By 2000, pharmaceutical pipelines were filled with «me too» drugs that offered low risk and a quick route to approval, but only marginal
improvement over drugs already available.
Not exact matches
Of the promised CCG
improvements in commissioning and savings in management costs there has been little or no sign, and instead acute controversies
over a «postcode lottery» in access to costly
drugs or fertility treatments.
A University of Manchester led trial of a new psoriasis
drug has resulted in 40 percent of people showing a complete clearance of psoriatic plaques after 12 weeks of treatment and
over 90 percent showing
improvement.
«
Drug that treats psoriasis also reduces aortic vascular inflammation: Randomized trial shows 19 percent
improvement over placebo group.»
Some patients on the lower dose of the
drug saw some
improvements on a cognitive test
over those who got the placebo, but the small differences could have been due to chance.
Many
drugs that have been heralded as
improvements over existing opioids are just old opioids repackaged in new ways, says Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on
Drug Abuse.
«In our mouse model of MHE, we were able to reduce bone tumors by more than 90 percent, which is a significant
improvement over the previous
drugs we have tested in the same mouse model.»
In separate studies, patients who took either Requip or Mirapex were more likely to feel
improvement over a 12 - week period than those who took placebos; both
drugs have also been shown to be safe and effective for up to nine months.
[12:50]-- A treatment with an integrative doctor that cost well
over $ 200, 000... [17:25]-- How removing a 20 cm cyst on Jennifers liver led to huge
improvements in her health and resolved the Mast Cell Activation Syndrome [21:53]-- The next health event that led to a complete and utter breakdown on all levels [25:45]-- How Jen started to unravel the complicated health picture that had developed as a result of many years of sickness and
drug therapy [27:18]-- The importance of addressing physical stressors while working on the emotional / spiritual plane [33:45]-- The stress chronic illness can put on a relationship [38:15]-- The philosophy that Jennifer's father passed on to her that has become the underpinning of her life and practice.
As long as the
drug offers an
improvement over the traditional CRABs (Rebif being one of the four), it has a place in the market as long as it improves quality of life, hopefully decreases the progress of disability, and the downsides aren't overwhelming.
Over half (59 %) of the families demonstrated both an
improvement in parenting and a reduction of adolescent
drug use.
Results also showed that
over time therapist adherence was associated with engagement and retention in treatment,
improvements in family functioning, and reductions in adolescent
drug use.