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2020 review – Pharma’s progress outside of COVID-19

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It has been a year dominated by the pandemic and many life sciences research projects were put on hold as big pharma turned its attention to vaccines and therapies. months in patients treated with chemotherapy. In the 500 patient trial, patients treated with Trodelvy lived for a median of 12.1 months, compared with 6.7

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Prednisone (predniSONE Intensol) for cats

The Checkup by Singlecare

In cats, prednisolone is used as an add-on treatment to chemotherapy drugs or as a palliative treatment for advanced cancers. Live vaccines should be avoided because prednisone and prednisolone weaken the immune system. Store any compounded version of this medicine following the directions on the label.

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Beating the Big C

Pharmaceutical Technology

With expensive new treatments, increasing numbers of patients in chemotherapy in major markets and developing nations like China, Brazil and Russia investing more in treating and diagnosing cancer, IMS predicts a compound growth rate of 12–15% and tips the global market to reach $80bn by 2012.