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STAT+: ‘Learning each other’s language’: FDA, patent office seek to work together to lower drug prices

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In 1997, Celgene obtained a key patent for what would become a blockbuster blood cancer treatment, giving it a monopoly until 2019. Not long after the patent was awarded, the company leveraged federally funded research and began investigating different forms of the compound, called Revlimid.

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IQVIA report assesses the impact of illegal online pharmacies

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Between 2019 and 2022, the number of prescriptions dispensed annually through IOPs increased from 64 to 85 million at a compounded annual growth rate of 10%.

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Key vaccine adjuvant biosynthesised

European Pharmaceutical Review

It is a key component of human vaccines for shingles, malaria, coronavirus disease 2019 and others under development.” Bioengineering vaccine adjuvants The paper explained: “QS-21 is a potent vaccine adjuvant currently sourced by extraction from the Chilean soapbark tree. Martin et al. Martin et al.

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Do Blueberries Help Older People with Memory?

The People's Pharmacy

Each day the blueberry powder provided 302 mg of anthocyanins, the purple and red compounds in blueberries. In one study in rats, the animals that performed poorly on a water maze test significantly improved their performance after six months of blueberry supplementation in their chow ( Journal of Gerontology, A, July 2019 ).

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How to Use Cranberry Juice for UTIs

The People's Pharmacy

Separate research indicates that cranberries get their anti-infective power from polyphenol compounds called proanthocyanidins. However, these cranberry compounds potentiated the effectiveness of several commonly used antibiotics. First, the compounds help antibiotics penetrate the bacterial cell membranes.

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Boehringer backs AI-powered anti-infective startup ArrePath

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The Princeton, New Jersey-based startup will use the funding to develop its artificial intelligence and imaging based drug discovery platform, used to identify compounds with new and under-exploited mechanisms of action. million deaths a year, according to the 2019 Gram Report. Dr Zemer Gitai.

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Does coffee affect your cholesterol?

The Checkup by Singlecare

Coffee itself doesn’t contain any cholesterol, but its natural oils contain kahweol and cafestol , two chemical compounds that have the potential to raise cholesterol levels. In other words, yes, the chemical compounds in coffee can raise cholesterol, but the effect coffee has on your cholesterol depends on individual factors.