Sentences with phrase «taking on drug»

The action continued in 1995 with Desperado, where the Mariachi (now played by Antonio Banderas) finds himself once again taking on a drug cartel, while defending his new love, Carolina (Salma Hayek).

Unflinching and compelling, this gutsy documentary blames governmental failure for the rise of vigilante groups who are taking on drug cartels either...

Unflinching and compelling, this gutsy documentary blames governmental failure for the rise of vigilante groups who are taking on drug cartels either side of the Mexican border.

And he's been taking on drug companies since 2011.

He suggested coming up with a faster approval timeline for generics coming to market to take on drugs with high prices.

I'll take on the drug dealers [who are also my neighbors] of America ----- you going take me on for that?

«Eagleheart» follows US Marshall Chris Monsanto (Chris Elliott) as he fights crime with his two partners: the slow - witted Brett (Brett Gelman) and by - the - book Susie (Maria Thayer) They take on drug smugglers, art thieves, kidnappers, and con artists with bloody violence and gruesome deaths ensuing.

Denis Villeneuve, who directed the hugely arresting PRISONERS (2013) and spinned a web of real curiosity with ENEMY (2014), takes on the drug war along the U.S. and Mexico border with SICARIO.

Dredd, played in the film by Karl Urban, teams up with psychic and rookie Judge Cassandra Anderson, played by Olivia Thirlby, to take on a drug - ring operating out of a 200 - story slum.

The Oscar - winner on the albums that fire him up, his take on the drugs debate — and being made fun of by Emily Blunt

But other than its amazing takes on the drug trade, and Season IV's outstanding view on schools, I felt like it was a really detailed analysis of the past and future of the northeastern American city; which was really about two cities where Baltimore is concerned.

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Not exact matches

«We have the ambition to keep at least 50 percent of the ownership of all the coming drugs on our own hands and maybe we can take it to the finish line,» said chief executive officer Jan van de Winkel, speaking to reporters before the group's annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday.

Mexican leaders took the action on medical marijuana - and Pena Nietro has taken a new stance on illegal drugs as a whole - as the country faces a continued escalation in the drug wars that have ravaged Mexico for years.

The 32 - year - old Ramaswamy has been able to sway a slew of biopharma vets to lead his companies and take a chance on his audacious, risky approach to drug development.

But the real issue on pricing is the year - on - year rises on old drugs — the deflection is to talk about new drug prices, but the sleight of hand is on the double digit rises taken every year on the portfolio staples.

And heart drugs in general are usually subject to expensive, post-drug approval «cardiovascular outcomes trials» that physicians may use to gauge whether or not to take a chance on a newcomer.

But the proposed buyout is also taking a toll on some of the biggest pharmacy chains and drug distributors in America.

Shkreli's basic modus operandi in the biopharma sphere was to take niche drugs in treatment spaces where U.S. patients have few options (although those medicines may very well have been approved and available in other countries) and bring them to market, after which he'd maintain carte blanche on the products» prices.

There are legal implications as well: Anyone who wants to get involved in this industry has to take on the reputational risk and the legal risk, because even though numerous states have legalized it, cannabis is still a Schedule I, federally illegal drug under the Controlled Substances Act.

On the surface, Papa seems to have gotten an extraordinarily generous deal to turn around the beleaguered drug company: Not only is his salary more than twice what it was when he was CEO of Perrigo (prgo), a company nearly three times as valuable as Valeant (vrx), it's also especially good considering Valeant's stock price has fallen nearly 67 % since he took over.

«And as long as that happens, your insurance company is not going to pay your bill if you take a drug and the pharmaceuticals are not going to develop the drugs because if nobody is going to pay for their use, why spend the money on that?»

Walmsley, who took over a year ago, is focusing on rebuilding GSK's drug pipeline by overhauling research and appointing heavyweight outsiders, such as veteran Roche scientist Hal Barron.

While evidence is anecdotal, some employers seem set to continue drug testing all applicants and taking a hard line on use of opioids, methamphetamine, and cocaine.

Sheriff West took aim at the wholesalers at a moment of growing focus on the industry's role in prescription drug distribution and outrage about what it had done in West Virginia.

