Pharmaceuticals policy

PREPARATION OUTLINE Purpose Statement: To inform my audience about the basics of essential oils. Thesis Statement: Since biblical times, essential oils from plants have been harvested and distilled for topical, aromatic, and internal use by many as part of a wellness regimen. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Since the beginning of time, plants have been used for the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of people. Today, some of the most advanced pharmacological drugs mimic…

outrage over overpriced essential drugs has put another pharmaceutical company in the spotlight. Gilead Sciences Inc. apparently knew that their Hepatitis C treatment would be too expensive for most patients and would cause “extraordinary problems” for government health programs, Wall Street Journal noted. The 144-page US Senate report on Gilead's pricing practices is the latest in a chorus of criticisms launched against big pharmaceuticals. The committee overseeing the overpricing by Gilead…

Annotated Bibliography1:- Gibson, P. R., Elms, A. N. M., & Ruding, L. A. (2003). Perceived treatment efficacy for conventional and alternative therapies reported by persons with multiple chemical sensitivity. Environmental Health Perspectives, 111(12), 1498.‏ All The authors are working at School of Psychology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA. Therefore,This research is based on the stability of chemical treatments “conventional medicine” to check whether its…

The introduction of barbiturates at the beginning of the 20th century (López-Muñoz & Ucha-Udabe, 2005) offered critical and profound advances in the field of psychiatric and neurological developments (López-Muñoz & Ucha-Udabe, 2005). Barbiturates were used for the treatment of ailments ranging from sleep disorders, psychoses, neuroses and epileptic seizures (López-Muñoz & Ucha-Udabe, 2005). Barbiturates paved a monumental pathway in the field of intravenous anesthesia and were the first, truly…

Mylan Pharmaceuticals is a multi-billion dollar company that produces pharmaceuticals worldwide. The company produces EpiPens, an epinephrine autoinjector for people with life threatening allergies. Mylan recently raised the price of Epipens from $100 to $608.61 a pair (Bloomberg). Some would say that Mylan’s EpiPen is a virtual monopoly. Consumers and the community are crucial stakeholders in any company and Mylan is being unethical to both of them. They have complete control over the…

company Mylan and CEO of Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Heather Bresch, during recent years due to the increased price of EpiPen. “… since the drug company Mylan acquired EpiPen in 2007, its price has soared more than 400%, to just over US$600.” For many Americans, the fear of losing a loved one simply because they can no longer afford the medication is very real, as according to the Wall Street journal, “some 3.6 billion Americans were prescribed an EpiPen [in 2015].” Pharmaceutical profiteering has…

regarding the fact there have been innumerable instances where scientific evidence has been misused and falsified, which sent defendants to jail or prison. A. (2012, October 11) The Daubert v. Merryl case was about a drug that the Daubert family pharmaceutical company had produced to cause birth defects. The Daubert Rule requires the testing of the theory, peer view, the known rate of error to a test, and general acceptance of the particular test within the relative scientific community. The…

Furthermore, On May 31, 2016, pharmaceutical companies Celator and Jazz announced entering into an agreement for Jazz to buy Celator at an 80%+ premium for $30.25/share (about $1.5 billion). The acquisition signals an interest in liposomal AML drugs by larger drug makers and their plausibility…

Direct-to-Consumer Drug Advertising Direct-to-Consumer advertising (DTCA) is a potentially influential source of consumer health information. Currently, it is only permitted in the United States (US) and New Zealand. (Business Ethics –p320) It surprises me that the purpose of the ads and the goals of doctors in prescribing the medicine are out of sync. The doctor apparently, wants to cure or make the patient feel good/OK. The drug company wants to increase revenue. So, a problem would seem to…

The mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is to “enforce the controlled substances laws and regulations of the United States” (The United States Drug Enforcement Administration, 2017). The DEA received it legal authority from the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, usually termed the Controlled Substance Act (CSA) (The United States Drug Enforcement Administration, 2010). The DEA classifies drugs into groups of “schedules” represented by Roman Numerals…