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Intravenous solutions with heparin sodium (derived from porcine intestinal mucosa) are sterile, nonpyrogenic fluids for intravenous administration.
Heparin sodium is indicated for:
Atrial fibrillation with embolization;
Diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic consumption coagulopathies (disseminated intravascular coagulation);
Prevention of clotting in arterial and heart surgery;
Prophylaxis and treatment of peripheral arterial embolism;
As an anticoagulant in extracorporeal arterial circulation and dialysis procedures.
Patients with adverse heparin reaction before heart surgery benefit from combined strategies Source: Blood / Hematology News From Medical News Today [2014.11.21]New evidence suggests that therapeutic plasma exchange and appropriate blood testing could help patients who are in urgent need of heart surgery, but have a history of an adverse reaction to the...
Potential for future prevention of prion conversion and disease using heparin Source: CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease News From Medical News Today [2014.03.26]Prions are infectious agents responsible for neurodegenerative diseases such as bovine spongiform encephalitis (commonly known as "mad cow disease") and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans.
Anti-inflammatory effect of low-molecular-weight heparin in pediatric cataract
surgery: a randomized clinical trial. [2012]DESIGN: Prospective masked randomized controlled trial... CONCLUSION: The results of our study suggest that there does not seem to be a
Alkalinized lidocaine and heparin provide immediate relief of pain and urgency in
patients with interstitial cystitis. [2012]setting... CONCLUSIONS: The combination of alkalinized lidocaine and heparin provides up to
Incidence of thrombotic and bleeding complications during cardiac catheterization in children: comparison of high-dose vs. low-dose heparin protocols. [2011.12]Summary.Although Heparin Anticoagulation Randomized Trial in Cardiac Catheterization (HEARTCAT) was not designed as non-inferiority trial, low-dose UFH (50 units kg(-1) bolus) appears sufficient for thromboprophylaxis during CC.
Comparison of enoxaparin and unfractionated heparin in endovascular interventions for the treatment of peripheral arterial occlusive disease: a randomized controlled trial. [2011.11]BACKGROUND: Although unfractionated heparin (UFH) is an effective antithrombotic agent in endovascular interventions for the treatment of peripheral occlusive arterial disease (PAOD), it produces a highly variable anticoagulant response. Intravenous (i.v.) enoxaparin might be an effective and safe alternative... CONCLUSION: Enoxaparin has a better performance than UFH in endovascular interventions for the treatment of PAOD. In patients with concomitant use of ASA, the risk of complications with UFH increases significantly compared with enoxaparin. (c) 2011 International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis.
Intravenous enoxaparin or unfractionated heparin in primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: the international randomised open-label ATOLL trial. [2011.08.20]BACKGROUND: Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-elevation myocardial infarction has traditionally been supported by unfractionated heparin, which has never been directly compared with a new anticoagulant using consistent anticoagulation and similar antiplatelet strategies in both groups. We compared traditional heparin treatment with intravenous enoxaparin in primary PCI... INTERPRETATION: Intravenous enoxaparin compared with unfractionated heparin significantly reduced clinical ischaemic outcomes without differences in bleeding and procedural success. Therefore, enoxaparin provided an improvement in net clinical benefit in patients undergoing primary PCI. FUNDING: Direction de la Recherche Clinique, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris; Sanofi-Aventis. Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Sodic Heparin Effectiveness of the Treatment of Burns [Not yet recruiting]
Burns are injuries caused by agents thermal, chemical, electrical or radioactive who act in
the tissue lining of the human body and may partially or totally destroy the skin and its
annexes, to the deeper layers, as subcutaneous tissue, muscles, tendons and bones .
Studies show that topical heparin has, in addition to the already known anticoagulant
activity, anti-inflammatory properties, analgesic, and neoangiogenic, stimulating blood flow
and increasing the repair of the fabric as well as the restoration of collagen and
reepiteliztion. Moreover, the use of heparin reduces the need for painful medical
procedures, as debridations, surgeries and transplants The intention of this work is to
verify the effectiveness and safety of sodium heparin in the treatment of burns of the skin.
Heparin Versus no Heparin on Duration of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Patency in Neonates [Not yet recruiting]
Background: Heparin is an anticoagulant commonly used in the neonatal population as a means
to prevent catheter related occlusion and malfunction by thrombosis (clot). Given the
recent overdoses of infants using heparin, there is concern as to whether heparin should be
used in peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICC). Scientific evidence
comparing the duration of use of heparin versus no heparin in PICCs is conflicting.
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of continuous IV fluids with
heparin versus IV fluids without heparin on the duration of percutaneously inserted central
venous catheters (PICC) in neonates.
Design: Prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled trial Hypothesis: The use of
heparin in PICC fluids has no difference on duration of catheter patency.
Design and Methods: The study will be conducted at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at
University Hospital, San Antonio, TX. Randomization to either the experimental group
(no-heparin) or the standard medical group (with heparin) will occur once parental consent
is obtained and prior to PICC insertion. PICC placement will be done by the PICC certified
neonatal nurses. Correct placement of the PICC will be assured by radiography which is
standard procedure.
Parents, NICU team members and staff, and investigators will be masked to the grouping.
Pharmacy will be responsible for randomization. Both the heparin group and the no heparin
group solutions will be dispensed in identical containers, compounded by the pharmacy.
The study medication, heparin, will be mixed by the pharmacy at a standard dose of 0. 5
units/mL for the intravenous infusions used in the heparin group. The experimental group
will receive only the base solution, whether it is 5% dextrose, 0. 9% sodium chloride, or
total parenteral nutrition infused into the PICC line. Pharmacy and the NICU staff will
ensure compatibility of heparin with other infusions. Heparin bonded catheters, heparin
flushes, and hep-lock solutions are not used by the NICU service.
