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Managing Lab Protocols During the Pursuit of a Covid-19 Vaccine
Pursuit of Vaccine and Managing Lab Protocols during the Covid19 Pandemic On April 22, 2020, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) said, “To be clear, WHO’s advice is to find and test every suspected case, not every person in a population.” While testing every person is not essential to controlling COVID-19, finding and testing […]
3D Bioprinter Produces Skin for Tranplants
3D Bioprinter Prints Functional Human Skin Adequate for Transplant A team of researchers in Spain reports the development of a new three-dimensional (3D) printer capable of printing human skin suitable for transplant into patients. The printed skin is also suitable for testing drugs and cosmetics. The team included several groups of researchers, including a group from the […]
Fentanyl-Related Overdoses Sweeping the Northeast
Fentanyl-related Overdoses Sweeping the Northeast Fentanyl, which killed music legend Prince, killed more people in Virginia in 2015 than any other prescription painkiller. Legally purchased fentanyl rose only 10 percent from 2007 to 2014, yet annual death rates nearly tripled in that time, rising from 48 to 134 deaths each year. Fentanyl was responsible for 221 deaths […]
Prescription Drugs – The Price Game
Prescription Drugs in The US Frank Magliochetti Report If we look back ten years ago, the price of prescription drugs were fairly low and it was easy for patients to buy their medication from the pharmacy. 2016 has not only brought new innovative medical drugs and vaccines, it has brought drug prices that are much […]
Pharmaceutical Trends for 2017: Biosimilars
Pharma Trends 2017: Biosimilars Frank Magliochetti Report The FDA approved 56 new drugs in 2015 and, of these, 33 were specialty drugs and 23 were traditional. One was a biosimilar. Development, approval and acceptance of biosimilars may become an important trend in 2017. The FDA is approving more specialty drugs than ever before and specialty […]