Sentences with phrase «as drug research»

Count all the money Valeant has spent on acquisitions as drug research, and suddenly it has spent 200 % of its revenue over the past five years on R&D.

Not exact matches

The advantage of Zymeworks» strategy is that licensing platforms to big pharma entitles it to a combination of cash up front, milestone payments as the clients» research proceeds and potential royalties once one of the drugs developed on the platform reaches the market.

There are also forums dedicated to policy issues such as drug pricing and medical standards — last year, former Vice President Joe Biden announced a federal Genomic Data Commons to expedite cancer research during a keynote address.

Dr. Nir Barzilai, the director of Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, has been researching the drug, with the hopes of one day getting it approved as an anti-aging treatment by the FDA.

That research will be crucial: An earlier effort by another company, Pathway Genomics, to create a «liquid biopsy» for cancer was greeted in September by a stern letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning that the agency had «not found any published evidence that this test or any similar test has been clinically validated as a screening tool for early detection of cancer in high risk individuals.»

Walmsley, who took over a year ago, is focusing on rebuilding GSK's drug pipeline by overhauling research and appointing heavyweight outsiders, such as veteran Roche scientist Hal Barron.

Under Frazier's leadership, Merck has been «plunging ahead» with tens of millions of dollars to find a drug that could slow or cure Alzheimer's disease, even as «most drugmakers» have halted research or at least scaled in back in the face of research setbacks, according to Fox News.

And the hiring freeze will make matters even more difficult seeing as there are currently 1,000 vacancies at the FDA, with many of them in the critical Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER).

This government cash helps companies fund the research for their next blockbuster drug as well as the expenses required to operate a growing healthcare company.

Those savings would be such a boon to Teva, it would be as if the company had launched another blockbuster drug, «with exclusivity extending into perpetuity,» analysts at investment back Cowen wrote in a research note.

This may seem contradictory, as the U.S. biopharmaceutical industry is the world's leader in drug research and has a total economic impact of $ 790 billion a year on the U.S. economy.

But a funny thing happened as the company took on projects (research on the deaf as well as on drug use and AIDS) further and further afield from its initial market.

«Her breadth of experience in biomedical research and development can benefit Exelixis greatly as the company recommits its resources to drug discovery and bolstering its pipeline following the successful ongoing commercialization of its lead medicine, CABOMETYX.»

In fact, if you believe Ackman's math, Valeant goes from one of the industry's stingiest companies when it comes to R&D, as critics contend, to one of the biggest spenders on drug research.

But rather than buying up a genetic research outfit, it decided to build its own in the form of the Regeneron Genetics Center (RGC), an ambitious four - year old effort to sequence as many exomes (the protein - encoding part of the genome) as possible, pair them with medical records, and accelerate drug development.

Two months ago GlaxoSmithKline — which once heralded small, biotech - like R&D units as its new formula for success — ripped into its research operations in North Carolina and Philadelphia, after its top drug prospects failed in the clinic.

This is, «they are coming to steal your livestock and burn your villages and destroy drug research as we know it.»

That may come as a surprise amid hand - wringing about the spiraling cost of health care, but two new studies, one from research company IMS Health and one from pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts, show that the amount of money Americans spend on prescription drugs went down in 2012 for the first time in decades.

As an investment, a drug that is in the discovery or pre-clinical stage is a very risky proposition, with less than a 1 % chance of getting to market (according to an industry report published in 2003 by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America).

(i) a woman's right to choose; (ii) teaching evolution in school; (iii) medical immunization of teen girls against HPV; (iv) assisted suicide; (v) gay marriage; (vi) my right to view art and theatre deemed «offensive,» «blasphemous» or «obscene» by theists (vii) basic $ ex education for older school children; (viii) treating drug abuse as principally a medical issue; (xi) population control; (x) buying alcohol on a Sunday; (xi) use of condoms and other contraceptives (xii) stem cell research.

