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AHA News: Few Clinical Studies Examine High Blood Pressure Treatments for Black Americans

The Pharma Data

based clinical trials investigating interventions for high blood pressure between 2009-2018, just 52 were exclusively in Black people. While the numbers grew over that decade – from 3.9% (3 of 77 trials) in 2009 to 6.2% (9 of 146) in 2018 – the increase was not enough to be statistically significant.

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Marquis Who’s Who Honors James D. McChesney, PhD, with Inclusion in Who’s Who in the World

The Pharma Data

He continued his education at Indiana University, where he completed a Master of Arts in botany in 1964, and a Doctor of Philosophy in organic chemistry in 1965. In 2009, he established Ironstone Separations Inc., McChesney entered the private sector in 1996 as the vice president of development at NaPro BioTherapeutics Inc.,

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Meet the Patient Advocate Panelists in Our Upcoming Webinar: Rare Disease Day 2023 Wrapped, What You Need to Take Away

Conversations in Drug Development Trends

I joined the FARA staff in 2009, and our team built a nationwide series of bike rides called rideATAXIA to raise funds for research. After all, there’s no sense in spending the time and money to bring new treatments to market that patients don’t want or need.

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Women in STEM: An Inspiring Journey with Dr Jo Brewer

Drug Target Review

Success in the haematology space has really been driving this from the beginning, which is not surprising as haem doctors understand stem cell transplants; they’re used to working with a lot of the sort of toxicities that can come with cell therapies.

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How Lume Whole Body Deodorant Was Inspired by a Genetic Disease

PLOS: DNA Science

Among the barrage of drug ads for cancer, diabetes, weight loss and more are those for Lume , a “doctor-developed whole body deodorant.” The earliest patent I found was issued in late 2009, for “Products and Methods for Reducing Malodor from the Pudendum.” ” For everyone. .” ” Lady parts.

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Time for FDA’s OPDP to Fill the Gaps on Digital and Social Media

Eye on FDA

In the now distant past, enforcement from this office, then called the Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising, and Communications (DDMAC) and later re-named OPDP, was robust, with the office issuing scores of letters a year (156 were issued in 1998).

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Eat — STOP — Eat

The Pharma Data

That all ended over a juicy hamburger in 2009 across from a fellow named Brad Pilon. And it continues to build up… However studies that tell you to “consume” less don’t get the same backing and marketing dollars as studies that hint you can buy a pill, eat a certain food, or purchase a certain supplement and lose weight….