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Two UF Pharmacy students score Top 5 ISPOR abstract awards

Two University of Florida College of Pharmacy students were selected as top scoring abstract winners out of more than 1,300 submissions at the International Society of Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research, or ISPOR, 2021 virtual conference. Shu Huang and Natalie Ourhaan Shu Huang, a…

UF study: FDA label change requirement helped reduced antibiotic misuse

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2016 took action to reduce the overuse of fluoroquinolones, a type of antibiotic associated with serious side effects. That step helped cut the use of these antibiotics for uncomplicated urinary tract infections, or UTIs, by more than half, according to a University…