Sentences with phrase «than drugs in»

And, Mann added, «The study also refutes the premise that cardiovascular drugs are often riskier to develop than drugs in other clinical categories.»

I realize that to make a statement that coconut oil is more successful than drugs in treating Alzheimer's Disease is not much of a statement at all, if drugs are one of the primary problems.

The drugs are not a replacement for insulin, but they do more than any drug in the past to assist the body in making its own.

One need not look further than the drug in late - stage preclinical development at the US National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) in Bethesda, Maryland.

Not exact matches

Driving more than half the growth in drug spending in 2015 were sales of new branded medications that have been available for less than two years.

Drugmaker Merck reported a better - than - expected first - quarter profit on Tuesday, helped by a more than 150 percent rise in sales of cancer drug Keytruda.

It is one of the largest food and drug chains in the U.S., with more than 2,200 stores in 33 states, including brands such as Acme, Safeway, and Tom Thumb.

U.S. drug giant Merck is paying $ 300 million in a deal possibly worth more than $ 5 billion to partner Eisai in an effort to boost its star cancer immunotherapy treatment Keytruda, which could match up well in a combination with Eisai's Lenvima.

Traditional drug giants have caught on to the not - so - dirty little secret that outsourcing drug research (and in - licensing) may be a more effective strategy than trying to create groundbreaking new molecules within the confines of a single lab.

NEW YORK, May 1 - Pfizer Inc on Tuesday reported lower - than - expected first - quarter revenue as demand for some key drugs and international sales fell short of estimates, sparking a 5.1 percent drop in shares of the largest U.S. drugmaker.

Cramer was also burned on Pfizer's aborted takeover bid for drug company Allergan, which had an overseas taxation rate that would allow the company to pay lower taxes than if it were based in the U.S.

The drug at the heart of four lawsuits in New Jersey is insulin — «a century - old medicine that for most of its history cost $ 15 or less,» write Barrett and Langreth, but «whose list price has risen more than 270 percent over the past decade.»

Valeant's largest shareholder, billionaire and hedge funder John Paulson, has gained a seat on the drug maker's board, sending the beleaguered company's stock spiking more than 6 % in Monday trading (although it's still hovering at around the $ 13 mark).

• Appili Therapeutics Inc, a Halifax, Nova Scotia - based developer of anti-infective drugs, raised more than $ 4.3 million in funding.

It's the first time the agency has approved a drug that targets cancer based on a tumor's genetic traits, rather than where it is located in the body.

Treatments simply address symptoms, and there hasn't been a new Alzheimer's drug approved in more than a decade.

These risks and uncertainties include, among others: the unfavorable outcome of litigation, including so - called «Paragraph IV» litigation and other patent litigation, related to any of our products or products using our proprietary technologies, which may lead to competition from generic drug manufacturers; data from clinical trials may be interpreted by the FDA in different ways than we interpret it; the FDA may not agree with our regulatory approval strategies or components of our filings for our products, including our clinical trial designs, conduct and methodologies and, for ALKS 5461, evidence of efficacy and adequacy of bridging to buprenorphine; clinical development activities may not be completed on time or at all; the results of our clinical development activities may not be positive, or predictive of real - world results or of results in subsequent clinical trials; regulatory submissions may not occur or be submitted in a timely manner; the company and its licensees may not be able to continue to successfully commercialize their products; there may be a reduction in payment rate or reimbursement for the company's products or an increase in the company's financial obligations to governmental payers; the FDA or regulatory authorities outside the U.S. may make adverse decisions regarding the company's products; the company's products may prove difficult to manufacture, be precluded from commercialization by the proprietary rights of third parties, or have unintended side effects, adverse reactions or incidents of misuse; and those risks and uncertainties described under the heading «Risk Factors» in the company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10 - K and in subsequent filings made by the company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission («SEC»), which are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

FDA approves first new ALS drug in more than two decades.

More than 25 % of the major blockbuster drugs of the Top 10 pharmas are coming off patent in the next three years.

In the latter (or, to hear him tell it, middle) portion of his career, those causes have often been philanthropic rather than commercial ones: drug law reform, death penalty abolition, ocean conservation.

Martin Shkreli, unaffectionately known as the «pharma bro» — and infamous for his decision to hike the list price of Daraprim, a drug used by HIV / AIDS and cancer patients to combat infections, by more than 5,000 % in 2015 under his former company Turing Pharmaceuticals — was convicted on three criminal securities fraud and conspiracy charges by a Brooklyn jury on Friday.

