November 08‚ 2014 Pharma Sector Update (Sector Analysts: Kanika Singh‚ Neha Kumar and Ravi Karanam) USFDA revokes Ranbaxy’s 180-day exclusivity on sale of two generic drugs in US‚ grants approval to Dr. Reddy for one of them The USFDA has reverted its tentative approvals granting Ranbaxy six-months sales exclusivity of the generic versions of Roche’s anti-viral drug Valcyte and AstraZeneca’s heartburn pill Nexium. Ranbaxy had first-to-file status on both these drugs and it was expected to earn
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Through the years of United States’ history‚ there have been numerous effective and ineffective leaders. One of these successful individuals is Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ the 32nd president of the United States. He was born on January 30‚ 1882 in Hyde Park‚ New York to a prominent family‚ making his education easily acquired and more prestigious than most. He was taught by private tutors until the age of nine‚ and is described as sociable‚ quick‚ and outgoing (Freidel 9). Eventually‚ he attended Harvard
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Table of Contents Chapter 1. The problem Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theoretical framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schematic diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Statement of the problem . . . . . . . . . . . . Significance of the study . . . . . . . . . . . . Definitions of terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Review of related literature Related literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Related studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The polio disease was a disease in which Bill Gates was very affectionate to‚ and has a duty and opportunity to get rid of it‚ so the millions of people cannot suffer from the disease and poor families can vaccinate their child for free‚ so their child doesn’t suffer from Polio ("The Untold Life Story"). Other small achievements included‚ when he first used his computer‚ when his first product
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The anatomy of the spinal cord is very unique. Externally‚ it is initially surrounded by the vertebral column. The vertebral column is divided into the cervical‚ thoracic‚ lumbar‚ sacral‚ and coccygeal regions. These different vertebrae protect the spinal cord from damage and form a type of shell around it. The spinal cord appears as a long‚ thin cord of nerves. The peripheral nerves that extend out to many parts of the body arise from the spinal cords thirty-one segmental pairs of nerves. The cervical
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This vaccine was not mandatory‚ but because the population had seen the horrid effects of the virus they were quick to inoculate themselves. The campaign proved effective as a reporter stated‚ “The [Polio Eradication Campaign] has led to a sharp drop in polio around the world—from around 350‚000 cases in 1988 to fewer than 2‚000 in the year 2005” (Aldrige). Not being able to see the aftermath of such ailments is both a blessing and a curse. On one hand‚ first world nations are
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“Nearly every medical breakthrough in the last 100 years has resulted directly from research using animals¨. Also researchers have found many life saving curse like the polio vaccine that reduces the global occurrence of the disease. For example “The polio vaccine‚ tested on animals‚ reduced the global occurrence of the disease from 350‚000 cases in 1988 to 223 cases in 2012”. Animal research has also contributed to major advances in understanding and treating
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due to being in a white hospital. This led to one illness after another without medicine; measles‚ mumps‚ scarlet fever‚ chicken pox and double pneumonia. The hardship that altered her whole childhood and rest of her life was being diagnosed with polio after her left leg had become weak and deformed. She was told that there was no cure and she would never walk again. This news was devastating to her and her poor family. Wilma was the 20th child out of 22 children and they were living through the
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Animal Testing: Testing....1....2...3 Tatum Szymczak Eng. 105 It is a dark stormy night when suddenly the phone rings. I casually answer the telephone. It is my older sister informing me that our mother is in the hospital. She is going to need an emergency brain transplant. It takes me just a moment to drop everything I am doing and rush to the hospital. When I arrive I see my father and sister in the waiting room casually enjoying their
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Roosevelt had asthma‚ and was very sickly‚ during his upbringing. Teddy had great fortune later in life though because he would grow to be very healthy. Franklin was the exact opposite‚ he was very healthy as a child‚ and would come into contact with polio later in life. They also were active in practicing different religions‚ Teddy the Dutch Reformed religion‚ and Franklin was an Episcopalian. Theodore married twice‚ once after his first wife’s death‚ Franklin only married once but was said to be very
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