Sentences with phrase «effective drugs in»

A: Yea, it's possible it could lead to that, but we need to recognize that these are effective drugs in treating short - term pain in particular, and we need to make sure there is an opportunity for people with pain to have opioids as part of their treatment.

«The data shows conclusively that tramadol is not an effective drug in treating the pain associated with arthritis in the dog, despite its common recommendation,» said Dr. Steven Budsberg, Professor of Surgery and Director of Clinical Research at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine.

Not exact matches

A small 2006 study found ginkgo was as effective as the drug donepezil for boosting attention and memory in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's.

In the past few years companies like Braeburn Pharmaceuticals, Intarcia Therapeutics, and Proteus Digital Health have set out to create better medical mousetraps through devices that make existing drugs more effective.

The drug, with the unwieldy name ceftolozane / tazobactam, has completed Phase 3 clinical trials and could prove particularly effective in dealing with pseudomonas — bacteria usually acquired in hospitals that cause serious interabdominal and urinary tract infections, ultimately resulting in death in some cases.

So many companies have developed such increasingly effective medicines, such as those that treat more hep C strains with far shorter treatment regimens, that Gilead — a pioneer in the field with Sovaldi and Harvoni — is projecting $ 3.5 billion to $ 4 billion in U.S. sales from these kinds of drugs in 2018, a dramatic drop from nearly $ 13 billion in 2015.

Traditional drug giants have caught on to the not - so - dirty little secret that outsourcing drug research (and in - licensing) may be a more effective strategy than trying to create groundbreaking new molecules within the confines of a single lab.

That's due, the bank said, to Jiangsu Hengrui's effective drug portfolio, strong capacity in delivering products in the pipeline, its leading position in cancer treatment and a well - established sales team.

Last week, IBM announced that many of its U.S. workers who have cancer will be able to use the supercomputer to find the most effective drugs beginning in 2017.

Beginning in January 2017, IBM employees in the U.S. will be able to use Watson supercomputer technology to help find the most effective oncology drugs and clinical trials for their specific cancers, IBM announced.

Taking this drug daily has shown to offer more than 90 % (and as much as 99 %) effective protection against HIV in clinical trials, and certain New Zealand residents will soon be able to get a three - month supply for just $ 5 (oh, and that's five New Zealand dollars, which is about $ 3.64 in U.S. money).

Through its more than 9,800 retail locations, more than 1,100 walk - in medical clinics, a leading pharmacy benefits manager with more than 94 million plan members, a dedicated senior pharmacy care business serving more than one million patients per year, expanding specialty pharmacy services, and a leading stand - alone Medicare Part D prescription drug plan, the company enables people, businesses and communities to manage health in more affordable and effective ways.

The drug may soon find a wider market if it can be shown effective in treating lymphoma and other blood cancers, and the price for those indications may well be different, based on their if value story.

Valeri said drugs that work in mice have only proved effective in 60 to 70 percent of human patients.

The same outside adviser, who was unidentified in Tuesday's release, advised that a package of assistance programs to patients would: «force reporters to focus on the byzantine nature of drug pricing and health care and ensure the patient message gets out... specifically tie profits from Daraprim to the research and development of a new and more effective treatment for Daraprim patients.

Immuno - oncology drugs have proven promising and effective for many patients; but they also don't produce a response in a sizable chunk of the patient pool and may eventually wane in efficacy.

Why it matters: Understanding molecules in exact detail will allow chemists to design more effective drugs and better materials for generating and distributing energy.

Solution migration: Increasingly, we're seeing a quick and effective technology solution (like, say, precision drug dosing cartridges) in one industry migrate rapidly to other industries (like self - service food and beverage providers) with just as much success and impact.

That range was determined in March to be cost effective by the independent Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) for highest risk patients assuming the drug results in a sustained reduction in cardiovascular - related deaths.

In order for the drug to be cost effective, drugmakers should slash the price of the drug by over two thirds — to $ 4,536, when patients would be spending about $ 100,000 to keep themselves healthy, the researchers wrote in the JAMA articlIn order for the drug to be cost effective, drugmakers should slash the price of the drug by over two thirds — to $ 4,536, when patients would be spending about $ 100,000 to keep themselves healthy, the researchers wrote in the JAMA articlin the JAMA article.

Moreover, given Amazon's expertise around logistics and distribution, it could think about warehousing, transporting and delivering drugs in a more cost - effective way.

More common and larger - scale cyber-attacks (from Sony pictures to Spanish renewable energy companies) are yet another example of this unprecedented «communication» flow; just as growth of the dark web has allowed for more effective connections in illegal activities — drug trade, human trafficking, and the like.

