Pharmaceutical industry

A major issue that needs to be addressed in the United States is the absurd prices Americans pay for their prescription drugs. Drug price increases could potentially make health care unaffordable for several people. Therefore, congress has started looking to the North, specifically Canada, as a solution to help increase accessibility and decrease the cost of prescription medications. With the introduction of the S.92: Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2017, will help lower the cost…

ADHD medication is wrongly used in attempt to market the drug to doctors, parents, and patients. To shed some light upon how ADHD medication came to be, Mr. Griggs bought a small pharmaceutical company. He soon discovered that his weight loss pill, Obetrol, might be effective for the treatment of ADHD. Griggs then published his findings and marketed the pill. Later, selling his company to Shire for $186 million (Schwarz 3). Spending millions more to promote this "life changing" pill to doctors.…

As a sales representative of ABC Pharmaceuticals Corporation, I was contacted three months ago by CBS pharmacy store which would like to order some nutrition supplements. In the negotiation, CBS specifically required that the shelf life shall be longer than one year. Our manufacturing department and logistic department guaranteed me that the customer’s requirement can be fulfilled. Therefore, I accepted CBS’s order, the contract was signed, and products were shipped last month. However, the…

Senior Research Paper Pharmacist This career involves distributing drugs that are prescribed by physicians and health practitioners. Pharmacists provide information about medications and their use. They also advise physicians and other health practitioners on the selection, dosage, interactions, and side effects of medication. A pharmacist must understand the use, clinical effects, and composition of drugs, including their chemical, biological, and physical properties. Although you usually only…

protracting repolarization and the QT interval [22]. The QT prolongation is known to be more frequent in women than men due to the specific regulation of potassium channel expression by sex steroids and estrogen [15]. For example, quinidine is a pharmaceutical agent used for arrhythmia, which produces 44% increases in the slope of the QTc interval, occurring more in females than in males [21]. Recent statistical analyses of drug induced torsade de pointes showed that this type of ADR has…

Interests and beliefs The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a United States federal agency within the Department of Health and Human Services that regulates foods, drugs, biologics, and medical devices, as well as veterinary and tobacco products. Biologics include the development and implication of vaccines and their distribution and administration. Vaccines are regulated by the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER). The chief responsibility of CBER is to ensure that…

Pharmacy Manager Interview Regarding Personnel Management. I interviewed a CVS pharmacy manager regarding issues related to personnel management. Some of the issues she identified were scheduling, prioritizing, and multitasking. Scheduling is one of the biggest issues that the pharmacy manager faces related to personnel management. Employees may have different availability and it is hard to make a schedule that will accommodate every employee’s availability and personal preferences and will…

Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, recently became one of the most hated CEOs in America. After his company acquired the rights to Daraprim, a drug relied upon by patients with weak immune systems (AIDS), he raised the price over 5,000%, from $13 to $750 a pill. Shkreli’s reasoning for the sudden rise in price was that the extra money received would be put towards research and development, and it was only fair since other pharmaceutical companies have made similar price hikes. As he…

In our general public today, the utilization of legitimate medications, for example, liquor, tobacco, and OTC medications are being utilized at a disturbing rate. The media mortar charming pictures for all to see as a worthy piece of regular daily existence. For instance, surely understood mixed drink organizations publicize in ways that depict their items as fun and a typical piece of regular daily existence, by the utilization of engaging pictures of superb creatures and infectious trademarks.…

Why would the passage of CLIA matter to the patient? “Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Act it passed in 1988 guides the rules and regulations associated with policies and procedure for laboratories.”(Malone, 2015 pg.16) Most of the laboratory is required with the CLIA regulations. The laboratories in different state have to pay a fee and each state would have there own rules and regulations for procedures of the laboratory. The CLIA matter to the patient because it is involving there…