Sentences with phrase «life saving drugs»

Highly skilled in managing storage and security of life saving drugs.
Many people suffering heart attacks now receive life saving drugs on the doorstep and in some areas of the country are being delivered directly to specialist units for treatment.
Student tuition fees, dental check - ups, eye tests, school meals, road and bridge tolls even access to life saving drugs.
Through the efforts of President George W. Bush and the support of the faith community, that number is now up to 4 million Africans are on these life saving drugs

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Daly is currently running her latest campaign to help fund the documentary «To the Edge of the Sky,» about four families trying to access life - saving drugs for their kids.
Combining the traditional world of shipping with the new world of data, it helps governments reduce the trafficking of arms, drugs and people; and saves lives by predicting and preventing accidents.
He first gained notoriety back in September, after raising the price of a life - saving AIDS drug from $ 13.50 to $ 750 a pill.
It's not a blockbuster, but Sirturo is saving lives: the drug, which was added to the World Health Organization's Essential Medicines List in 2015, has been registered in over 40 countries and used to treat more than 10,000 patients.
When I thought about the Shkreli situation and the Valeant situation where you have folks who, in the instance of Shkreli and Turing, buy a drug that's been sold for 60 years at the price range of $ 13.50, then overnight to raise it to $ 750 per pill — and we're talking about life - saving drugs — that really concerned me.
«No child's life should be put at risk because a parent, school, or healthcare provider can not afford a simple, life - saving device because of a drug - maker's anti-competitive practices,» said Schneiderman in a statement.
But these drugs aren't just saving money: Without them, millions of people around the globe would not be able to afford the medications that they need to survive life - threatening conditions like diabetes.
From Mylan allegedly overcharging the government for life - saving drugs to the board overpaying top executives, it's clear why share owners are demanding change.»
Before, during, and after the trial, Shkreli has cultivated a reputation as America's most hated man, increasing the price of a life - saving drug by 5,000 %, holding an anticipated Wu - Tang album hostage, harassing women on Twitter, and for his smug court appearances.
Her company is best known for jacking up the price of life - saving EpiPen anti-allergy medication, but it also manufactures naloxone, a drug meant to treat opioid over-doses.
Clinton may still have had the right idea in wanting to prevent companies from price - gouging patients on life - saving drugs.
«Our lives would be completely different without their contributions, from the PC and the Internet to life» saving drugs.
The FDA's intent with Canada Drugs could be to restrict sales of erectile dysfunction drugs, appeasing the pharmaceutical lobby angry about lost sales of popular products, without targeting the sale of heart medication and similar life - saving drugs so as not to punish low - income AmeriDrugs could be to restrict sales of erectile dysfunction drugs, appeasing the pharmaceutical lobby angry about lost sales of popular products, without targeting the sale of heart medication and similar life - saving drugs so as not to punish low - income Ameridrugs, appeasing the pharmaceutical lobby angry about lost sales of popular products, without targeting the sale of heart medication and similar life - saving drugs so as not to punish low - income Ameridrugs so as not to punish low - income Americans.
«The federal government can, and must, act to shore up our defense against this deadly drug and help save lives
Klemp was approached about this potentially life - saving treatment by the original team involved in the drug's development.
Reforms will also include cutting the red tape at the FDA: there are over 4,000 drugs awaiting approval, and we especially want to speed the approval of life - saving medications.
ICCR encourages pharma companies to share patents for their life - saving HIV drug formulations through the Medicines Patent Pool as a way to make them more affordable and available where they are needed most.
Hansel Tookes spent four years on a life - saving mission to convince Florida legislators to allow drug users in Miami to exchange dirty needles for clean ones.
The cost of life - saving drugs, in fact, will rise substantially around the world, affecting the poorest countries most.
That cash doesn't include the money PhRMA's spending on the ongoing «Go Boldly» campaign, a series of TV, print and radio ads designed to polish the drug industry's image by reminding the public that drug companies do world - class research that brings disease cures to market to save lives.
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Satan attacks me in my thoughts day and night and he makesit so i can barely eat i pray to the lord and he consoles me god is REAL i used to e a drug dealer the most violent and disruptive of men and one night i came under attack from satan and felt like satan was makeing me into someone im not putting thoughts in my head of death suicide and sexual immorality then i read the wqordof god and everything felt better when i read the Book «The Advocate» spiritual warfare is real and god can save you from satans tourment do nt let Satan claim the rights to your soul i had trouble believing in god for years my mind worked in science and fact but the fact is that God is real and living and when you leave this earth you Will face Judgement
After the parents spent their entire savings and remortgaged there house in repeated efforts to save their daughter from the evils of drugs, which lead to many other horrible life styles, including prostitution, she was finally murdered by her supplier / pimp.
