Bear Thesis on Trius Therapeutics Seems Flawed
Bear Thesis On Trius Therapeutics Seems Flawed
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Pfizer (at the time Pharmacia) gained approval for Zyvox in April 2000 with a very narrow label for vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE). Subsequent approvals came in December 2002 for …. This drug has a once-weekly IV dosing regimen, which may …
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Misdiagnosing the Culture of Violence
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A gunman entering a Newtown, Connecticut school and killing 20 children and six adults after killing his own mother has captured almost everyone's attention in the U.S. As people try to make sense of this act of mass violence, questions arise with no …
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Early and highly influential AIDS activist Spencer Cox dies aged 44
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Cox co-founded TAG (Treatment Action Group) and was a spokesman for ACT UP, both major HIV/ AIDS organisations in the USA. He died this morning at Columbia Presbyterian … those drugs, and led to their quick approval by the FDA.” Between 1994 and 1999 …
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Legalize Drugs: Zero Tolerance, Prohibition, Drug Laws, and the War on Drugs – Ron Paul – thefilmarchive.org 1988 Paul favors the right to use marijuana as a medical option. He was cosponsor of HR 2592, the States’ Rights to Medical Marijuana Act. He is currently a supporter of the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2008. He also believes marijuana should be completely legal at the federal level. Paul contends that prohibition of drugs is ineffective and advocates ending the War on Drugs. “Prohibition doesn’t work. Prohibition causes crime.” He believes that drug abuse should be treated as a medical problem: “We treat alcoholism now as a medical problem and I, as a physician, think we should treat drug addiction as a medical problem and not as a crime.” The US Constitution does not enumerate or delegate to Congress the authority to ban or regulate drugs in general. Paul believes in personal responsibility, but also sees inequity in the current application of drug enforcement laws, noting in 2000, “Many prisoners are non-violent and should be treated as patients with addictions, not as criminals. Irrational mandatory minimal sentences have caused a great deal of harm. We have non-violent drug offenders doing life sentences, and there is no room to incarcerate the rapists and murderers.” When asked about his position on implementing the Tenth Amendment, Paul explained, “Certain medical procedures and medical choices, I would allow the states to determine that. The state law should prevail not the Federal Government.” Speaking specifically …