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

  • August 19, 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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Trials and Errors: The Use of Social Media in Clinical Trials

  • August 19, 2019

Based on statistics recorded in 2019 by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, 60% of Canadians report to use social media platforms. The term ‘social media’ encompasses internet and electronic based[…]

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Weighing the Risks: Regulating Pharmaceuticals

  • August 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[…]

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Orphan Drugs & Diseases

  • August 19, 2019

In the 1960s, the United States congress passed the “Drug Efficacy Amendment”, which introduced for the first time a requirement for pharmaceutical companies to disclose side effects and dangers of[…]

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The Opioid Crisis

  • July 20, 2018

In the beginning, it killed the pain and it didn’t bother me. I didn’t have cravings for it or anything like that. When I couldn’t stand the pain, I would[…]

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Puff or Pass? How Marijuana’s Legalization May Help Manage Chronic Pain Among Canadians

  • July 20, 2018

Whether it’s smoked, eaten or vaporized, marijuana consumption in humans leads to some fairly predictable outcomes: euphoria, hunger, relaxation, introspection, nervousness and even paranoia. Increasingly, however, people are consuming the plant for another[…]

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Tripping out of Depression: Overcoming Mental Health Disorders with Psychedelic Drugs

  • July 20, 2018

You’re in a hut in the jungle, the music of wildlife and aroma of smoking herbs permeating the air. The shaman, dressed in traditional Amazonian garb, hands you the brownish[…]

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Buck Up or Get Out: U of T’s New Mandatory Leave Policy Sends the Wrong Message about Mental Health

  • July 20, 2018

THE PREMISE For many young adults, university is the first time they are forced to contend with their mental health. Being away from friends and family, losing the security of a structured high[…]

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Issue 2 2018 – Front Cover

  • July 20, 2018

The 1960s was a revolutionary decade that turned traditional Western norms on their heads. Consumerism culture was growing, spurred by the emergence of television, and a “generation gap” was dividing[…]

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Letter from the Editors – Volume 6, Issue 2

  • July 20, 2018

I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and[…]

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