She's saved a drug addicts life after overdosing in the hospital bed.
Its true that hospitals can perform emergency procedures that MIGHT save the child or mother's life, however the rampant commercialization of the birth industry, the almost SURE use of drugs and so many anti-dignity, anti-woman, anti-nature practices weigh far far more.
That's why there are so many drugs being used off - label, some to save lives.
I joke with my husband that I saved us a TON of money by having a natural delivery, no drugs; breast feeding the babies, no formula, and letting the kids go naked most of the day while we are home - saves on diapers and laundry (we live in a tropical climate, so it is easy to do this!)
Not allowing them to carry potentially life - saving drugs such as oxygen or pitocin, for example.
This is the balance of priorities which drug reform advocates have been demanding for decades: a focus on saving life rather than punishing it.
The so - called «Pharma Bro,» notorious for raising the price of a potentially life - saving drug by 5,000 percent, was found guilty today of defrauding investors in two hedge funds and in Retrophin Inc., a pharmaceutical company he co-founded.
«By shedding light on the dangers posed by this dangerous and addictive drug, we will help save lives and create a stronger, healthier New York for all.»
Many of our Olympic boxing heroes will tell how it was their local club and its coaches that saved them from a life of gangs, crime, and drugs, and clubs from Fitzroy Lodge in London to the National Smelting Company Boxing Club in my constituency are full of young men and women who have found their salvation in boxing.
The citywide task force — to be chaired by city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dr. Mary Basset, Borough President James Oddo, along with Councilmen Steven Matteo (R - Mid-Island), Joseph Borelli (R - South Shore), Councilwoman Debi Rose (D - North Shore), Assemblyman Michael Cusick (D - Mid-Island), Senator Andrew Lanza (R - Staten Island) and Congressman Daniel Donovan (R - Brooklyn / Staten Island)-- will develop a community and public engagement campaign to increase utilization of new life - saving resources and to recruit health and medical professionals to distribute the new prescription drug resources.
Our conference has helped the state take extensive steps to combat heroin and save lives, but the drug's grip on all communities, large and small, continues to grow,» Flanagan said in a statement.
From holding educational seminars for doctors on proper opioid prescribing practices to training first responders and community members in the administration of Narcan, the members of our health department are working very hard to save lives and prevent others from becoming addicted to these drugs.
At the same time that the millionaire collects his paracetamol, cancer patients are being denied access to modern and potentially life - saving drugs because the NHS can't afford them.
Several potential jurors at the federal securities fraud trial of Martin «Pharma Bro» Shkreli were excused after telling the judge they couldn't be impartial toward the flamboyant former pharmaceutical CEO because of his notoriety for raising the cost of a life - saving drug 5,000 percent.
«That will both stem criminal drug use from occurring and, more significantly, save the lives of those users already at risk of again harming themselves.»
Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin is urging the maker of a heroin overdose antidote to stop what he says is a 62 percent spike in cost of the drug that has saved scores of lives since it was first distributed to addicts and first responders.
Community members were given free Naloxone kits, as well as instructions on how to properly administer the life - saving drug that reverses the effects of opioid overdose.
While in the Assembly, Shelley sponsored legislation that makes naloxone, a life - saving drug that stops opioid overdoses, more easily available.
«Today we recognize those police officers who save countless lives by removing intoxicated motorists from Oneida County roadways and deterring others from getting behind the wheel under the influence of alcohol and drugs,» said Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr. «While we appreciate their efforts each and every day, this annual event is a way we can publically thank some of our law enforcement members for the fine work they do in keeping us safe.»
Drug maker Mylan said it will offer a generic version of the life - saving allergy treatment EpiPen for half the list price of the brand - name treatment after it became the center of a national controversy over skyrocketing drug priDrug maker Mylan said it will offer a generic version of the life - saving allergy treatment EpiPen for half the list price of the brand - name treatment after it became the center of a national controversy over skyrocketing drug pridrug prices.
It backs a system which has led to record numbers of drug - related deaths in the UK, while condemning policies which would undoubtedly save lives.
With cutting - edge techniques from genetics to stem cell therapy - and life - saving drugs to prevent, alleviate or cure conditions like Alzheimer's - likely to be developed in the years ahead, what seem medical miracles today will be medically routine tomorrow.
HARTFORD — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Friday signed sweeping legislation that aims to reduce the number of opioid pills sitting in medicine cabinets, provide new help to addicts and make it easier to administer life - saving drugs to those who overdose.
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