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Drug Development

The Economics of Cancer: Learning From India About Innovation

Matthew Kavanagh | Posted 04.08.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: India, Patents, Patent Law, Medication Research, Cancer Drugs, Drug Development, Medications Patents, Drugs Patents, Drug Research, Drug Patents, Medication Patents, Medication Development, Cancer Medications, Health News, Healthy Living News
Matthew Kavanagh

But what if you want to incentivize investment in bold new drugs instead of me-too drugs? What if you want to encourage research into new areas that tangibly improve people's health? Then maybe, like India, you would only grant patents when that higher standard is met.

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New Treatments, Your Health and Statistics

Marie Davidian | Posted 05.15.2013 | Science
Read More: Clinical Trials, Statistical Modeling, Drug Discovery, Data-Based Models, Statistics, Pharmacuetical Industry, Cancer Drugs, Drug Development, Breast Cancer, Clinical Endpoint, Clinical Studies, Cancer, Fda, Statistical Experimental Design, Statisticians, Science News
Marie Davidian

Statisticians and statistics are even more fundamental in this era of personalized medicine, as sponsors seek to target treatment to patients most likely to benefit and develop "adaptive" study designs to identify these patients sooner.

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Top 10 Medical Research Trends to Watch in 2013

Margaret Anderson | Posted 03.13.2013 | Science
Read More: Medical Research Trends, Nih, Fda, Academic Science, Pharmaceutical, Venture Philanthropy, Innovation, Financial Innovation, Scientific Research, Pharmaceutical Industry, Medical-Research, Drug Development, Healthy Living Health News, Medical Research Funding, Science News
Margaret Anderson

Advocates need to keep making noise to make a compelling case for the critical importance of medical research. The health of our citizens and the economic and fiscal health of the nation are at stake.

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Shot Across the Bow

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 12.29.2012 | Politics
Read More: Usda, Michael Brown, Food Poisoning, Disaster Relief, Fda, Hurricane Sandy, Drug Development, Romney, Hurricane Katrina, Obama, Fema, Thalidomide, Government Regulation, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

Conservatives can't complain next time they see a rat hair sticking out of their hotdog. They can't lament when a loved one dies from drug contamination or when a child gets ill from bad meat. This is the natural consequence of their political philosophy.

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Definition of Affordable

Richard Chin | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Iowh, Affordable Drug Treatments, Drug Research, Research and Development, Drug Development, World News
Richard Chin

We believe we can develop drugs much less expensively than big pharma. We don't have some of the constraints they do, and at iOWH, and we have had a lot of success in driving costs down.

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Why You'll Need A Personal Brain Trainer

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Senior-Living, Nih, Brain-Health, Brain-Games, Parkinsons, Schizophrenia, Drug Development, Neurological, Cognitive-Science, Allstate, Adults, Technology, Medicine, Efficiency, Games, Therapy, Telemedicine, Safer Driving, Neurocognitive, Myelination, Brain-Fitness-Training, Ucsf, Neuroplasticity, Posit-Science, Internet, Brain-Trainers, Brain-Assessments, Psychiatric, Aaa, Working-Memory-Training, Brain-Fitness, Brain-Training-Software, MATRICS. Neurocognitive Assessment, Neurodegenerative, Mental-Health, State-Farm, Innovation, Embedded Assessments, Alzheimers, Public-Libraries, Cochlear-Implant, Institute-of-Medicine, Fda, Brain-Training, Fitness, Memory, Brain-Functioning, Neuropsych, Cogmed, Coaches, Automated, Scalability, Home Health, Brain-Gym, National-Academy-of-Sciences, Seniors, Speed-of-Processing, Keck Center, Novavision, Insurers, Scientific-Learning, Teens, Integrative Neuroscience, Piano Teachers, Neuropsych Assessments, Personal Brain Trainers, Michael-Merzenich, Scil, Nih-Toolbox, Mci, The Balanced Life, Health, Healthy Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

Substantial gains could be achieved by organizing everyday activities that grow neurological abilities and sustain brain health. If the ordinary citizen is to achieve brain fitness, they'll need to work at it.

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Health Care Reform: There's an Elephant in the Room

Katie Hood | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Health Care Reform, Michael J. Fox, Biomedical Research, Michael-J-Fox-Foundation, Drug Development, Business News
Katie Hood

The health care system is one of the most complex and least understood systems in this country, and one that the interest of lobbyists has driven its evolution.

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