Sentences with phrase «of drug»

Federal investigators are also said to be looking at the issue of drug prices, and several companies, including Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, have said they have received subpoenas.

The anxiety was sparked by surprise comments from White House spokesman Sean Spicer last month that the government would likely step up its enforcement of drug laws.

LONDON / NEW YORK / TOKYO Rare disease specialist Shire said on Wednesday it was willing to recommend a sweetened $ 64 billion offer from Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co to shareholders, in what would be the biggest acquisition of a drug company since 2000.

Small drugmaker Portola Pharmaceuticals this month applied for U.S. approval of a drug called andexanet alfa that rapidly reverses the effect of Xarelto and Eliquis.

FRANKFURT Merck KGaA will seek development partners for experimental treatments including tepotinib as the German company looks to licensing deals to help fund clinical trials, according to its head of drug R&D.

TIRRELL: So, Regeneron and its partner Sanofi struck a deal with pharmacy benefits manager express scripts, agreeing to lower the cost of the drug called Praluent to a range of $ 4,500 to $ 8,000 a year, a 70 percent discount at the lower end.

The California Medical Association, which represents doctors in California, opposes the measure because of that claim, and also because the group said the cancellation of drug purchasing contracts the state already has with pharma companies «would remove many drugs from the Medi - Cal list of pre-approved medicines — creating a new prior authorization hurdle for patients and their physicians.»

Though marijuana is growing ever more popular throughout the U.S. as several states have legalized medicinal and recreational use of the drug, the tight restrictions on growing and selling cannabis products has been a barrier for entrepreneurs looking to enter the market.

The remarks surprised meeting participants and spurred new accusations between leading members of the drug supply chain.

Those on the payroll of a drug company as clinical advisers may be seen as conflicted, especially (but not only) if that company is funding the study.

The rise of drug - resistant bacteria has compelled the World Health Organization to release a list of 12 pathogens in urgent need of new treatments.

That's why you often hear Wall Street analysts talking about the life cycle of drug patents.

I took some comfort in a unique aspect of El Chapo's reputation among the heads of drug cartels in Mexico: that, unlike many of his counterparts who engage in gratuitous kidnapping and murder, El Chapo is a businessman first, and only resorts to violence when he deems it advantageous to himself or his business interests.

Perhaps that's one reason the Sinaloa cartel has the reputation for being focused more on the business of drug trafficking and less on violence than rival cartels.

The price to earnings ratio of a drug company is going to be less useful than the price to cash flow ratio as a result of these accounting rules.

He calls the link between the Flores brothers and the streets the «gray area» of the drug trade.

Entrepreneurs noticing the great profits to be made in the marijuana market would start their own grow operations, increasing the supply of marijuana on the street, which would cause the street price of the drug to fall to a level much closer to the cost of production.

The health care sector consists of drug companies, medical supply companies, and other scientific - based operations that are concerned with improving and healing human life.

Jones said this isn't the first time in recent months that jitters over growing nuclear tensions have boosted sales of the drug, which comes in tablet and liquid form and should be taken within hours of exposure to radiation.

From implantable devices that provide a steady trickle of medicine over months, to patches that reduce the need for injections, to ingestible sensors that track how people take their meds, the bold new science of drug delivery may be doing as much to improve medicine as the medicines themselves in some cases.

I've been helping an elderly woman with her taxes this year and she's shared a lot of insight with me about investing in rental properties (she shared stories of drug - dealing tenants in Pontiac and more).

Caminiti died at the age of 41 of a drug overdose, and Bet - David attributes his struggle with pressure — the same sort of pressure you might experience as an entrepreneur.

«Better negotiating [with hospitals and other providers] won't produce these types of savings, so owning clinics or building narrow networks may be the only way to make it work,» said Stephen Buck, co-founder of Courage Health and a founder of drug discount provider GoodRx.

Despite changing international attitudes towards marijuana and enforcement, the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on the World Drug Problem met this year and decided to keep its prohibitionist policies around drugs to continue the criminalization of all drug use that's not for medical or scientific purposes.

As Fortune reported in an in - depth report on the crisis in September, an American is now far likelier to die of a drug overdose than in a car crash.

• TwoXAR Inc, a Palo Alto, Calif. - based developer of a drug delivery platform, raised $ 10 million in Series A funding.

Walgreens Boots Alliance was also reportedly considering acquiring the part of drug distributor AmerisourceBergen that it doesn't already own earlier this year, though talks have cooled.

And in Europe, biosimilars have driven down the prices of some drug types by as much as 50 %.

The price of that drug?

Although the FBI shut down Silk Road, the illicit drug marketplace that only accepted Bitcoin, the digital currency's public ledger helped authorities track down a handful of drug dealers.

Previous research that focused on adolescents» use of the drug in the wake of medical marijuana laws didn't find an increase in that age group, she said.

An independent evaluation of the revised version of DARE has not been conducted, which has kept it off the National Registry of Evidence - based Programs and Practices, the federal government's database of drug prevention programs that work.

In 2017, according to Deloitte, the 12 largest bio - pharma companies got a mere 3.2 % return out of their drug - research arms.

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 article.

Citing data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the National Institute of Drug Abuse, Walmart said some 65 % of opioid abusers get them from unwitting family and friends.

Specifically, the process allows early approval of a drug to treat a serious or life - threatening disease based on clinical data.

Shaked said Israeli authorities would now put their focus on education about the possible harmful effects of drug use.

Sembler and his wife, Betty, are cofounders of the Drug Free America Foundation, a group that supports drug - testing students, opposes taking a harm - reduction approach to drug addiction, and claims that «crude» marijuana is not medicine.

Here's some of what's going on in the health care world as we head into Easter weekend: payers are pushing back against PTC Therapeutcics» controversial Duchenne muscular dystropy drug; insurers are cautiously lauding new rules for Obamacare's marketplaces; a fascinating lawsuit in Arkansas explores the ethics of drug making; and a new test for Zika virus can produce results within an hour.

Indeed, Sessions has pledged to increase prosecution of drug crimes and ramp up enforcement of immigration laws.

In Colombia, the ongoing peace process with the left - wing FARC rebels has pulled some of those rebels out of the drug trade, allowing criminal groups to move in, especially in the production hotspot of Nariño, which borders Ecuador.

«I hold physicians to a higher standard,» Bourdette said, noting that some alternatives to Acthar cost 1 / 50th of the drug's price.

Through November 2016, the country had intercepted 61 metric tons of that drug, exceeding the 59 metric tons of it captured throughout 2015.

However, Spicer then signaled that the White House sees recreational pot very differently, with the press secretary even attempting to link recreational use of the drug to the abuse of opioid drugs across the U.S. (In fact, there has been little scientific evidence linking marijuana legalization to opioid use, with some studies actually showing a decrease in opioid overdoses in states where legal marijuana is available.)

Those make up 60 % of the drug's cost to taxpayers.

The seizure of nearly 8 metric tons of cocaine comes after a week in which Ecuadorean authorities intercepted 3.5 metric tons of the drug in four operations, according to El Universo.

It will be interesting to see how Witty takes on this new role on the opposite end of the drug price war.

For years pharmacy benefit managers and insurance plans have been restricting use of Acthar or requiring prior approval for prescriptions of the drug to treat anything but infantile spasms.

Duterte has broached martial law before, mentioning it in response to criticism of his drug war in August.

Overly rapid expansion coupled with the introduction of the drug Viagra drove impotence - treatment clinic Integrated Medical Resources out of business.