Over in the House of Representatives, Democrats have also been hot on the tail of pharmaceutical companies that have jacked up the prices of some of their drugs, though they've making less headway than their Senate bipartisan counterparts.

Taking this drug daily has shown to offer more than 90 % (and as much as 99 %) effective protection against HIV in clinical trials, and certain New Zealand residents will soon be able to get a three - month supply for just $ 5 (oh, and that's five New Zealand dollars, which is about $ 3.64 in U.S. money).

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.

Through its more than 9,800 retail locations, more than 1,100 walk - in medical clinics, a leading pharmacy benefits manager with more than 94 million plan members, a dedicated senior pharmacy care business serving more than one million patients per year, expanding specialty pharmacy services, and a leading stand - alone Medicare Part D prescription drug plan, the company enables people, businesses and communities to manage health in more affordable and effective ways.

It is now significantly more likely that an American will die of a drug overdose than in a car crash.

Aurora Cannabis was up 2.5 % in early Wednesday trading; the U.K.'s GW Pharmaceuticals, which is vying for the first Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved cannabis - based medicine in the U.S., rose more than 2 %; Canada's MedReleaf spiked 4 % while Aprhia had a more modest 1 % rise.

More than 64,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, mainly from prescription painkillers and heroin, in 2016.

In fact, some experts expected that the Novartis would price its drug even higher than $ 475,000.

More than 2,600 drugs have some stage of manufacture in Britain and 45 million patient packs are supplied from the U.K. to other European countries each month, while another 37 million flow in the opposite direction.

In total, more than 170 athletes, including over 40 Russians, have tested positive for the drug since it was banned.

«In my thinking, they were no different than drug dealers selling on the street,» he tells Fortune.

To believers, these drugs are nothing more than a replacement for a stimulant that is already in widespread use: caffeine.

It is also restricted almost entirely to Africa, which, unfortunately for its victims, makes it a less attractive target for big drug companies than a host of non-fatal diseases (think erectile dysfunction) that are more common in rich countries.

Teva said in a statement it would soon start producing a generic version of the drug that will be «priced significantly lower than Viagra,» which will result in «millions in savings to consumers» and «make this medication accessible to people who might otherwise not have been able to afford it.»

For instance, just last month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ViiV's Juluca, the first - ever treatment for HIV - 1 that contains just two drugs (rather than the three or more involved in most HIV therapy cocktails).

For example, Pfizer raised the prices on more than 100 drugs in 2016.

In the last of those years, the reporters discovered, the federal government actually spent more on urine - based drug tests than it did on «the four most recommended cancer screenings combined.»

Intarcia has completed several late - stage clinical trials in which it uses the pump to deliver a glucose - controlling drug continuously for months — an idea, that if successful (and approved by the FDA) could significantly help patients with type 2 diabetes, fewer than half of whom maintain the recommended glycemic levels.

The study, just published in Science, showed that the creation of what the researchers are calling microtumors can help predict drug effectiveness in cancer patients better than the current standard method of testing the drugs on rodents.

«In 2014 and 2015, Medicare paid $ 1 million or more for drug - related tests billed by health professionals at more than 50 pain management practices across the U.S.,» they report.

KFC, China's biggest restaurant chain with more than 4,000 outlets and plans to open 700 more this year, was hit hard by a report in December 2013 that some poultry suppliers violated rules on drug use in chickens.

In November, Denner helped facilitate the sale of hemophilia drug maker Bioverativ, for $ 11.6 billion, to Sanofi, a little more than a year after the company was spun out of Biogen, of which Denner is a director.

That led to an earlier Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for Keytruda than Opdivo in 2014 since the former was a more targeted therapy; but it also left Merck with a smaller slice of the market.

Not in Mexico, where neighbouring state Michoacan has become a battleground, with armed vigilantes battling the Knights Templar drug cartel and a federal investigation into the possible corruption of more than 1,200 local police officers.

In Europe, the presentation showed, the company used ingredients from unapproved sources, invented shelf - life data, and tested different formulations of the drug than the ones it sold.

Both in practice and in his research, the Mexico City native is focused on improving the world, whether through studies on social enterprise and microfinance or a TED talk on brand management and Mexican drug cartels that accumulated more than 1 million views.

There are several drugs to treat ALS currently in clinical trials and we are hopeful that people living with ALS have even more therapies available to them sooner rather than later.»

Its Hepatitis C franchise sales fell in line with estimates and its sales on newly acquired drugs were better than expected.

Bushnell, wrote Kent, «made sure that the men around him agreed with his philosophy» and «held meetings in hot tubs, drank heavily, experimented with drugs... Sometimes Atari board meetings seemed more like fraternity parties than business meetings.»