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Article: Research on drug therapy has not kept pace with the aging of America.
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- December 4, 1986
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BALTIMORE, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- While one-third of all medications prescribed are consumed by persons over 60, research on drug therapy in the elderly has not kept pace with the aging of America, authorities on geriatrics and clinical pharmacology were reminded at a workshop here today (Hyatt Regency, Baltimore).
A cadre of trained geratric clinical pharmacologists is needed.
More than 100 authorities and thought leaders in clinical pharmacology and geriatric medicine from academia, government and industry are participating in the two-day meeting on structuring and funding programs for training geriatric clinical pharmacologists. The workshop is ...