Sentences with phrase «largest class of drug»

In 2009, they were the third - largest class of drug in the country with $ 13.6 billion in sales, representing more than 110 million prescriptions, according to IMS Health, a health - care market research firm.

Still, fentanyl belongs to the larger class of drugs that includes these prescription drugs.

Researchers have coaxed a common lab bacterium, Escherichia coli, to produce large amounts of polyketides, the raw material for a large class of drugs that have often been difficult to produce.

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It would build expertise and develop technology platforms to support drug development, while pursuing a new class of large - molecule biological drugs tailored to certain conditions, enabling the long - sought dream of personalized medicine.

The news underlines a larger trend of a promising new class of drugs that could fundamentally shift the way hepatitis C is treated.

It is assessed that this network of OCGs will continue to supply large volumes of class A drugs into the UK,» the spokeswoman added.

Using its proprietary antisense technology, Ionis has created a large pipeline of first - in - class or best - in - class drugs, with over 40 drugs in development.

The largest class of human target proteins for drugs are the so - called G - protein - coupled receptors.

«Our results provide a large body of evidence demonstrating that the harmine drug class can make human beta cells proliferate at levels that may be relevant for diabetes treatment,» said senior study author Andrew Stewart, MD, Director of the Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine.

Monk also said that Gpr56 belongs to a large class of cell receptors that are common targets for many commercially available drugs, making the protein attractive for further research.

Therefore, the TRN is almost certainly a site of action of many anesthetic drugs, given that a large classes of them act at these synapses and produce slow waves as one of their characteristic features.»

Aggravating factors that can result in a Class 1 Felony charge include the use of a firearm, possession of a large quantity of illicit drugs, and causing great bodily harm or death.