Essays on Biologics

Biography

Enterprenuershipa nd management has been my core of interest from a tender age. I adopted this from my family members who had ventued into enterpreneurship. Consequently, I decided to follow their footsteps. I was born in Australia back in the year 1965, on the 18th day of September. With the fact the entrepreneurship and business were the major backgrounds for my family, I graduated from Ruff's university in 1985, attaining a first class, which opened my doors towards getting a scholarship. I had to follow the same roots. Being the third born of my family, I decided to be ...

In the United States, it is reported that one in four adults suffer from brain injuries. Magnetic targeting to enable stem cell therapies to treat brain diseases has a wide scope in the market. The magnetic targeting would aim stem cells at desired location of the brain to treat the defected part of the brain. The stem cell therapies overcome the loss of neurotic cells in the brain, hence, magnetic targeting to enable induction of stem cells in the desired location of the brain to treat injuries is so far the best technology proposed by Magneto Biologics Inc. There ...

Commercializing Biotechnology in Early-Stage Ventures.

Introduction: Ajinomoto Althea, Inc. is a drug manufacturing and contract development organization that provides clinical drug manufacturing and process development services to various global pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms. The company claims to be capable of fully supporting early stages clinical requirements via commercial manufacturing.

History and Background Information:

Althea Inc. was founded in 1998 by Francois Ferre, Ph.D. and Magda Marquet, Ph.D. and its first products were gene quantification assays and plasmids kits. The company delved into manufacturing microbial biologics in 2000, and by 2003, the company was now offering finish and fill manufacturing services to meet client demands. In 2008, due to ...

Introduction

The pharmaceutical industry has for a long period developed small molecule drugs such as acetylsalicylic acid. However, the period after 1970, has been characterized by a revolution in biotechnology resulting in the development of biologic medicines. One of the major biotechnological advancement has been mapping of the human genome leading to therapies such as stem cell and gene therapy. There has been a great investment in biologics. In 2009, the most five prescribed pharmaceutical products were large molecule products (Rozek, 2013). In United States, over a hundred different biologic agents have been approved for use (Pharmacy Practice News, 2013). According to Amgen ( ...

Pharmaceuticals Price: What can we do about it

High pharmaceutical prices in United States are a byproduct of a complex interplay of factors including, institutional peculiarities of health care system (payor-provider mechanisms), lack of government regulation of prescription drug prices, high cost of research and development, international price control regime, the inherent profit imperative of the corporate pharmaceutical sector and its lobbying ability in political circles. There are no simple solutions to this vexed issue and dealing with it requires a multifaceted approach including, at policy, institutional, legislative and regulatory levels. Some of the steps required are mentioned below: - Negotiation for discounts on prescription drugs: As is the ...

Differentiation of white blood cells by light microscopy

Most mammals have blood consisting of three types of blood cells, Red blood cells (Erythrocytes), White blood cells (Leukocytes) and Platelets (Thrombocyte). These are collectively termed as hematocyte, which simply means blood cell. These cells constitute to around 40% to 45% of the blood volume. The remaining consist of Plasma, which is referred to the liquid part of blood. The total volume of blood can be determined by centrifugation or flow cytometry. The 45% of blood component (blood cells) is termed as hematocrit. Another important component of blood is hemoglobin, which gives blood its red color. It is ...

Psoriasis: Overview

Introduction and Clinical presentations Psoriasis is a common skin infection that is usually persistent, recurrent, and immune mediated. It affects about 2 percent world population with associated negative impact on the physical, emotional and psychosocial wellbeing of the individual. No predilection for any age group. It is a papulosquamous condition with different morphology, distribution, severity and course. Presentation is in the form of moderate or severe. In patients with moderate presentation (10 percent of the body surface is usually affected) (Ayala, 2007) while severe cases tend to affect the quality of life of the patient with several systemic conditions ( ...

Local level of medical product safety is considered within the confines of FDA approved interventions as well as local agencies’ affiliations towards the decision making process wherein legislations and code enforcements are designed. This pertains mainly to drugs, biologics, medical devices; special nutritionals and cosmetics (MedWatch, 2011). The Center of Drug Evaluation and Research as well as the Center for Biologics and Research are local level agency resources monitoring the Adverse Events Reporting System information retrieved from higher level governmental agencies (MedWatch, 2011) . Through this method local pharmaceutical agencies such as Safety Medical International endorse policies to ...