Sentences with phrase «by pharmaceuticals companies as»

These tests are carried out by pharmaceuticals companies as well as by some of the contract research organizations.

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In B.C. especially, companies such as QLT Inc., Angiotech Pharmaceuticals and Cardiome Pharma Corp. saw their valuations soar in the early 2000s, only to come crashing to earth by the end of the decade as a result of competitive pressures, regulatory snags, strategic blunders and deals gone awry.

He headed up Bausch & Lomb until the eye care specialist was snatched up by the (now - infamous) Valeant Pharmaceuticals (vrx); sat at the top perch of Forest Laboratories before becoming CEO of that company's acquirer, Actavis, in 2014; and, finally, took over as the top dog at Allergan after Actavis bought it and adopted the Botox - maker's name.

«There hasn't really been a platform company in Canada that has been financed and validated by as many pharmaceutical companies,» he says.

Mathers previously served as CEO of CoLucid Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CLCD), a Pappas Capital portfolio company that was acquired in early 2017 by Eli Lilly & Company for nearly $ 1 bcompany that was acquired in early 2017 by Eli Lilly & Company for nearly $ 1 bCompany for nearly $ 1 billion.

Martin Shkreli, unaffectionately known as the «pharma bro» — and infamous for his decision to hike the list price of Daraprim, a drug used by HIV / AIDS and cancer patients to combat infections, by more than 5,000 % in 2015 under his former company Turing Pharmaceuticals — was convicted on three criminal securities fraud and conspiracy charges by a Brooklyn jury on Friday.

As the executive branch decides how to address the opioid epidemic, communities hit hardest by the prescription drug crisis are beginning to target the pharmaceutical companies responsible for selling the addictive drugs.

The pill, which contains dolutegravir with rilpivirine, is made by ViiV, the specialist HIV company majority owned by GlaxoSmithKline, that has Pfizer and Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi as shareholders.

Some have started charging mid-size corporate customers, who employ 2,000 to 10,000 people, additional fees for integrating medical claims and pharmaceutical claims when they are managed by different companies, Dross said, and could require those fees for larger clients as well.

Founded more than two centuries ago by small medicines vendor and namesake Chobei Takeda in Osaka, Japan, the company was that nation's largest pharmaceutical firm by revenue as of 2014.

As a prolific exporter of pricey products such as watches and pharmaceuticals, Swiss companies were being harmed by their strong currency (Canadian manufacturers have the same complaint whenever the Canadian dollar rises against the U.S. dollarAs a prolific exporter of pricey products such as watches and pharmaceuticals, Swiss companies were being harmed by their strong currency (Canadian manufacturers have the same complaint whenever the Canadian dollar rises against the U.S. dollaras watches and pharmaceuticals, Swiss companies were being harmed by their strong currency (Canadian manufacturers have the same complaint whenever the Canadian dollar rises against the U.S. dollar).

Pomerantz is co-lead counsel in a securities class action against international pharmaceutical company Perrigo plc concerning allegations related to the company misleading investors as to its revenue growth potential in order to encourage them to reject a tender offer by Mylan N.V.

She co-founded and last served as CEO for Sprout Pharmaceuticals where, in 2015, the company broke through with the first ever FDA - approved drug for low sexual desire in women — dubbed «female Viagra» by the media.

It is hard to believe, for example, that Canada could not in the end find common ground with the US on some extension of patent protection for pharmaceuticals, since it was able to do so in the just - completed negotiations with the EU, or that an extension of the term of copyright protection from 50 to 70 years from the agreed baseline would have much if any real practical impact on Canada although it would be seen as a gain by the US given the heavy copyright portfolios of US entertainment companies, allowing them an additional period of time to exploit their copyrighted content.

While there is still some debate as to what causes these disorders in children, the intervention of natural medicine, rather than those mass - produced by pharmaceutical companies, is being used more and more throughout treatment programs.

Greystone Logistics is a manufacturing and leasing company that designs, manufactures, sells and leases high quality plastic pallets that provide logistical solutions needed by a wide range of industries such as the food and beverage, automotive, chemical, and pharmaceutical and consumer product industries.

Warning families that pediatricians and pharmaceutical companies are harming children with unneeded drugs and vaccines, the 63 - year - old positions himself as a truth - teller who protects kids by upholding this oath, «Above all, do no harm.»

NAFDAC said the same investigational inspection by a different NAFDAC team took place on the same day and time as the Ilorin companies at the manufacturing facility of Emzor Pharmaceuticals Industry Limited., Ajao Estate, Lagos

Private sales of the drugs would be capped as well, with overages subject to a surcharge to be paid by the pharmaceutical companies.

The small pill, containing the compound modafinil and marketed as Provigil by the pharmaceutical company Cephalon, also makes my friends feel — perhaps actually be — more alert and focused when they return home.

Little coverage is given to such grim statistics by governments or pharmaceutical companies, so patients and their doctors are not primed to be as vigilant as they should be, and adverse drug reactions (ADRs) remain seriously under - recognised and under - reported.

