Pharmaceutical industry

I was assigned to read an article from Vanity Fair called Deadly Medicine. In this article, I learned the number of foreign clinical trials that are done overseas are unbelievable. You would think that if they are making drugs for Americans then they would be doing testing and trials in America. Well that’s not the case. They run trails in countries that are poorer, because it is cheaper for them and they can save and make more money. t of these places can include Bangladesh, The Russian…

Epinephrine, is a basic formulary drug that is cheap and easy to produce. The vial of medication within the EpiPen costs around 60 cents to one Dollar, for the basic formulary drug that has a shelf life of around one year (Tuffyjon,2016). The reason for the increase in cost over the past few years from around $99 per pen to over $600 for two pens is that there is a lack of competition to challenge said prices. In the congressional hearing, Mylan CEO Heather Bresch testifies that the main cost of…

Today Aubagio is enjoying a great increase in sales that is as high as 21%. According to EvaluatePharma, Aubagio's sales rose from $1 billion to $1.2 billion in the year 2016-2017. Since the end of 2014, Aubagio has been using Revenge star Madeleine Stowe to travel across the US for awareness events. Overview Aubagio is a pill that treats relapsing forms of MS. Today the company is enjoying a great increase in sales that is as high as 21%. Below I have provided information on the drug Aubagio…

Today’s skincare market is flooded with products, so much so that it is difficult for most people to determined what product is best for their own skin rejuvenation and continued protection. Rinnova Skincare is breaking into this crowded market and making a name for itself thanks to their amazing products. “John Zannis, MD, founder and owner of Rinnova Skincare appeared on the show to talk about how and why the Rinnova Skincare products stand out in a saturated market. The fact that Dr. Oz…

Otago. Otago is an exercise program that involves improving strength, balance and gait. The program involves 17 exercises that vary in difficulty. The exercises include shoulder rolls, marching in place, calf raises, knee bends, sit to stand, calf stretches and other similar exercises. The exercises can also be increased in difficulty by adding weights. The first day of the program, the physical therapist assesses the patient for tolerance to exercise and adjusts the program and speed based…

When a person goes into a Walmart or Walgreens or CVS they probably do not realize how long it took to actually get the drug on the shelf or drug become available to be picked up at a local pharmacy. There is four phase to the FDA’s Approval Process: Pre-Clinical, Clinical, NDA Review, and Post Marketing. There are steps within all the phase that need to be completed before going to the next phase until a drug is made available to the public. During the Pre-Clinical phase there are three steps…

I have chosen Clobazam to profile for this assessment. Clobazam is a member of the 1,5- benzodiazepine family of drugs. Benzodiazepines were first discovered in Hoffmann-La Roche Laboratories by Dr. Leo Sternbach in 1954, as many as 29 different benzodiazepines are being marketed across Europe and the US at present. Clobazam was The low occurrence of sedation as a side effect gives Clobazam an advantage over other 1,4-benzodiazepines in the long term treatment of epilepsy / seizures this is due…

submitted to Dr. Siraj Jamal Siddiqui in partial fulfillment for the requirements of the course ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY & DESIGN Department of Business Administration Wednesday July 29, 2015 INTRODUCTION: GlaxoSmithKline is one of the heading pharmaceutical organizations in everywhere all through the world and it is the world's second most noteworthy relationship with high arranging stands for agent contemplations. It was developed by glaxo welcome and smith Kline in 2002. Firstly it was…

Ethics of Drug Testing in the Workplace A recent article was written by Khan & Chawia (1995) titled “Ethics of drug testing: What are workers’ attitudes” was received from the Business Forum database reviews the ethics of drug testing in the workplace. The article was also published in several journals including the Journal of Accounting the Business Horizons, Finance, and Auditing. Drug testing is widely used in numerous workplace throughout the country to maximize corporate profits by…

RWE – For better accessibility of drug treatments Thinking Beyond the Clinical trials Though clinical trials are the gold standard measuring the safety and efficacy of drugs, to evaluate the cost-efficiency of a drug in a real-world environment and measure its impact on quality of healthcare, RCTs need to be supplemented or followed up with the comparatively new standard, called real-world evidence (RWE). Real world evidence has is entering every part of the drug product life cycle from…