‘Pull’ incentives, meanwhile, are intended to create incentives for companies by, for example, paying pharmaceutical companies for access to a drug, rather than paying for consumption by volume. Well-known examples of ‘push’ schemes include CARB-X and the Joint Programming Initiative on ...
Breast cancer (BC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in women under the age of 40 years worldwide. In addition, the incidence of breast cancer in young women (BCYW) has been rising. Young women are not the focus of screening programs and BC in younger women tends to...
One reason for an acquiring company to target another company in a hostile takeover is to use the acquisition to obtain valuable technology or research. This strategy can help jump-start the acquiring company’s ability to enter new markets. Such was the case in 2010, when France’s largest ...
Official answer: There are no antibiotics that kill the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the virus which causes COVID-19. Antibiotics work on bacteria...
The RECOVERY [Randomized Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy] trial was a randomized, controlled, open-label trial of 4,116 hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia who were randomized to receive Actemra in addition to usual care (n=2,022) or usual care alone (n=2,094). The ...
To prevent an unsafe discharge from the hospital, these issues should all be addressed prior to returning home or being admitted to another type of facility: Medications.Can you tolerate newly ordered medications? Are they helping? For each new drug, what is the dose and sch...
beginning a good,hard think about my smoking and what I was going to do about it.The more I thought about it,the more I questioned what I really loved about it.Then came the sudden realization:I was an addict—I was making all the kind of excuses that the alcohol and ...
Job positions can be remote or hybrid, and knowing how to work effectively with others in different office models is something that hiring managers look for. Here are some of the top soft skills for teamwork: Collaboration. Flexibility. Conflict resolution. Accountability. Problem-so...
What is the newest weight loss drug?The newest weight loss injection approved by the FDA is Zepbound (tirzepatide), a dual GIP/GLP-1 (glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide and glucagon-like peptide-1) agonist. Zepbound was approved on Nov. 8, 2023 and is given as a once-weekly su...
Mpox is a disease caused by a virus in the same family as smallpox, though usually less severe. What you need to know about the current outbreak in 2024.