Month: September 2013

PhRMA, the trade group of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, recently released a report: “Innovation in the Biopharmaceutical Pipeline: A Multidimensional View”. The report provides a look at the number of products in the development pipeline. Data are …

The medicine pipeline – is innovation matching the need? Read More »

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Remember The War of the Worlds movie? One of the great sci-fi flicks of the 50s. In the film, the seemingly invincible alien invaders are finally vanquished by infections from ubiquitous and innocuous (to humans) bacteria. Yesterday, the US Center for …

The “War of the Worlds” comes home: Drug-resistant bacteria pose potential catastrophe, CDC warns Read More »

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A news item the other day caught my eye: “Obese South African wins reprieve from deportation”. Evidently, the gentleman in the story was threatened with deportation from New Zealand due to his weight, the potential health care costs that might …

Deportation and how a diet of bacteria might cure the obesity epidemic? Read More »

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