Sentences with phrase «against known drug»

«It also was effective against known drug - resistant strains of the HIV virus, making it a very promising candidate for further development into a new HIV drug.»

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Tied for the largest single donation to Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy, the campaign against the state's recreational marijuana proposal, was $ 500,000 from Insys Therapeutics, a pharmaceutical company known for selling the painkiller fentanyl in the form of a sublingual spray.

I don't know such drugs were against the law,» he said.

Schumer called the bill a critical first step in the fight against heroin and opioids, expanding the availability of naloxone — also known as narcan — to law enforcement and first responders, improving prescription drug monitoring programs, shifting resources to identifying and treating incarcerated people suffering from addiction, and prohibiting the Department of Education from questioning students about prior drug convictions on financial aid forms.

«It's certainly within the realm of possibility that if peroxisomes play this key role in antiviral defense, it may be possible to take drugs that are known to boost peroxisome production to provide protection against the viruses,» says Hobman.

Already one epigenetic drug, 5 - azacytidine, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use against myelodysplastic syndrome, also known as preleukemia or smoldering leukedrug, 5 - azacytidine, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use against myelodysplastic syndrome, also known as preleukemia or smoldering leukeDrug Administration for use against myelodysplastic syndrome, also known as preleukemia or smoldering leukemia.

The researchers plan to further test the drugs against Ebola, which has a high fatality rate and no known cure.

The FDA traditionally has taken a product - specific approach to drug approval decisions by focusing on the data generated and submitted by a drug's manufacturer and balancing the benefits against the known risks to the individual patient.

There's a new blockbuster drug on the market, and your doctor lets you know about a new clinical trial you can join that is testing the new treatment against an old tried - and - true one.

That knowledge and the cloaking proteins themselves might now be turned against the toxin - the deadliest known to humankind - to deliver vaccines or drugs that could prevent or treat the disease.

The targets of these drugs were not know to be present in cancer cells and therefore no one had considered the possibility that these drugs might be effective against aggressive cancer types, says Professor Ivaska.

In an ambitious study, the authors attempt to trace drug resistance against all strains of the flu by using an extensive influenza virus database containing all known genetic sequence information (70,000 complete nucleotide sequences) for influenza strains.

To make things worse, no antiviral drugs currently available have proven effective against it, and because scientists do not know where the virus resides between outbreaks, environmental control is impossible.

Intriguingly, the study also found that drugs called statins, which are better known for their cholesterol - lowering properties, appeared to alleviate the effects of telomere damage — and may even have protected telomeres against degradation.

Ivermectin, the established drug which successfully treats the infection, is known to be effective against minor damage caused to the front of the eye by the worm, but until now scientists had very little clear evidence about the drug's role in preventing more serious effects of infection, in particular damage to the optic nerve.

A class of therapeutic drugs known as protein kinase inhibitors has in the past decade become a powerful weapon in the fight against various life - threatening diseases, including certain types of leukemia, lung cancer, kidney cancer and squamous cell cancer of the head and neck.

Immunity is key to long - term responses Knowing that the immune system is capable of recognizing distinctive features of cancer cells and launching a T cell attack against those tumor antigens, and that checkpoint blockade removes a roadblock to that attack, it's logical that these drugs should work against many tumor types.

The big thing with this project was trying to find a way to reduce the side effects of drugs that we know work against glioblastoma, and at the same time take advantage of surgery.

Dual Approach Better for Liver Cancer A combined treatment for liver cancer that uses one oral drug and another delivered directly to tumors in a method known as chemoembolization appears to work better against liver cancer.

Knowing how ISRIB stabilizes elF2B may help Calico researchers and other collaborators tailor even more effective next - generation drugs against neurodegeneration and traumatic brain injury.

Dimethyl fumarate is a drug that is known to be effective against a variety of autoimmune diseases because of its anti-inflammatory properties.

While researchers have known that these drugs could be effective against the disease, this study revealed that 50 percent of tumors might be responsive to drugs that exploit the genetic instability of the tumors and induce the cancer cells to die.

I don't want to sound like I am against the medical field because I know lots of really smart doctors know and preach the truth and that aren't addicted to the prescription drug pushing machine of Big Pharma.

The oversight agency warned that if unstopped, the superbug crisis will eventually lead to a post-antibiotic era, when the infection - killing drugs are no longer effective against most microbes.

The «Just Say No» advertising campaign against recreational drug use was prevalent through the 1980s.

