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Reports on the release of public-hearing results regarding biomedical literature in the U.S. in 1987. Key issues of interest; Analysis of pertinent issues and relevant topics; Implications on libraries and library science.

The author expresses disappointment over a paper published in the British medical journal "Lancet" which reported that hydroxychloroquine both was ineffective at treating the coronavirus and caused cardiac implications. He details some of the recent reports which investigated the use of some drugs in treating COVID-19 pandemic, such as dexamethasone and remdesivir. He also explains why ophthalmologists are very familiar with hydroxycholorquine.

The article focuses on the "White Paper on Expanding the Role of Pharmacists in Caring for Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease" published in the November/December 2008 issue of the "Journal of the American Pharmacists Association." The paper, a summary discussions from a meeting of experts convened by the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation, lists the areas that could involve pharmacists in improving care for patients with the disease, such as identifying practices in collaborative care and giving overall medication for patients.

The article reports on the publication of the white paper entitled "Safety Supervision of Medicines in China." It is outlined that the total production of the pharmaceutical industry in the country has increased. Meanwhile, information about a group of plant medicines and natural medicines that have been manufactured and used in China are mentioned.

Reports that the United States National Institutes of Health's PubMed Central, the free but not yet realized Web site for medical science papers, has received two votes of confidence. How the votes came from a publisher's project and a European program; Details on the plans for PubMed; Details on BioMed Central, which will forge an alliance with PubMed; Outlook for the Web site.