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Small vs Big: Understanding the Differences between Small Molecule Drugs and Biologic Drugs

Helen WangAugust 19, 2019August 18, 2019

Small molecule drugs make up 90% of global drug sales in today’s pharmaceutical market. In the past decade, newly emerging classes of drugs, including biologics and biosimilars, are increasingly gaining...

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Weighing the Risks: Regulating Pharmaceuticals

Sarah ColpittsAugust 19, 2019August 19, 2019

Regulatory affairs is a blanket term for the processes that regulate industries. The pharmaceutical and medical device industries, energy sector, and banking, among others, all work within the confines of...

Prescribed by DNA: How Genetic Testing May Inform Personalized Drug Regimens

Ellinore DoroshenkoJuly 20, 2018July 15, 2018

Studying specific genes that influence a person’s response to medication has become one of medicine’s hottest area of research. The field – aptly named pharmacogenetics after the two areas of research...

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The Placebo Effect

Elisabeth FoersterJanuary 15, 2016January 15, 2016

Whether one takes an ibuprofen to relieve a headache or an antidepressant to boost serotonin levels, the body is responding to more than just the active drug. The mere act...

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Split Vote: Can Regulation Reform Pharma?

Nyrie IsraelianJanuary 15, 2016January 15, 2016

AMERICANS PAY SOME OF THE HIGHEST PRICES for prescription drugs in the world, but after the Martin Shkreli and Turing Pharmaceuticals price hike fiasco in early September 2015, biotechnology and...

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Small vs Big: Understanding the Differences between Small Molecule Drugs and Biologic Drugs

Weighing the Risks: Regulating Pharmaceuticals

Prescribed by DNA: How Genetic Testing May Inform Personalized Drug Regimens

The Placebo Effect

Split Vote: Can Regulation Reform Pharma?

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