Aug 12, 2020 | drugs, pharmaceuticals, statutory health insurance
Biosimilars are biopharmaceuticals such as biotechnologically produced proteins that no longer have patent protection and can therefore be brought to market more cheaply. This saves a lot of money in times of the COVID 19 pandemic alone because the average daily...
Jul 17, 2020 | Allgemein, drugs, EN
MEP Peter Liese (CDU) and member of the European People’s Party (EPP) was recently the initiator of a virtual debate in a webinar attended by various EU politicians on how to secure the supply of medicines in the EU. Questions about the cost and distribution of...
Jul 8, 2020 | DE, drugs, research
Salbutamol is an active substance from the group of beta-2 sympathomimetics and is used as a bronchospasmolytic in bronchial asthma and COPD, because it relaxes the smooth muscles of the bronchi. Researchers at Lancaster University have now discovered that the asthma...
Jun 10, 2020 | cancer, Diabetes, drugs, EN, research
Some metformin-containing drugs that type 2 diabetics take to lower their blood sugar levels to normal levels are suspected of being contaminated with potentially carcinogenic nitrosamines, according to a report by the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices...
Apr 22, 2020 | Diabetes, drugs, EN
A new „mealtime insulin“ has recently been launched on the market, which provides good glycemic control after the intake of a meal, especially for children and the elderly, but also in the context of gastrointestinal infections. It has been approved by the...
Mrz 26, 2020 | drugs, EN, general conditions, prevention, research, study
Mitochondria are cell organelles that are present in human cells in their thousands as power plants and are responsible for the production of ATP (adenosine triphosphate), which functions as an energy source so that cells can start working. The cell organelles, are...