In recent years, there has been an expansion of product development activities for colorectal cancer through a number of new public-private partnerships (PPPs). However, there is a lack of credible drug leads to feed the development pipeline of these PPPs and there is a great need for new drug discovery initiatives to produce such leads. There is a need to go beyond lead discovery and identify drug candidates that can be further developed.…
The Medicines Company Case Write-Up: Terence Cho, Felipe Duarte, Aleks Loiko, Robert Shaw, and James Wang…
There are many definitions of Independent prescribing, the Department of Health (2006 para 7 & 8)) working definition is:…
The Center for Disease Control recommends the public to get an annual flu shot. If each person on campus were to get vaccinated they would be protected and prevent those who are more vulnerable to catching the virus. According to the Center for Disease Control, there is a 71% reduction in flu-related hospitalizations among adults of all ages because of the influenza vaccine. However, if some people do catch influenza the vaccine will make the illness less mild. USF should promote influenza vaccines to students, faculty and staff by offering the vaccine on campus at the USF Health Clinic. The vaccine offered will be convenient to those who do not have a motor vehicle. In addition, USF can work with health departments to reduce the price of…
1. Create a table that lists the benefits to the patient and to the hospital of an enterprise system for patient medical information and a system for patient prescriptions and related medical therapies.…
Pharmacists, as healthcare providers, provide numerous services to their patients. In addition to dispensing correct medications they also educate, advice, research, manufacture, and serve as consultants in proper drug use. Two services that stand out in today’s list of pharmacists could be seen in community and clinical pharmacies. In community practice pharmacists are involved in dispensing prescriptions where they provide information to the patient about their medications and dosages. They also…
This type of health delivery is holistic and focuses on the individual and the environment and they cannot be separated from one another. The subject responded during the interview that adaptation to western views is considered, but maintains a strong tradition to his traditional heritage, especially as it relates to herbs and diet in health maintenance. The subject is currently working on a PhD in pharmacy and is cognitively aware of health maintenance and…
In conducting my research I have found many controversies surrounding my topic. I have chosen the following two controversies to talk about. The first controversy surrounding this topic would be how closely the FDA (Food Drug Administration) regulates homeopathic medicines. These medicines are regulated in many different ways which are not as complex as prescription drugs. The manufacturers are not required to submit any new drug applications when producing a new homeopathic medicine in a timely…
Over the summer, I worked in a Community Pharmacy which allowed me an insight into the intriguing change in the shift in the role of the community pharmacist, from solely dispensing prescriptions to now offering advice and counseling in regards to medication, services and products.…
While there are more and more people trying homeopathic medicine there are still people who have conflicting views about how and when it is effective and when it should be used. For example some women like to have their babies at home instead of a hospital. This creates a barrier between health care providers and patients. Not all health care providers see that home birth is a safe way to have a child and so on.…
Depending on the size, structure and functions of the health facility, there may be a…
Allopathic and homeopathic remedies, according to Merriam-Webster dictionary, are opposing ways of approaching disease treatment specifically through the way they decide what treatments will produce a cure. This is a continuing debate as definitions change and more evidence is heaped on both sides. During the nineteenth-century, practices such as improving sanitary conditions were considered homeopathic because germ theory had not been completely accepted yet. It would take years after the invention of the microscope in the 1880’s to convince the scientific and medical…
Giberson, S., Yoder, S., and Lee, MP. (2011) Improving Patient and Health System Outcomes through Advanced Pharmacy Practice. A Report to the U.S. Surgeon General. Office of the Chief Pharmacist. U.S. Public Health Service.…
Iverson, Peter, Jennifer Nez Denetdale, and Ada E. Deer. The Navajo. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 2006.…
GlaxoSmithKline is a leading, global, research-based healthcare and pharmaceutical company. In India, it is the number one pharmaceutical company. GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) is a British multinational pharmaceutical, biologics, vaccines and consumer healthcare company headquartered in Brentford, London. As of March 2014, it was the world's sixth-largest pharmaceutical company. GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd is an Indian subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline plc, one of the world's leading research based pharmaceutical and…