Sentences with phrase «potential of giving a drug»

Working with animal models, researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center now have demonstrated the potential of giving a drug in combination with tPA that might improve stroke outcomes and increase the window of opportunity for the therapy.

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The potential deal sent both stocks soaring as it would tie up two giants from Quebec and give Metro an expanded foothold in the drug business, mirroring Loblaw Cos.» purchase of Shoppers Drug Mart four years drug business, mirroring Loblaw Cos.» purchase of Shoppers Drug Mart four years Drug Mart four years ago.

Its positions in Southern California, the Chicago region, the Northeast, as well as Florida place it within large population centers, which, according to the DEA, gives it access to «potential high density drug markets that TCOs will look to exploit through the street - level drug distribution activities of urban organized crime groups / street gangs.»

«I think the Shoppers Drug Mart deal certainly has the potential to be a real home run for them and give them the opportunity to shift their strategies to address some of the changes that are taking place in the marketplace,» said Nixon.

Furthermore, Celgene is generating free cash flow at a rate of over $ 1 billion per quarter, giving it plenty of options to acquire new drugs, such as with the deal it announced earlier this month to buy Impact Biomedicines and its potential blockbuster drug for a rare form of blood cancer, and its latest announced buyout of CAR - T developer Juno Therapeutics.

The narrow point is: If notable cost - cutter Valeant gets its hands on Allergan, it will short - sightedly cut off development of DARPin (it's a drug or something 1) to save $ 350 or $ 400 million, giving up $ 20 billion of potential revenue.

While it was once true that most testing of potential new drugs took place in medical schools and teaching hospitals, that is no longer the case, and in Elliott's view the change has given rise to serious problems and abuses.

Given that some Chinese poultry farmers allegedly used large quantities of illegal drugs in raising chickens sold to KFC, and given the potential vulnerability of young school children eating such chicken, a lifting of the export ban on raw Chinese poultry is a cause for serious conGiven that some Chinese poultry farmers allegedly used large quantities of illegal drugs in raising chickens sold to KFC, and given the potential vulnerability of young school children eating such chicken, a lifting of the export ban on raw Chinese poultry is a cause for serious congiven the potential vulnerability of young school children eating such chicken, a lifting of the export ban on raw Chinese poultry is a cause for serious concern.

The inclusion of social supply in the bill also has the potential to result in discriminatory impact on members of black and minority ethnic groups, given what is known about the over-representation of members of these groups at each stage of the criminal justice response to drug offences.»

«Given the cost and potential side effects associated with pregabalin, it is critical that we understand the efficacy of this drug,» Markman said.

«It's got more potential in that you can give drugs to people more easily than you can get light into their brains,» says Dimitri Kullmann of University College London.

An editorial in the same issue of the journal notes that drug - based treatments for liver cancer are limited and that the UT Southwestern study showed «truly remarkable results that should prompt further research under preclinical settings, given its potential to lead to a paradigm shift in treatment.»

The good news about the complex interconnectivity is that the scientists also were able to find a potential future point of intervention: When they gave a drug that increased AMPA receptor expression on the cell surface, the spines assumed a more healthy, mature state.

«This is the first time that this specific protein - protein signaling complex has been identified in GBM, and it gives us a new potential target for drug development,» says Fisher, Thelma Newmeyer Corman Endowed Chair in Cancer Research and co-leader of the Cancer Molecular Genetics research program at VCU Massey, professor and chair of the Department of Human and Molecular Genetics at the VCU School of Medicine, and director of the VIMM.

«Given the potential for future lethal pandemics, effective drugs are needed for the treatment of severe influenza, such as that caused by H5N1 viruses,» says senior study author Yumiko Imai of Akita University.

A CAREER in clinical research may conjure up images of potential blockbuster drugs being given to volunteers in a state - of - the - art hospital.

«Given the therapeutic potential of the nSMase target, we're now working closely with Drs. Barbara Slusher, Camilo Rojas, Ajit Thomas and colleagues at the Johns Hopkins Drug Discovery facility to identify potent inhibitors of the nSMase enzyme which can be developed for clinical use,» says Haughey.

Given the wide range of prescription and over-the-counter drugs on the market, and the number of drugs that interact with supplements, alcohol and certain foods, Malani says it's hard for even medical professionals to catch all potential interactions.

Because high doses of opioids have the potential to cause respiratory arrest or other dangerous side effects, doctors may hesitate to give patients as much of the drugs as they need to relieve their pain, says David Soergel, chief medical officer at Trevena.

«Given the broad potential of this revolutionary drug technology, it was critical to us to work closely with a leading academic medical institution.

An open - source content management system then would search through upwards of a billion drug combinations to find those with the greatest potential to inhibit a given tumor, or a billion hypothetical compounds to identify candidates for new drug development.

With this knowledge, computer models can measure millions of potential drug molecules against the tau protein, giving immediate clues to suggest which should be tested further.

Potential limits to external generalizability include the intensive research assessments (up to 12 hours), the recruitment and treatment of patients in non — primary care academic settings, exclusion of participants with substantial concurrent psychiatric illness and drug abuse, and the limited time of treatment (16 weeks) given the chronicity and relapse potential in alcohol - dependent indPotential limits to external generalizability include the intensive research assessments (up to 12 hours), the recruitment and treatment of patients in non — primary care academic settings, exclusion of participants with substantial concurrent psychiatric illness and drug abuse, and the limited time of treatment (16 weeks) given the chronicity and relapse potential in alcohol - dependent indpotential in alcohol - dependent individuals.

Being able to measure the navigational impairment caused by Alzheimer's disease in both species gives us the potential to directly compare results across species, including studies of drug efficacy.

Did you know that half of all psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis patients are currently dissatisfied with their conventional medical treatments?Is it any wonder, most are just given a prescription for a pharmaceutical drug and little to no attention is given to any potential triggers of their psoriasis.

[25] The defendants argue that the reliability of the plaintiff's evidence, given the potential memory loss from drug use, is at issue in this case.

In addition, given the high risk for potential danger involved in many manufacturing workplaces, continuous scheduling of drug screening for manufacturing companies is also both recommended, and often required.

A consistent message given to young people is that there is NO safe level of drug use and that any drug has the potential to cause harm.