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Portrait of girl with down syndrome having breakfast.

Too Good to Be True: Reflections on a Down Syndrome Clinical Trial

March 24, 2021

Ph.D. candidate Anna Moyer reflects on the bittersweet outcome of a clinical trial in children with Down syndrome.

Anna Moyer ⋅ Perspectives in Research clinical trial, down syndrome, pharmaceuticals, Research ⋅

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Empowerment Beyond the Pill

August 19, 2020

Since pharmaceutical companies began rebranding the pill in the 1990s, use of hormonal birth control for noncontraceptive purposes has exploded. But what has that done to women’s understanding of their own bodies?

Riley Bannon ⋅ Perspectives in Research birth control, contraception, pharmaceuticals, women's health ⋅

White prescription pills spilled across an American hundred dollar bill.

Businesses Innovation: A Cure for the Drug Pricing Dilemma

March 13, 2020

Ph.D. candidate Roshan Chikarmane identifies key drivers of rising drug prices and introduces corresponding interventions that are being undertaken by business leaders to shift industry trends toward more affordable health care.

Roshan Chikarmane ⋅ Perspectives in Research business, drug pricing, industry, pharmaceuticals ⋅

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The Biopharma Startup: A Heart-Pounding Venture

November 26, 2019

Here’s how a group of passionate thinkers turned scholarly insights into therapies that could help millions of patients with heart failure.

Roshan Chikarmane ⋅ Perspectives in Research heart failure, medication, pharmaceuticals, tech ventures ⋅

medications and money

The Rising Cost of Pharmaceuticals

September 22, 2016

Last weekend, my husband and I visited our local pharmacy to pick up a prescription refill. The pharmacist chatted with us cheerfully as she rang us up at the cash register. Suddenly, her typing stopped. “Wow,” she finally said. “This is expensive.” The small pill bottle sat in her palm as she read off the […]

Stephanie Zuo ⋅ Perspectives in Research drug prices, healthcare costs, pharmaceuticals ⋅

Clinical trial to target cancer drugs to gene mutations for individualized therapy

July 20, 2015

Imagine a scenario where a patient comes into the clinic with a suspected cancer. The clinician not only confirms that the patient does indeed have cancer, but also identifies a specific gene abnormality that is driving the tumor. Without hesitating, the doctor prescribes a cancer drug that specifically targets the gene mutation responsible for the […]

Paul Sirajuddin ⋅ Perspectives in Research American Society of Clinical Oncology, Cancer, cancer drugs, dna sequencing, gene mutation, MATCH, National Cancer Institute, pharmaceuticals ⋅

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