Since joining the EMEA as a scientific administrator, Diafouka has been involved in a project, called EudraVigilance, that collects and evaluates data on adverse reactions reported by pharmaceutical companies and health - care professionals.

Rescued from insolvency by a pharmaceutical company, I found myself labelled as a medical writer.

By following her expanding interests, she navigated through the pharmaceutical R&D sector until she reached her current position as head of regulatory affairs at the biotech company Centocor.

Our standards were as high, or higher, than those in many psychoactive drug tests by pharmaceutical companies today.

These include various investments in R&D, manufacturing, and process development by giant pharmaceutical companies such as Norvartis, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Baxter, and Merck Sharp & Dohme.

«For decades the world has seen you as too easily influenced and pharmaceutical companies have been aggravated by you.

«Tying costs to efficacy» by having pharmaceutical companies accept a «large initial up - front payment with lower periodic payments made annually so long as the therapy remains efficacious.»

Richards adds that the German model, promising as it is, uncritically reproduces the notion of the «expert», typical of orthodox medicine, and is vulnerable to manipulation by large pharmaceutical companies.

At a meeting in Geneva this week, the WHO asked pharmaceutical companies and governments for more antiviral drugs and ordinary flu vaccine to prevent chicken handlers being infected by human flu at the same time as bird flu.

Selection as a participating medical group does not constitute an endorsement or referral by Boehringer - Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., its affiliated companies, its board of directors, or its employees (collectively, «BIPI»).

In the late 1990s, STI - 571 (imatinib, Gleevec / Glivec) was identified by the pharmaceutical company Novartis (then known as Ciba Geigy) in high - throughput screens for tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

By seeking collaborations within the scientific community, the center will make this tremendous tool available to researchers, as well as pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.

He has served as principal investigator and co-investigator on more than 20 grants awarded by, among others, the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, pharmaceutical companies, and The Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

With a membership that includes representatives from biotech and pharmaceutical companies as well as academia, the CIC provides a platform aimed at making cancer immunotherapies part of the standard - of - care in oncology by finding solutions to scientific and developmental challenges.

As a result of the clinical trial and continued successes, the supplement is now made by a pharmaceutical manufacturing company in South Africa and over 10,000 bottles of the supplement are distributed monthly, including distribution at about 900 pharmacies in South Africa.4

Nowadays, witch hazel is used as a foundation in many toners, cleansers, clarifying products and makeup removers by pharmaceutical companies such as Estée Lauder, L'Oreal, Revlon and Neutrogena.

But fueled by bias, vested interests, and institutional momentum, the complete lack of evidence has not stopped the media, health organizations, or pharmaceutical companies from continuing to tout their favored — albeit faulty — hypothesis as fact.

The UI study was done in collaboration with Emmyon, Inc., a UI - based biotechnology company founded by Adams, that is now working to translate ursolic acid and tomatidine into foods, supplements, and pharmaceuticals that can help preserve or recover strength and muscle mass as people grow older.

Whether or not this research will get done is the big question because as we know, two - thirds of medical research is sponsored by pharmaceutical companies.

The Alzheimer's Association is seen by most as simply a «front group» for pharmaceutical companies who want to develop drugs to treat Alzheimer's.

As you'll discover as you read on, natural progesterone is essential for maintaining hormone balance, and yet it has been largely overlooked by conventional medicine because of medical politics and pharmaceutical company profitAs you'll discover as you read on, natural progesterone is essential for maintaining hormone balance, and yet it has been largely overlooked by conventional medicine because of medical politics and pharmaceutical company profitas you read on, natural progesterone is essential for maintaining hormone balance, and yet it has been largely overlooked by conventional medicine because of medical politics and pharmaceutical company profits.

It has been wrongfully targeted as a villain by the pharmaceutical estrogen companies that have their own agenda.

The normally fine Bill Pullman is none - too - convincing as Dennis Alan, a Harvard anthropologist who's tasked by an American pharmaceutical company to travel to Haiti and learn the mystery behind a powder believed to cause zombification (the pharmaceutical conglomerate claims that it wants the formula for humanitarian reasons; ha!).

Unlike online pharmacies, our medicines are directly guaranteed by the manufacturer and any issues that may arise with your animal are addressed right away by our doctors as well as the pharmaceutical company.

On Friday, the beagles — owned by a research facility in New Jersey whose parent pharmaceutical company went into bankruptcy — were released to the care of animal rescue groups that, after socializing them, hope to adopt them out as family pets.

I do not consider these products as reliable as those produced by major pharmaceutical companies that must follow rigorous quality standards, and so I chose to search the web where I could find the product that my cat needs.

Known as the maker of Nutri - Cal ® and Laxatone ®, Tomlyn is owned by the ninth - largest veterinary pharmaceutical company in the world.

In other work, Henning Moelle has been acting as international lead counsel for the pharmaceutical company Grünenthal in product liability claims for alleged birth defects caused by thalidomide.

-- Pharmaceutical Company v. Insurers: Confidential arbitration proceedings relating to liability insurance and its application to US pharmaceutical risks (policy governed by New York Law) giving rise to issues as to the scope of cover / exclusion clauses.