On April 28, the DEA will sponsor its semi-annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day when people can bring their leftover prescription drugs to police departments, drugstores and other collection sites.

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The company is selling a thing (the kit) by saying it can provide «health reports on 254 diseases and conditions,» including categories such as «carrier status,» «health risks,» and «drug response,» and specifically as a «first step in prevention» that enables users to «take steps toward mitigating serious diseases» such as diabetes, coronary heart disease, and breast cancer...» Most of the uses «listed on your website, a list that has grown over time,» the FDA writes, «are medical device uses [for the] Personal Genome Service.»

Still, the fact that 250 Duchenne patients are willing to take a chance on the drug despite insurer pushback is a positive sign for Sarepta.

Oprah earned high marks for her tough - but - polite interrogation, getting Armstrong to clearly admit he took a «cocktail» of banned performance - enhancing drugs to win his big races, and the interview was a rare ratings win for her struggling cable network — the query «what channel is OWN» reportedly spiked on Google Thursday evening.

STAT reached out to the 15 biggest drug companies about the immigration ban; only Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and Novartis responded with statements — and they simply expressed support for affected employees, without taking a stance on Trump's action.

The cellular health of the mice that took the drug was also improved, as was inflammation that was previously seen on their brains, reports Genetic Engineering and Biology News.

And despite the fact that Mylan raised EpiPen prices roughly 30 % in 2015 while prescription volume also grew 7 %, the company's revenue on the drug actually fell slightly, as the other players took even bigger cuts, according to Raffat.

Clinton goes on to lament the plight of a woman standing nearby: «She has to take a brand - name drug, been taking it since the early 1980s,» the candidate says, explaining that the price of the drug has multiplied nearly 82 times in the decades since to $ 14,700 for a refill today.

But a funny thing happened as the company took on projects (research on the deaf as well as on drug use and AIDS) further and further afield from its initial market.

Under the deal, Walgreens won't take ownership of the Valeant drugs but instead hold them on consignment until delivery, a move that could marginalize pharmacy benefits managers such as CVS» Caremark unit.

That number is based on prescriptions by morphine milligram equivalents, a metric that takes into account the strength and dosage of drugs, but the total number of filled opioid prescriptions also dropped by 10.2 % per month, according to the report.

Novartis took its campaign to invigorate sluggish sales of its new heart - failure medicine Entresto to a U.S. cardiologists meeting on Saturday, telling attendees that even clinically stable patients can benefit from the drug.

As well, if the U.S. government takes on the responsibility for buying drugs, it may force better pricing terms on producers, which could hurt revenues.

But since Trump took office, his and Session's focus seems to be less on transnational criminal groups like Mexican drug cartels and more on criminal groups active in the US — specifically MS - 13, formed in the US in the 1980s by Central American immigrants who were deported to their home countries in the 1990s, where the gang expanded rapidly.

There's still plenty of uncertainty about whether or not Congress will actually take steps on substantive legislative reforms that limit drug prices.

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

Competitive bidding could very well be an effective way of fighting sky - high drug prices that are taking a toll on patients and their families.

Hepatitis C patients on expensive drugs like Gilead's Harvoni were 98.6 % compliant in taking the medicine at the right time when using the sensors, in Froedtert's experience.

So, Loncar took matters into his own hands and created a new type of biotech index that focuses exclusively on the red - hot field of cancer immunotherapy drugs (treatments which use the body's immune system as a conduit to fight cancer).

Still, he's taken on market inefficiencies, called for expanding access to biosimilars, is approving generics at a record pace and trying to bring down drug prices.

It's not a tenable position,» he told Fortune, referring to the fact that major banks have been afraid to take on cannabis business clients because the drug remains illegal on the federal level.

Rite Aid CEO John Standley has criticized what he says is a drawn - out regulatory process but has also admitted that the uncertainty around the deal is taking a hit on the pharmacy and drug store chain's business.

On Wednesday, I wrote about the abrupt ouster of biotech company chief Martin Shkreli, a former short seller who took the ultimate long position — starting Retrophin, a publicly traded drug manufacturer.

Alnylam $ ALNY may be going solo on the development of rare disease drug lumasiran after Sanofi took a pass on its option, but the FDA has come through with a major assist.