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Pharmaceutical Industry

Pharmaceutical Industry refers to the companies involved in product production, marketing, and research of health/disease states and drug products to target those areas. Within the industry, topics involve the FDA approval process, legal ramifications defined in the Regulatory Affairs component, Consumer Affairs questions, and much more.

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What is the biggest pharmaceutical company in Great Britain?

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The largest pharmaceutical company in Great Britain is GlaxoSmithKline plc. GlaxoSmithKline is the fourth largest pharmaceutical company in the world.

Why do pharmaceutical companies scare people into cholesterol lowering drugs when multiple studies have shown that high cholesterol has absolutely nothing to do with heart disease?

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It's All About Money!
  • That's how the pharmaceutical companies get paid...through fear.
  • The answer is simple. Drug companies make money by selling drugs to combat high cholesterol. If they told the truth, they would not collect the money for the drugs. It's not just the cholesterol drugs, either. It's a very large number of drugs! To the drug companies, and many others in the medical field, the bottom line is not about health and healing, it is about putting LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY in their pockets.

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In fact, HDL and LDL, which are the usual components measured when testing cholesterol, are not cholesterol at all. They are lipoproteins. So if your HDL number comes back high, it means your "High Density Lipoprotein" levels are high. Not your cholesterol.

Remember: THERE IS NO CORRELATION BETWEEN HEART DISEASE AND HIGH CHOLESTEROL!! 60% OF HEART ATTACK PATIENTS HAVE "LOW CHOLESTEROL" LEVELS!! (And yes, I am yelling, so that everyone can hear me!)

Why do the Pharmaceutical companies have no responsibility for the injuries from their drugs?

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They are only responsible for injuries that are not defined in the literature, if they said there was a risk, then you or your doctor are the ones who decided to ignore it,, and are therefore responsible, but if it was known and not disclosed, the company is liable.

What company is Sandoz part of?

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Sandoz is a division in Novartis: the global leader of generic pharmaceuticals. It is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world who claim that their success is due to their quality.

What drug company makes fosamax?

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Fosamax is the trade name given by Merck. It is now found as a generic. Barr and Teva sell this generic form.

What are the functions of area manager in pharmaceutical company?

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Manage the sales force, stockists, product availability at the pharmacies/stores. Ensure timely deliveries. Manage payment collections. Achieve targets. Forecast sales. Motivate the sales team towards increasing sales.

What pharmaceutical company makes combivent?

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Boehringer Ingelheim

Why would the development of new drugs used in treatment of allergies be very attractive for pharmaceutical companies?

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It has proved to be very difficult to develop new classes of antiasthma therapy, partly because existing drugs, and particularly inhaled corticosteroids are so effective. The only new class of drug developed in 25 years have been the antileukotrienes which are less effective than inhaled corticosteroids. There is a need to develop new treatments for asthma, since patients with severe asthma are not well controlled on doses of corticosteroids that are safe, and there is a problem of poor compliance with existing inhaler therapy. Several drugs are now in development for asthma. New bronchodilators have been difficult to develop as new drugs are less effective than β2-agonists and have more side effects. Mediator antagonists have proved disappointing as so many mediators are involved in asthma. Inhibitors of cytokines, such as interleukin (IL)-5, IL-4 and eotaxin, which may inhibit eosinophilic inflammation, are now in clinical development. Other approaches include more selective immunomodulation, anti-IgE antibodies, adhesion molecule blockers and kinase inhibitors. Preventive treatments in the future may include drugs that alter the immune abnormalities in atopy by stimulating a protective Th1 immunity. A cure for asthma does not seem likely in the near fut

Use of gas chromatography in pharmaceutical industry?