As for stem cell research, I don't think you understand the reach of these big drug companies.

The internist is equipped to treat the physiological problems and administer Antabuse; the psychologist is trained to do testing through which the alcoholic's therapeutic needs can be evaluated, and he may be trained to do research and psychotherapy; the psychiatrist, being a medical doctor like the internist, can prescribe medication, but his unique skills are in the area of individual and group therapy and their relationship to drug therapies; the social worker may be trained to help the alcoholic work through his marital and vocational problems and do group as well as individual therapy; the social worker may also work with spouses; the pastoral counselor is specially equipped by training to help the alcoholic with his «spiritual» problems as these relate to his sobriety and his interpersonal relationships; he may also be trained to do group and marital counseling; 40.

One serious problem in the area of recombinant DNA research is, however, that drug companies and government agencies are as much involved as are university professors.

Their research, led by Pennsylvania Governor Raymond Shafer, recommended that not only should marijuana not be categorized as a «Schedule 1» drug, but even suggested that possession should be decriminalized.

(i) a woman's right to an abortion; (iii) medical immunization of teen girls (and boys) against HPV; (iv) assisted suicide; (vi) gay marriage; (vii) my right to view art and theatre deemed «offensive,» «blasphemous» or «obscene» Catholics; (viii) basic $ ex education for older school children; (ix) treating drug abuse as principally a medical issue; (x) population control; (xi) buying alcohol on a Sunday in many places; (xii) use of condoms and other contraceptives; (xiii) embryonic stem cell research; (xiv) little 10 year - old boys joining organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America, regardless of the religious views of their parents; and (xv) gays being allowed to serve openly in the military.

About five percent are used for teaching purposes, another five percent for diagnosis of disease, twenty percent for production of biological substances («biologicals») and for toxicity testing, thirty percent in development of drugs and their testing, and forty percent for other research activities such as the present work in genetic engineering to increase the size of sheep and pigs.

The program was developed as a result of research into methods of cleansing the body of drugs.

«The safety of low - kilojoule sweeteners is supported by regulatory agencies throughout the world, such as the The National Health and Medical Research Council, Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ), European Food Safety Authority and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, as well as leading health groups, including the Australian Diabetes Council and Dietitians Association of Australia.

«The safety of low - kilojoule sweeteners used in diet drinks is supported by leading regulatory agencies throughout the world, such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the European Food Safety Authority, the National Health and Medical Research Council, and Food Standards Australia and New Zealand — as well as leading health groups, including the Australian Diabetes Council and Dieticians Association of Australia.»

Research on the healing qualities of active Manuka honey have been done at a very large scale but the approval of FDA is needed in order to qualify it as a drug.

Golding says his research on anabolic steroids indicates that they have no effect at all on building lean muscle mass and explains the continued use of the drug as a result of peer - group pressure.

I have come to conclusions from that research, as well as, from having known a person who died - along with her baby - from the drug being used to induce her labor.

Adfam believes that fathers are indeed as concerned about drug use in their families, and although research shows that, overall, fathers are less likely to engage in support services, it is clear that when conditions are right they will engage, and engage with gusto.

Michel Odent, in his review of research on the «primal period «(the time between conception and the first birthday), concludes that interference or dysfunction at this time affects the development of our capacity to love, which is particularly vulnerable around the time of birth, being connected hormonally to the oxytocin system.3 Research by Jacobsen4 5 and Raine6 among others, suggests that contemporary tragedies such as suicide, drug addiction and violent criminality may be linked to problems in the perinatal period such as exposure to drugs, birth complications and separation or rejection from theresearch on the «primal period «(the time between conception and the first birthday), concludes that interference or dysfunction at this time affects the development of our capacity to love, which is particularly vulnerable around the time of birth, being connected hormonally to the oxytocin system.3 Research by Jacobsen4 5 and Raine6 among others, suggests that contemporary tragedies such as suicide, drug addiction and violent criminality may be linked to problems in the perinatal period such as exposure to drugs, birth complications and separation or rejection from theResearch by Jacobsen4 5 and Raine6 among others, suggests that contemporary tragedies such as suicide, drug addiction and violent criminality may be linked to problems in the perinatal period such as exposure to drugs, birth complications and separation or rejection from the mother.

