Skip to main content

Posts

Big Pharma or Drug Mafia?

Big pharmaceutical companies are the one who says that they are committed to discovering new medicines and delivering medicinal breakthroughs to the patients who need them. But at what cost? Price gouging by the pharmaceutical industry is soaring exponentially. The US drug market is full of pharma players who organize aggressive pricing strategies for lifesaving drugs that are only intended to maximize their capital gains and shareholder profits. Quoting the example of the story of Martin Shkreli (the most hated man in America), the pharmaceutical tycoon known for raising the price of an AIDS and Malaria drug, Daraprim , by 5500% overnight, is just the initial glimpse of what is happening around the drug pricing and how pharma giants are manipulating the cost of a lifesaving drug. Another emphasizing example is Revlimid , the analogue of the infamous drug, thalidomide . The story of Revlimid’s development is unique, even uplifting. But the story of what it costs is all too familiar...

Role of Pharmacist during COVID-19 Outbreak and Lockdown

Race With Dreams! ©

Types of Calcium ion channels

Calcium Channels   An influx of calcium ions into cells, made possible by the opening of specific, voltage-gated channels, triggers muscular contraction and several other physiological processes. Two types of calcium channels, L-type and T-type, are found in the cardiovascular system. These two types of channels differ considerably in their electrical and chemical characteristics and in their distribution in tissue. The L-type calcium channel is responsible for normal myocardial contractility and for vascular smooth muscle contractility. In contrast, T-type calcium channels are not normally present in the adult myocardium, but are prominent in conducting and pacemaking cells. They are thought to help regulate vascular tone, signal conduction, cardiac pacemaking, and the secretion of certain intercellular transmitters. T-Type channels also seem to have an important role in normal growth processes and in the tissue remodeling that occurs in pathologic processes such ...

Why Indian Market is not so easy to dominate?

Race With Dreams! © 2015-2016

Dr. Zeenat Iqbal

The real mind which influenced me to rethink about Pharmacy as a career option and as a professional opportunity. @Zeenatiqbal11 pic.twitter.com/kpY8BhJqH1 — M. Mirza Riyaz Beig (@1996Mirza) October 26, 2019 Race With Dreams! © 2015-2016