized as World Patient ...

There is no manufacturing and marketing of different drugs with the same brand name, or those with same pronunciation and even look alike.(Mint) The health ministry plans to create a central online ...