Showing posts with label medication. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medication. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Pfizer and Allergan Are Richer than All of Singapore - http://clapway.com/2015/11/24/pfizer-and-allergan-are-richer-than-all-of-singapore123/

After weeks of talks, Pfizer and Allergan have agreed on a $160 billion hit offer to develop the world’s largest drugmaker. The transaction is valued at $363.63 per Allergan share. Allergan investors will obtain 11.3 shares of the consolidated business for each and every of their shares.


Pfizer and Allergan Combine to Make the Biggest Health Care Deal Ever


Pfizer shareholders obtain one share of the consolidated business for each and every of theirs. It’s the greatest wellness care deal ever, and the biggest inversion on  record, a tax-saving maneuver in which a U.S. firm rearranges in a nation with a reduced company tax price. US efforts to suppress the technique have so far been futile.


Close up Medicine pills and coin stack
Close up Medicine pills and coin stack

New Company Will be Named Pfizer PLC


Botox manufacturer Allergan is based in Ireland but runs considerably of its operations from New Jersey. Pfizer and Allergan will be incorporated under Allergan PLC, which will be renamed Pfizer PLC. The companies’ boards of directors accepted the offer Sunday. The offer caps a remarkable consolidation wave roiling the U.S. health treatment sector and also develops the globe’s biggest drugmaker by sales.


A New Titan Joins the Health Care Market


The deal in between Pfizer Inc. and Botox maker Allergan is the biggest company merger this year. Since Friday’s close, Pfizer had a market cap of $199 billion; Allergan was at $123 billion. The Pfizer-Allergan bargain is likely to settle doubts that consumers would pay a lot more for medicines as competition lowers among insurers, sellers and manufacturers. And also it places the business directly in a presidential election argument over efforts by U.S. firms to get lower tax prices using mergers to relocate their headquarters abroad.


This Merger Makes the Company’s Net Worth Bigger than Everyone in Singapore


This kind of merger really puts things in perspective. The deal makes the company richer than the entire nation of Singapore by far, which puts a few questions on our minds. How is it that when dealing with such tremendous amounts of money, that healthcare is still so expensive? How have we not found a feasible cure for HIV/Aids, or even allergies or asthma?



Pfizer and Allergan Are Richer than All of Singapore

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Do Women on Antidepressants Risk Having Babies With Birth Defects? - http://clapway.com/2015/07/09/do-women-on-antidepressants-risk-having-babies-with-birth-defects543/

The fact that women who take these medications during their pregnancy might risk having a baby with defects is well known and has been discussed, even though some of these medicines appear to be safer than others.


In order to offer more answers, federal data on more than 38,000 women who gave birth between 1997 and 2009, has been analyzed by the researchers at the Center of Disease Control and Prevention.


HOW DANGEROUS ARE ANTIDEPRESSANTS?


Even though this was an association study, and it doesn’t prove that the medications caused the birth problems. After checking the number of birth defects among babies, and asking the women if they took any antidepressants during their pregnancy or in the month before getting pregnant, the investigators came with some interesting explanations.


Therefore, according to the study published in BMJ, the use of some antidepressants might increase the risks of birth defects, while others may not pose such a high risk, after all.


There wasn’t any connection found between birth defects and the following medications: antidepressants citalopram (Celexa), sertraline (Zoloft) and escitalopram (Lexapro).


However, some other medications, like fluoxetine (Prozac) or paroxetine (Paxil) appear to be quite dangerous.


This is why the safest thing to do for any pregnant woman is to ask a physician before taking any kind of medication.


The defects that can be caused by such antidepressants are various. A child might be born with heart defects or abdominal wall defects, as well as brain and skull defects. There has also been a link found between certain antidepressants and ADHD.


WHAT SHOULD PREGNANT WOMEN DO?


As stated before, if you are pregnant or planning to have a baby, a discussion with your healthcare provider is mandatory. Stress and depression can also harm both you and your baby, so an opinion from a doctor is necessary when deciding what is best for the both of you.


Not all antidepressants are very dangerous to fetuses, and they also work differently for each person. This is why you should see a health professional who will help you make the right decision.



 


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Do Women on Antidepressants Risk Having Babies With Birth Defects?

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

New Heart Failure Pill Entresto Approved by FDA - http://clapway.com/2015/07/08/new-heart-failure-pill-entresto-approved-by-fda789/

Helping to Prevent Heart Failure


Many diseases or health complications are tough to deal with, but a healthy heart is essential to any human being’s long-term survival. That is why yesterday, the FDA approved a new medicinal pill called Entresto from Norvartis for treating heart failure. The announcement of the approval was released by both the FDA and Novartis yesterday, showing both parties’ eagerness in helping to reduce the threat of heart failure and the often ensuing death from heart complications.


A brief overview of heart failure


For those unfamiliar with heart failure and its history, heart complications happen when the heart is not pumping blood as well as it should, and there are not enough nutrients and oxygen reaching parts of your body. According to the CDC, every year in the U.S. alone, citizens die of heart disease complications often- every 1 in 4 deaths. In the news release by the FDA, the number of people stated to be affected by heart failure is a whopping 5.1 million people in the U.S. There is no cure for this complication, but you can live with it. This is where our drug, Entresto, comes into play.


What is Entresto?


Entresto is said to be a neprilysin inhibitor and angiotensin II receptor blocker that will help to reduce of the risk of dying from heart failure, and also allow for fewer trips to the hospital. The pills are to be taken twice a day along with other heart failure meds you may be prescribed, but it is advised against taking the drug when you have had Angiodema. It is also advised not to take Entresto if you start suffering from this allergic reaction while taking the drug, because breathing becomes difficult as a result.

But this is not the only side effect of taking Entresto; there are other complications that arise when taking the pill. Some of the side effects include hypertension, kidney problems, etc.


Good Intentions from Entresto


The reduction rate of death and hospitalization when using the drug is around twenty percent. With the approval of the new medication, the 5.1 million afflicted with heart failure, as reported by the FDA, now have hope of living better as a result. Now that it is approved in the U.S., the drug is now being reviewed in other countries for approval. Then, subsequent distribution is expected to follow after approval.



 


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New Heart Failure Pill Entresto Approved by FDA