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The Ebers Papyrus – one of the most important medical papyri of ancient Egypt – was written around 1550 BCE, and covers more than 700 drugs, mainly of plant origin. [7] The first references to pills were found on papyri in ancient Egypt, and contained bread dough, honey, or grease.
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present. Harper Collins. ISBN 0-00-215173-1. Porter, Roy, ed. The Cambridge History of Medicine (2006); 416pp; excerpt and text search. Porter, Roy, ed. The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine (2001) excerpt and text search excerpt and text search
medical obesity caused by proopiomelanocortin , proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 1 , or leptin receptor deficiency Pralsetinib: Blueprint Medicines Corp: RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer or advanced or metastatic RET fusion-positive thyroid cancer, in radioactive iodine-refractory patients [2] Belimumab: GlaxoSmithKline
A breakthrough therapy designation can be assigned to a drug if "it is a drug which is intended alone or in combination with one or more other drugs to treat a serious or life threatening disease or condition" and if the preliminary clinical evidence indicates that the drug may demonstrate substantial improvement over existing therapies on one or more clinically significant endpoints, such as ...
Despite advances in technology and understanding of biological systems, drug discovery is still a lengthy, "expensive, difficult, and inefficient process" with low rate of new therapeutic discovery. [6] In 2010, the research and development cost of each new molecular entity was about US$1.8 billion. [7]
2013 was a banner year for the health care industry, as major companies introduced new treatments capable of substantially improving the lives of patients. Let's take a look back at three of the ...
Rank Drug Trade name Type Main indications Company Sales (USD millions/year) ∆ vs 2014 1 Adalimumab: Humira Biologic Rheumatoid arthritis: AbbVie Inc. 14,012 1,469
Let's take a look back at three of the top health care advances in 2013 and the companies that achieved them -- Halozyme, Roche, ImmunoGen, and Gilead Sciences. 1. Halozyme turns IV drips into ...