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Chromatography is a laboratory process that occurs in several steps and is used to separate mixtures of various chemicals into their individual components. The governing principle of chromatography is that different chemicals in a mixture have different degrees of dissolving in a liquid or sticking to a solid surface. In other words, chromatography can identify a chemical and separate it from a dense mixture of other chemicals and show it on a surface. Various chemicals in a mixture have different sticking ability on a surface. By varying this process in many ways, the chromatography technique can be used to separate any amount of quantities ranging from micrograms (in laboratories) to tons (in chemical plants). There are various chromatography procedures that have become popular since the invention of chromatography by Russian botanist, Mikhail Semyonovich Tsvet, in 1901. In the chromatography processes, a stream of liquid, that is called mobile phase, is made to flow through a tube known as column, and it is packed with porous solid material, called the stationary phase. The sample of the mixture that is to be analyzed is sent through the mobile phase and as the mixture proceeds in the tube, the compounds are separated. Chromatography is preferred over many other techniques as it doesn't cause any molecular changes in the composition of the chemicals involved. Uses of Chromatography Chromatography has evolved to be one of the most widely used chemical techniques to separate particles and contaminates in chemical plants. For example, in the chemical industries, pesticides and insecticides like DDT in the groundwater and PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls) are removed by the process of chromatography. As a major testing tool, chromatography is used by government agencies to separate toxic materials from the drinking water and also to monitor air quality. Chromatography is used by pharmaceutical companies to prepare large amounts of pure materials that are further required in making medicines. Also, it is used to check the presence of any contamination in the manufactured compounds. In the field of organic chemistry and pharmacy, chiral compounds are very close to each other in terms of atomic or molecular weight, element composition, and the physical properties. However, they exist in two different forms, called the enantiomers and optical isomers. Both these compounds though may appear to be same, have very different chemical properties. So, in pharmacy, chromatography becomes crucial to analyze the exact chiral compound so that correct medicines can be manufactured. For instance, a compound called thalidomide has two optical isomers and one of the isomers can cause birth defect if a pregnant women consumes it in early stages of pregnancy. So, it is important to carefully separate the isomers. Chromatography is used as a technique to separate the additives, vitamins, preservatives, proteins and amino acids. Some other uses are in the detection of drugs or medications in the urine and the separation of traces of chemicals in the case of fire in houses or buildings. It is also very popular in forensic science for investigative purposes. Chromatography technology has gained immense industrial popularity in the past few decades as it can separate chemicals that just differ even in their atomic orientations in space.

What does bio analytical in pharmaceutical industry mean?

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i have not came across such terminology yet. it may mean:

1. a bioavailability study/method/process

2. a bioequivalence study/method/process

3. analysis of concentration of a drug in blood, tissue, etc.

4. analytical instruments used for such study.

5. study of absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion profile on animals or humans.

How do CROs provide support to pharmaceutical companies?

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CROs are organizations that provide support to pharmaceutical companies by offering research services. CROs can be contractually outsourced small groups, specialty groups, or large groups, depending on the research needed.

Do all consumer complaints number for pharmaceutical companies need to be toll-free?

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Not necessarily, reason why most companies provide toll-free number is that it encourages callers to give their comments and suggestions to the products and services they offer since calling the number is free of charge.

What pharmaceutical company makes Nature Basket for Giant Eagle?

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Giant Eagle's Nature's Basket is an organic chicken product and has no links to a pharmaceutical company.

What is Diethyl fluoromalonate and where to buy a large quantity?

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Diethyl fluoromalonate (CAS 685-88-1), also known as diethyl 2-fluoromalonate, fluoromalonic acid diethyl ester, Ethyl fluoromalonate, is an organic intermediate widely used in chemical industry, particularly in pharmaceutical and agricultural chemical industries. For bulk purchase, please refer to Banff Green Technologies, Inc., the only manufacturer around the world to produce Diethyl fluoromalonate in large scale and with high purity (as high as 99%). The product is in stock.

If you donate your dead body to a pharmaceutical company could you charge storage fees until you die?

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Yes. It is legal to charge storage fees for body parts though I don't know how both parties could cover their investment But no one would want to agree to such a contract. And if you're charging storage fees, they would probably want to charge rent for the use of their body.

Porter's Five force model for pharmaceutical industry?

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porter's five force strategy for Indian pharmaceutical industry?