Jul 28, 2020 | EN, pharmaceutical industry, pharmaceuticals, research
The scientific institute of the AOK, WIdO for short, is a research and consulting institute of all AOKs and provides expertise for all service areas in the SHI system. In a current report, the institute describes the advantages of drug discount contracts, which can...
Jul 8, 2020 | EN, pharmaceutical industry, research
In the field of strategic brand management in pharmaceutical market research, Anja Wenke, Head of DocCheck Research, is an expert who knows the field well, because she knows all the target groups that are to be addressed, the subject areas, regulations and also...
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 26, 2020 | cancer, EN, research, therapy
A research team from Purdue University, USA has developed a new method for treating black skin cancer (malignant melanoma). The novel patch contains microscopic silicon needles that release their active ingredients into the skin over a period of several months. A...
Jun 23, 2020 | DE, Krebsforschung, research, Therapie
Ein Forschungsteam der amerikanischen Purdue University hat eine neue Methode zur Behandlung von schwarzem Hautkrebs (malignes Melanom) entwickelt. Das neuartige Pflaster enthält mikroskopisch kleine Nadeln aus Silizium, die über die Dauer mehrerer Monate ihre...
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...