Please note that research has shown that babies who sleep in the same bed as their parents are more likely to die from SIDS if either parent smokes, takes drugs or consumes large quantities of alcohol.

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Research shows that appropriate parental monitoring can reduce future drug use, even among those adolescents who may be prone to marijuana use, such as those who are rebellious, can not control their emotions, and experience internal distress.

Recent research suggests that for pain after childbirth, drugs containing codeine, such as Tylenol 3s, should not be taken by the mother for longer than four days.

One of the people Feilding started working with was professor David Nutt, of Imperial University, whose own experience of clashing with authorities over drug research came to a head in 2009 when he was sacked as chair of the Advisory Council of the Misuse of Drugs for ranking drugs according to the harm they do the user and socDrugs for ranking drugs according to the harm they do the user and socdrugs according to the harm they do the user and society.

The ban came about in the first place for political reasons more than a legitimate health concern, and the propaganda was pure fear mongering, leading people who have done research to see opponents as merely ignorantly reiterating the old lies on a pavlovian reflex upon hearing the label «drug» which is equally applicable to caffeine.

The Youth Initiative for Drug Research Information Support and Education, otherwise known as Youth Rise and the All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Connect have lauded the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, over his new initiative aimed at addressing and solving the prevalence of drug abuse in many parts of NigeDrug Research Information Support and Education, otherwise known as Youth Rise and the All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Connect have lauded the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, over his new initiative aimed at addressing and solving the prevalence of drug abuse in many parts of Nigedrug abuse in many parts of Nigeria.

Clinton declared her support Saturday for loosening regulations on marijuana and reclassifying the drug as a Schedule 2 substance, citing the benefits it could pose for medical research.

Cuomo administration officials said that once the state had received permission from the federal government to pursue marijuana as an investigational drug, hospitals would be given the same protections they have for any other research.

While completing my thesis research in pharmacology at the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), I am trying to gather as much information as I can on my new career interest — patent law.

The new research, published recently as two separate studies in ACS Central Science and the Journal of the American Chemical Society, demonstrates that a new class of drugs called small molecule RNA inhibitors can successfully target and kill specific types of cancer.

Double - stranded RNA molecules have been produced through chemical synthesis, both as drug molecules and for research purposes, but such production methods are inefficient and expensive for plant protection,» Poranen states.

«Once this novel tumor - homing agent binds to the EphA2 receptor, the oncogene functions as a cancer - specific molecular Trojan horse for paclitaxel, carrying the drug inside the cancel cell, killing the cell, and thwarting metastasis,» said Maurizio Pellecchia, a professor of biomedical sciences at UCR's School of Medicine who led the research.

«Ecstasy or «Molly» users in the U.S. are at very high risk for using drugs containing adulterants such as «bath salts» and methamphetamine,» said Dr. Joseph Palamar, PhD, MPH, of the New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (NYU CDUHR).

The National Institute on Drug Abuse is pursuing a mix of approaches that include developing non-opioid pain medicines, conducting research on vaccines that may blunt the impact of fentanyl and its related offshoots, getting public health organizations to increase the availability and use of medications already available to treat opioid addiction and getting medications such as buprenorphine and naloxone, which suppress withdrawal symptoms and ease cravings, into the hands emergency room doctors dealing with patients with opioid addictions.

Universities are particularly sensitive to university space, resources and / or faculty being involved in outside activities during their working hours, and also for potential conflicts of interest, in which your university research could be biased by receiving outside funding from an inappropriate source, as when a drug company has a vested interest in the outcome of your independent research.