There is no known biologic pathway that would result in anyone having a problem.
Biologic lipids also require no refining -to produce biodiesel they use a process called transesterification, similar to soap making.
Biologic drugs are protein-based and derived from living matter or manufactured in living cells using recombinant DNA biotechnologies.
With bundling Medicare hopes to remove incentives to overprescribe the expensive biologic drug.
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Gene therapy could be the most complex biologic of all, reckons Dr High.
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According to the FDA, the technology for a company to create an exact replica of a biologic drug does not exist.
The genetic and biologic similarities uniting all people far outweigh cosmetic factors like hair texture, skin color, and epicanthic eye folds.
It said it would acquire Guangzhou Bioseal Biotechnology Co Ltd, a bio-pharmaceutical company developing a biologic product for controlling bleeding during surgery.
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If it's reasonable to jettison efficacy requirements for biologic knockoffs, then it's just as reasonable to eliminate them for all new medicines.
Furthermore, his singling out of biologic drugs makes no sense at all.
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Emergency medicine physicians typically receive extensive training in management of patients exposed to WMD, as well as other chemical, biologic, or radiation-induced disasters.
Thus, a number of the biggest selling biologic therapies are forecast to deliver substantial cumulative revenues once they have passed peak year sales.
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The case for repealing the efficacy requirement for regular drugs, moreover, is just as strong as the case for repealing such requirements for biologic knockoffs.
To save money for consumers, Waxman is willing to allow certain drugs, called biologic drugs, to enter the market without clinical testing that proves their efficacy.
Bernstein analyst Ronny Gal, given the proportion of pharmaceutical revenues now generated by biologic products traditional generic drug manufacturers have little choice but to pursue biosimilar development.
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So the third basket is -- in the area of pharmaceuticals -- essentially saying the Medicare and Medicaid should have access to things like generic biologic drugs.
Research has repeatedly shown that the biologic variations among individuals of the same race are reliably great enough for race to retain little utility as a biologic predictor.
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New biologic meshes including some made from pig skin are being used in complex repairs because they can reduce the chance of infection, but they are more expensive.
In a surprise move, Shire Pharmaceuticals has ended its bid for FDA approval for its Replagal biologic for treating Fabry disease, a rare, but life-threatening genetic disorder.
This includes strong prohibitions against widespread music and movie piracy, as well as creating strong protections for emerging industries such as a 12-year data protection period for biologic medicines.
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This finding raises the question: can a small diameter lead be sufficiently robust to perform reliably over years of biologic exposure and mechanical stress in the human body?
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Dr. LEE: These findings demonstrate that there is something else is going on - something biologic that is contributing to the outcomes of African-American women compared to white American women.
There are so many objectionable parts to ObamaCare along with a few good provisions, like its inclusion of intellectual property protections for biologic drugs that rolling back the bad parts will take years.
Research into these biologic antibody-based approaches is at an earlier stage than the testing of antagonist drugs, but antibodies eventually might be able to block CGRP action regularly so that migraines don't ever begin.
This new breakthrough -- when combined with the DNA-based data storage and a method to transmit DNA between cells the school's already working on -- means that Stanford has created all the necessary components of a biologic computer.
Terry McGuire, managing partner at Polaris Venture Partners and GlycoFi's founding investor, believes there will be a whole host of biologic drugs unveiled in the future, partly as a result of the advances in genomics used to develop these drugs.
Northfield is currently in the data analysis stage with PolyHeme and expects to report top-line trial data in the fourth quarter of this year, followed by filing its biologic license application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the first half of 2007.
The reality is that if the biosimilar opportunity fails to deliver the return on investment once projected, the impact will be felt far less on the balance sheets of Big Pharma companies, many of which will continue to derive considerable revenue streams from branded biologic products.
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