Drug development

field is the research and development intensive field. The search for safe and effective drugs continues to be major efforts for all the pharmaceutical industries. There are enormous complexities for discovering and testing new drugs because of the many aspects of safety, efficacy and economics which determines the acceptability of a drug. Nose is one of the delicate organs of the human body, as a result of which nasal drug delivery is challenge for formulator. Intranasal drug delivery is now…

A common theme between A Brave New World and an article titled “Drugs aren't solving mental illness” is that the use of drugs or other medications to calm the mind are only causing more harm than improvement in patients. In the article it is asserted by Dr. Insel, “Four decades of drug development resulting in over 20 antipsychotics and 30 antidepressants have not demonstrably reduced the morbidity or mortality of mental disorders,” therefore it has been scientifically proven that the intake of…

England, France, Australia, Italy---these countries have placed bans on marketing prescription drugs directly to consumers. In fact, only two developed countries haven’t banned direct-to-consumer advertising---New Zealand and the United States (Canada allows highly regulated direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising). While pharmaceutical companies have been advertising prolifically for decades, 1997 brought on the current onslaught of direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising…

originates within the drug monitoring systems. Improving Prescription Drug Monitoring As explained by Dr. William Yang, the increasing prescription rates alone should not be alarming as they can be attributed to the advancements in diagnostic technology, but the current drug monitoring systems are incapable of managing the superior number of prescriptions. As highlighted by the recent efforts of INSPECT, the drug harm trends can be reversed by improving prescription drug protocols. According…

Worth the Risk? Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) are substances used to improve any form of performance in humans and boost self-confidence. Athletes and bodybuilders take PEDs. Military personnel use them to enhance combat performance. PEDs came along in the beginning of the Olympics Games (776-393 BC) because athletes were concentrated on winning. Many athletes wanted the edge over their rivals and wanted to make sure their performance was going to be the best it could be. A growing…

problem in today’s society. You are probably thinking what is this cure and why aren’t using this cure for our society right now. The reason is because this cure is a compound that contains an illegal drug. That illegal drug in the compound is marijuana. Because of the fact that marijuana is a illegal drug, we cannot use its compound form of it to cure cancer because it is not legal to use. However, if marijuana was legal we could use it to save many people’s lives. That is why marijuana should…

high schools of late has been the use of drugs and steroid use among athletes. High schools have the ability to test athletes for the safety of the students. Although some parents and students believe that drug testing students in high school causes problems that can be avoided by not testing them. In high school athletics, people have proposed to drug test athletes for the safety of the athletes; however, other people believe that they should not be drug tested because it affects the school in…

few. The scholars tend to argue whether anti-doping policy evolved out of tragedy or advances in science, and also question whether the policies are a moral or public health issue. The six sources addressed in the paper are as follows. A History of Drug Use in Sport 1876-1976, written by Paul Dimeo, is arguably the most important source for the paper as a few of the other sources reference his work. This book, although short, is helpful to get an…

investment in research and development (R&D). Companies need to spend a lot on developing new drugs in order to increase and maintain market share and of course, meet the ever-changing needs of consumers. R&D expenses add up to 12.9% of total industry…

Examining the Painkiller Overdose Epidemic through Historical Perspectives Introduction: Prescription drugs, most notably painkillers, have been prevalent in the 21st century among high-schoolers. According to a 2005 study, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. So why is there an increase in the usage of painkillers, specifically among high-school students in southern…