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Too - strict regulations might limit patient access to the drug by driving prices up, said Julie Netherland, deputy state director of the Drug Policy Alliance.

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In adopting its Cannabis Equity Program, the City of Oakland made a clear commitment to ensure access and equity in legal cannabis for communities most negatively impacted by the drug war.

But sales of Praluent and a rival Amgen drug, with list prices of more than $ 14,000 a year before discounts, have been severely constrained by onerous roadblocks to patient access by insurers.

But sales of Praluent and a rival Amgen drug, with list prices of more than $ 14,000 a year before discounts, have been constrained by onerous roadblocks to patient access by insurers.

The case has echoes of WhatsApp's repeated blockage in Brazil, where prosecutors were frustrated by their inability to access the private messages of a suspect in a major drug case.

By buying the company outright it will now get access to Ablynx's most promising asset, the experimental drug caplacizumab for treating the rare bleeding disorder acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.

Throughout her time in prison, Manning's lawyers fought to give her access to drugs for gender dysphoria and have the military refer to her by female pronouns.

By acquiring Humana, Walmart gains preferential access to seniors through Humana Medicare advantage, and leverage over pharmaceutical manufacturers to negotiate for lower drug prices.

And the revised deal will let Rite Aid buy generic drugs through a Walgreens affiliate, allowing the smaller chain access to the lower prices enjoyed by its bigger competitor.

The move may inhibit competition by preventing generic drug - makers from obtaining access to samples, Stock said.

They are also puzzled by the fact that their culture at least tacitly gives access to a drug and then expels its users.

We can not violate our vows by participating in the government's program to provide access to abortion - inducing drugs.

HIV Medicine DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2011.00918.x IBFAN - Asia Position Statement on HIV and Infant Feeding, 13 October 2008 South African Tshwane Declaration on breastfeeding, S Afr J Clin Nutr 2011; 24 (4) UNAIDS 2010, Strategy Getting to Zero, UNAIDS Strategy 2011 — 2015 UNAIDS 2010, Agenda for Accelerated Country Action for Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV, 2010 - 2014 UNAIDS 2011, Countdown to Zero: Global plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive, 2011 - 2015 UNAIDS 2011 Press Release, 9 June, World leaders launch plan to eliminate new HIV infections among children by 2015 UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child UNICEF 2010, Facts for Life UNICEF 2011, Programming Guide, Infant and Young Child Feeding, 26 May 2011 WHO / UNICEF 2003, Global strategy for infant and young child feeding WHO 2007, Evidence on the long - term effects of breastfeeding: systematic reviews and meta - analysis WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF 2009, Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV / AIDS interventions in the health sector: progress report 2009 WHO 2009, Women and health, Today's evidence tomorrow's agenda WHO 2009, Acceptable medical reasons for use of breast - milk substitutes WHO 2009, Rapid advice: use of antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant womenand preventing HIV Infection in infants WHO 2009, Rapid advice: revised WHO principles and recommendations on infant feeding in the context of HIV WHO 2010, Priority Interventions — HIV / AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector WHO 2010, Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding: Principles and recomendations for infant feeding in the context of HIV and a summary of evidence WHO 2010, Annexure 7b to Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding.

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While much went unresolved during the combative close to New York's 2017 legislative session, legislation aimed at increasing access to prescription drugs quietly flew through the state Senate and Assembly, passing unanimously in both houses last week and now awaiting action by Cuomo.

According to the report's author, Professor Kate Shannon, factors such as being forced to service clients in cars or public places, inability to access drug treatment and a prior assault by police all correlated with violence against female sex workers.

BY NATHAN RILEY A legislative proposal in Albany to reduce stigma, curb police harassment of drug users, and improve access to clean needles demonstrated broad support at a January 15 press conference in Manhattan.

NHS patients could be given access to drugs which have not been fully developed under plans being unveiled by the government today.

Hours before the vote Senate President Joe Negron kicked off the 2018 legislative session by urging lawmakers to address the opioid crisis and to make sure addicts have access to the resources they need to beat their drug habits.

Gottfried countered by saying that the responsibility would fall on parents to ensure that children did not have access to the drugs, just as parents are expected to restrict access to traditional medications and firearms.

She had been denied access to the experimental drug Erbitux, which was later approved by the FDA.

While average life expectancy has been rising steadily in most countries over the past century, new research led by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows that life expectancy declined significantly and rapidly in three countries where policy changes increased access to prescription opioids, alcohol or illicit drugs.

Writing in a linked Comment, Gino Vumbaca from Harm Reduction Australia, said: «Evidence on the effectiveness of compulsory and voluntary drug dependence treatment in the Asian region has been scarce and this study is a much needed addition to the evidence base that is required to inform policy making... The present study provides solid evidence in support of urgent need to expand availability of and access to evidence based voluntary drug dependence treatment approaches to all whom are affected by drug dependence.

The report, requested by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), says it is possible to stem the still - escalating prevalence of opioid use disorder and other opioid - related harms without foreclosing access to opioids for patients suffering from pain whose providers have prescribed these drugs responsibly.

But the reality appears to be very different: interviews conducted by New Scientist with ex-prisoners and with researchers confirm that many drug users do not lose access to drugs inside prison but instead lose the help that they need to avoid becoming infected with HIV.

Both explore the unique access to the brain afforded by patients whose epileptic seizures have proved resistant to drugs.