«It is essential that states that have implemented any type of practical, effective marijuana policy receive immediate assurance from the DOJ that it will respect the ability of states to enforce thoughtful, sensible drug policies in ways that do not threaten the public's health and safety,» the letter states.

Regulatory authorities in the U.S. and Europe believe that real - world data can make the drug - development process more efficient and cost - effective, as well as help better inform patients and physicians about the uses of new products.

This is because the drug was not expected to be effective in certain organs.

InvivoSciences will continue to contribute to the improvement of human health by establishing a new paradigm for discovering drugs that focus on diseases with limited treatment options such as cardiac fibrosis, scleroderma, and lupus in a time - effective manner while remaining safe and cost effective.»

These drugs were used primarily to treat cancer but they were also reasonably effective in producing medical abortion, at least up to eight weeks gestation.

This line of argument not only assumes that the drug is effective, but also misses the most important question in the abortion conflict.

Planned Parenthood's effective business model was pioneered by drug pushers - give away freebies in anticipation of bigger - ticket sales when the customer is desperate.

The dust jacket of Michael Massing's study of U.S. drug policy offers a summary of his thesis in bold red letters: «Under the Nixon Administration, America Had an Effective Drug Poldrug policy offers a summary of his thesis in bold red letters: «Under the Nixon Administration, America Had an Effective Drug PolDrug Policy.

So how can he argue that Nixon, who had fabricated this bogus drug war to deceive the American people, in fact had an effective drug policy which we should restore?

A 2005 study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that consuming almonds as part of a heart - healthy diet can be just as effective at lowering LDL «bad» cholesterol levels as first generation statin drugs.

In fact, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has even approved advertisers and food packagers from stating that Psyllium is an effective ingredient to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease.

Most American schools today operate according to a philosophy of discipline that has its roots in the 1980s and 1990s, when a belief that schools would be safer and more effective if they allowed for «zero tolerance» of violence, drug use, and other misbehavior led to a sharp rise in school suspensions.

Natural cures may take a little longer to be effective, but the woman's body doesn't take in harmful drugs or toxins that can hurt her or her baby.

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The FDA has not approved these drugs for children under a year old because no studies have found them effective in that population.

According to the Canadian Medical Association in response to a recent study that said Canadian women are not heeding pregnancy warnings about the use of isotretinoin, a potent but effective drug that treats severe acne.

«The current messages saying that bed sharing is dangerous only if you or your partner are smokers, have been drinking alcohol or taking drugs that make you drowsy, are very tired or the baby is premature or of low - birth weight, are not effective,» the authors wrote in the study, adding that doctors need to «take a more definitive stance against bed sharing for babies under three months».

This drug has been used by tens of thousands of women over the past many decades and is considered relatively safe and effective in treating infertility issues.

Drug companies used to stay one step ahead by continually introducing new medications, but bacteria have been mutating rapidly in response, making the drugs less effective.

George Rushton, director of alcohol and drug information charity Hope UK, said a minimum pricing proposal was effective in «addressing the issue of cut - price alcohol products».

The Labour MP was the sole challenger to Vaz for the post in June 2015, when she stated: «My aim is fewer victims of crime, effective and fair immigration control, less drug abuse and an end to home grown terrorism.»

«It is in this light that we believe the call by the Senate President for a review of our drug laws is so timely and very welcomed,» Youth Rise said, «We look forward, that under His leadership, that an effective legal and policy framework will be developed to address and ameliorate the menace of illicit drugs, and the abuse of over the counter and prescription narcotic drugs in Nigeria.»

Given the variety of strains and ways to take in the drug, patients could find marijuana more effective for their health conditions at one dispensary rather than another.

A number of new, highly effective therapies to treat both Hepatitis C and HIV / AIDS have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration in recent years, but their extraordinary costs have raised questions about states» ability to pay the sticker price.

Today's publication of «Tackling Drug Resistant Infections Globally: Final Report and Recommendations», by Lord Jim O'Neill, is a global landmark in the fight to keep antibiotics effective for both animals and people, says NOAH, which represents the UK animal medicines sector.

In doing so, it is reiterating its support for a «war on drugs» mindset and a punitive drugs policy which all the evidence shows is not effective at reducing drug use.

In his words, «The wide acceptance of NYSC Scheme both at the national and international levels is borne out by the noteworthy contribution of Corps members to such exercises as the electoral process, the effective nationwide campaign against HIV / AIDs, Road accidents, Drug Abuse, Human Trafficking, Corruption, Illiteracy and the implementation of various aspects of the SDGs programme.

With vast differences in the physiology of different species and poorly conducted experiments, it comes as no surprise that 92 % of all drugs that are shown to be safe and effective in animal tests prove to be ineffective or even dangerous to humans.