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The future of pain medication: are cannabinoids the solution to the opioid epidemic?

Pharmaceutical Technology

CB1 is predominantly found in the central and peripheral nervous system, whereas CB2 is primarily located in immune cells. Currently, Jazz Pharmaceuticals’s nabiximols is the only cannabinoid approved for pain, receiving approval in Israel, in August 2010.

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New cancer vaccine method boosts potency and scope

World Pharma News

Vaccines to treat cancers have been around since 2010, the first being approved for prostate cancer, and another in 2015 for melanoma. One hurdle is the difficulty in finding antigens in tumors that look foreign enough to trigger an immune response.

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BREAKING NEWS: Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech over mRNA COVID-19 vaccines

European Pharmaceutical Review

Moderna has filed patent infringement lawsuits alleging that Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty ® infringes patents Moderna filed between 2010 and 2016 covering its foundational messenger RNA (mRNA) technology.

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Queen’s Award for Enterprise goes to SGS’s Quay Pharma

European Pharmaceutical Review

The Queen’s Award for Enterprise is the UK’s highest accolade for business success and recognises the strength of Quay Pharma’s export sales, which, according to SGS, have comprised at least 55 percent of its business since 2010. The enterprise also noted that in the last three years its overseas sales had more than doubled.

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WHO prequalifies meningitis conjugate vaccine

European Pharmaceutical Review

This news builds on the success of the MenAfriVac ® vaccine, which eliminated serogroup A meningococcal meningitis outbreaks from the meningitis belt after being introduced in 2010. “[We] They do not promote herd immunity and are not generally effective in infants and children younger than two years old.

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52 Patient Groups Applaud Justice Department’s Stay Request in Braidwood Lawsuit

Putting Patients First Blog

“Under the March 30 ruling, those with private health insurance coverage would no longer have the guarantee of cost-free coverage for preventive services recommended by the USPSTF after the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in March 2010.

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Sore Throat

RX Note

Indications for Referral Sore throat duration >2 weeks or hoarseness of longer than 3 weeks' duration Suggests nonacute cause and require further investigation Difficulty in swallowing ( dysphagia ) Suggests sinister pathology Patents taking medications that can interfere with the immune response (e.g.