Once a drug is developed and on the market what the Global Fund does is try to improve access to that drug for the poorest of poor by using advance purchasing or using commitments to try to ensure the availability of that drug on a large scale.

EMA's goal is not to make it easier for competitors to manufacture drugs by accessing this information, Harvey - Allchurch stresses.

Mass drug administration may have reduced malarial incidence during the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Liberia, according to a study published August 31, 2016 in the open - access journal PLOS ONE by Anna Kuehne from Epicentre, France, and colleagues.

To address these trends the authors suggest that policy - makers consider measures that would increase primary prevention of drug use by drivers, including curbing prescription drug use by drivers through counseling by medical professionals, and increasing affordable access to mass transiTo address these trends the authors suggest that policy - makers consider measures that would increase primary prevention of drug use by drivers, including curbing prescription drug use by drivers through counseling by medical professionals, and increasing affordable access to mass transito mass transit.

If they are on the market without generic versions to challenge them then companies can maintain monopoly prices, and in doing so harm consumers by preventing or delaying access to cheaper drugs.»

Drug and insurance companies can apply to access the data, and may be able to identify patients by cross-referencing with their own records.

The dark web — the collection of sites on the Internet that can't be accessed by search engines like Google — is perhaps best known as a place to anonymously purchase drugs, guns, and hit men.

Its aim, said Charles Medawar, cofounder of Social Audit, is to eradicate the «nanny knows best» attitude, by giving the public a right of access to the safety data given by drugs companies to the CSM.

In the end, Kozlowski added, «The proper regulation of recreational drug products that have some adverse effects should be to restrict youth access, promote cessation of use in those who desire to quit, promote less - harmful modes of use by providing accurate and useful information to consumers.»

Compounded medications are meant to be an alternative when an individual does not have access to or has an adverse reaction to a medication approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

Two new studies led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have found evidence that such cost - sharing arrangements are associated with significant reductions in access to these drugs.

Rats that have access to addictive substances such as cocaine, however, will continually press a lever to get more of the drug, even when it has been replaced by saline.

iBET's infrastructure comprises 16 laboratories fully equipped with state - of - the - art technology (70 m2 each), including a BSL2 laboratory for working with viruses; a GMP Analytical Services Unit certified by the INFARMED (the Portuguese medicines authority, EMA Portuguese branch) and by DGAV (the Portuguese veterinary authority) for quality control and batch release of human and veterinary pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals as well as experimental new drugs; a GMP Mass - Spectroscopy Unit that provides state - of - the - art MS services to the scientific community and Industry; a 2600 m2 bio-pilot plant supporting production and purification of proteins ATMPs and vaccines from bench top to 300 L scale and privileged access to GeniBET Biopharmaceuticals, an iBET spin - off producing ATMPs under cGMP certification for phase I / II / III clinical trials.

The chemical reactions she has developed are widely used throughout the pharmaceutical industry to create new drug candidates, are being studied by chemical companies interested in accessing important chemicals used in farming, and are being utilized to prepare a type of chemical (tracer) that allows doctors to view the heart's sympathetic nervous system through positron emission tomography (PET) scans.

An important upside of an open - label extension is that it rewards the volunteers who took part in the original study by giving them guaranteed access to the active drug.

However, the efficacy of this kind of cocktail treatment suffers when the drugs require access to different parts of the cell, a bit like fighting a battle by depositing all your archers on the same spot as your infantrymen.

SciLifeLab and the EU Lead Factory, a collaborative public - private partnership aiming to deliver innovative drug discovery starting points by e.g. giving free access to up to 500,000 novel compounds, declare to exploit the complementarity and synergistic -LSB-...]

Equally important, by securing access to the best drugs from multiple companies, CRI is able to conduct clinical trials of novel combinations that might not otherwise be conducted.

In a perfect world, I do not believe that supplementation is necessary: if we all had access to nutritionally dense food, ate perfectly, our environment wasn't polluted with toxins and chemicals, we were never exposed to pharmaceutical drug, and we were never affected by physical, emotional or lifestyle stressors.

(PFIZER) There is no magic bullet for fibromyalgia, but sufferers have access now to a drug approved in 2007 by the Food and Drug Administration to treat the pain of this syndrome: Pfizer's Lyrica (pregabalin), a medication previously approved to treat diabetic nerve damage, pain from shingles, and partial seizudrug approved in 2007 by the Food and Drug Administration to treat the pain of this syndrome: Pfizer's Lyrica (pregabalin), a medication previously approved to treat diabetic nerve damage, pain from shingles, and partial seizuDrug Administration to treat the pain of this syndrome: Pfizer's Lyrica (pregabalin), a medication previously approved to treat diabetic nerve damage, pain from shingles, and partial seizures.

The mission of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is to cure cystic fibrosis and to provide all people with the disease the opportunity to lead full, productive lives by funding research and drug development, promoting individualized treatment, and ensuring access to high - quality, specialized care.

A documentary about the fight in developing nations to obtain access to AIDS drugs, which were barred from them by Western patent laws for decades.

Teachers can also take note of these risk factors for teen suicide, as listed by the CDC: a history of previous suicide attempts, depression, or other mental illness; a family history of suicide; alcohol or drug abuse; a stressful life event or loss; easy access to lethal methods; exposure to the suicidal behavior of others; and incarceration.

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