A woman diagnosed with ulcerative colitis received a $ 10.5 million award for pain and suffering in a lawsuit filed against the company, and was awarded $ 78,500 for medical expenses after her attorneys proved the company knew of a potential risk of IBD from Accutane, and failed to report it to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

I LIKE ALL RACES OF WOMANSome things you should know about meI don't smoke and I know people whom had died from smoking.I don't drink but I have nothing against a little alcohol.I don't use drugs -LRB--LRB--LRB-

In the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. Jose Mireles, a small - town physician known as «El Doctor,» leads the Autodefensas, a citizen uprising against the violent Knights Templar drug cartel that has wreaked havoc on the region for years.

In the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. Jose Mireles, a small - town physician known as «El Doctor,» shepherds a citizen uprising against the Knights Templar, the violent drug cartel that has wreaked havoc on the region for years.

Unafraid were the editors to approach subjects regarding politics, war, sex, drugs and culture, and nothing was allowed to stay censored; it was, indeed, best known for the highly outrageous cover art that ranged from parodic images of Van Gogh and Hitler to a gun threat against a dog.

The national group Students Against Driving Drunk last week unveiled a program aimed at teaching student athletes about the problems associated with the use of the muscle - enhancing drugs known as steroids.

Because when you're ten years old and getting ready for bed, on a night that's just like any other night, no darker or starrier or more silent or more full of smells than usual, with the familiar sound of the muezzins calling the faithful to prayer from the tops of the minarets just like anywhere else... no, when you're ten years old - I say ten, although I'm not entirely sure when I was born, because there's no registry office or anything like that in Ghazni province - like I said, when you're ten years old, and your mother, before putting you to bed, takes your head and holds it against her breast for a long time, longer than usual, and says, There are three things you must never do in life, Enaiat jan, for any reason... The first is use drugs.

This is competing against those no - name, bargain basement devices you only ever see at a god - forsaken drug store electronics counter, or that get trotted out as doorbusters for the poor saps who don't know any better on Black Friday each year.

The game's story pits the members of the Ghost Recon team against a Bolivian drug cartel known as Santa Blanca who have grown rapidly to become the world's largest producer of cocaine.

A Yale MFA grad who has been crisscrossing the United States for the past 10 years in the road - trip vein of Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Larry Clark, and so many others, Hatleberg finally dug in for half a year in California's Humboldt County in 2014, getting to know the inhabitant of this famous drug - trafficking haven and chronicling them against the backdrop of the area's coolly pristine natural beauty.

So the null hypothesis is referenced against the known effective drug.

Pennsylvania personal injury attorneys are known nationwide for their massive settlements against drug companies.

A product liability case against a pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturer may be appropriate if the manufacturer failed to warn the public about inherent dangers in a drug, hid information about serious drug implications from the FDA, failed to follow marketing protocol, or allowed a product to be introduced to the market when the manufacturer knew or should have known of the product's potential danger.

People who have suffered aortic dissection, aortic aneurysm, or nerve damage have contacted attorneys across the country to file lawsuits against the drug companies, alleging the makers never fairly and adequately warned doctors and patients of these known dangers.

Our lawyers know Louisiana drug laws and have the experience to fight the charges against you, including:

So if you are making a claim against a pharmaceutical company, for example, it helps to know that the Missouri product liability law firm is able to take on defective drug cases.

If you wish to pursue a claim against a pharmaceutical giant like Pfizer, our drug injury lawyers have the resources, experience and know - how to help you succeed.

If you fail to get representation from an experienced lawyer, you may end up fighting a lengthy battle, defending yourself against evidence that could have been thrown out, including possession of guns, drugs, items that were potentially stolen and even breath tests (commonly known as Breathalyzer tests).

Specifically, in Rafferty v. Merck & Co., Inc., [4] the SJC held that plaintiffs who ingest the generic form of a drug may bring failure to warn claims against the brand - name manufacturer of the drug if the brand - name defendant acted recklessly by «intentionally fail [ing] to update the label on its drug while knowing or having reason to know of an unreasonable risk of death or grave bodily injury associated with its use.»

You may also have a claim against the trucking company if it knew or should have known that the driver had an alcohol or drug problem, or if it failed to administer appropriate tests.

And if you haven't heard that, you probably don't know that thousands of people have filed a lawsuit against Actos drug maker Takeda for not informing them of the risk of developing the fatal disease.

The same doctor reportedly testified in 2011 that he knew she was taking the drug during that time period, and that he would have advised her against it had Merck warned of the risks.