The primary outcome, duration of catheter use, is defined as the time (in hours) between
insertion and removal of the catheter due to occlusion. Occlusion will be defined as the
inability to push 1 mL of 0. 9% sodium chloride, via a 5 mL syringe, through the catheter in
situ or detection of clots along the catheter after removal.
Secondary outcomes include septicemia vs. catheter-related septicemia, phlebitis, death
before discharge, and thrombosis. Septicemia is identified as clinical signs and symptoms
associated with sepsis in the presence of a positive peripheral blood culture obtained
irrespective of the catheter tip culture result. Catheter-related sepsis will be defined as
positive blood culture obtained from the catheter fluid as well as a positive blood culture
obtained from a peripheral venous specimen. Both cultures must demonstrate the same
organism. Phlebitis is defined by visual detection, swelling, and change of skin color
associated with an inflamed vein. Thrombosis is defined as a thrombus along catheter path
diagnosed by visual inspection upon removal of the catheter. Elective versus non-elective
removal will also be recorded.
Adverse events monitored include: heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), defined as a
platelet count dropping below 50 x 103/mL with a positive antibody titer, aPTT > 100 seconds
(This will be measured upon clinical evidence of bleeding), hemorrhage from > 2 sites,
intraventricular hemorrhage, extravasation, and dislodgement or breakage of catheter.
The sample size will be determined based on retrospective data collection to reach a
statistical power of 80% with a type I error or 0. 05. The investigators expect the sample
size to be approximately 102 patients in each arm of the study.
The study will terminate once the PICC is discontinued or if there is an indication to stop
the study early for safety reasons. These could include increased adverse events in one
group versus the other. A Safety Control Panel composed of 2 neonatologists from another
site will review the data at the points when 1/3 and then 2/3 of total patient enrollment
has been achieved.
Data Collection and Analysis: Data will be collected and tabulated on a Microsoft Excel
spreadsheet using unique patient identifiers and stored at a secure location at UHS then
analyzed using appropriate statistical tests.
Efficacy and Safety of Sodium Heparin in Patients (Cristália) [Not yet recruiting]
A Non-inferiority Study Comparing Two Heparin Sodium Preparations in Hip Fracture Surgery [Not yet recruiting]
The primary objective and endpoints of the study is compare the efficacy of two products
containing heparin sodium, evaluating if the formulation produced by Eurofarma can be
considered non-inferior to the reference product.
Comparison of Heparin Types; Efficacy and Safety [Not yet recruiting]
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (79),
Thrombocytopenia (34),
Haemorrhage (29),
Dyspnoea (24),
Cerebral Haemorrhage (23),
Pyrexia (21),
Pulmonary Embolism (20),
Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage (15),
Thrombosis in Device (15),
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Bargain hunters were out in full force across Berks County on a busy Black Friday.
The registers were ringing, and bags were being stuffed full of savings. The signs were everywhere inside Kohl's in Spring Township, and a long line stretched around the store as shoppers took advantage of deep discounts.
"I've got my friend, Beth, with me. So one of us stands in line while the other grabs what we need to grab," said Jen Vaux, who has shopped on Black Friday for the past 11 years.
Christmas music serenaded a steady flow of foot traffic into Cabela's in Tilden Township. Inside, a sea of shoppers rifled through racks and down aisles during the bargain bonanza.
"I've been to a million different places to buy my hunting gear and my firearms, there's no place like this," said Josh Dudley, who waited in line since 4 a.m.
"We come here every year on Black Friday. This is the only store I come to because it's so big, people are polite and you can get around," said Joe Marchei, who was shopping with his family.
Best Buy in Wyomissing opened at 6 p.m. Thanksgiving night, and there was a steady flow of shoppers all day Friday.
"Crazy! The crowds are crazy, the lines are crazy!" said Faustina Mantey, who normally does all her shopping online.
"They were lined up around the building last night, so we're pleased with the results," said Daniel Schwalenberg, general manager of Best Buy.
Despite the crowds, shoppers told 69 News the deals were worth waiting in line for this year.
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The 13-year-old, who died Saturday, had a prominent role in a video of patients at Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock lip-syncing the Katy Perry hit "Roar."
Maggie Philbrook lip-syncs from her hospital bed in a scene from the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth "Roar" video. The video drew more than 4 million views online. YOUTUBE
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"When she saw it was on Buzzfeed, she went crazy," Byrne-Philbrook recalled. "There was so much attention," she said. "Through all of it, she really was content to just be Maggie." Calling hours are scheduled for Friday at Lambert Funeral Home, 1799 Elm St., Manchester, from 3 to 8 p.m.
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Blender 2.62 was released on Thursday with notable improvements to the Cycles Render Engine, motion tracking, the Blender Game Engine, and much more.
Blender 2.62 is the project's February release to succeed Blender 2.61 from December. The 2.62 release builds upon the Cycles Render Engine from the previous release along with incorporating new UV tools and other work. The new Cycles Render Engine improvements include support for render layers and passes, multi-GPU rendering, border rendering, BVH caching, and much more. The new UV editing tools include an advanced interactive stitch tool, a tool to compute seams for islands, sculpting tools, and much more.
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Beauty Facts and Myths
Bella Quiz: Skin Care Facts and Myths
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You know the old "chocolate causes acne" bit? Quick, is that true or false? If you chose false, you're correct. Hormones, bacteria, and skin cells are the underlying causes of breakouts.
I recently came across an article in Skin Inc. magazine, a publication for spa professionals, which highlights several misconceptions regarding skin care, and I've gathered up some of my favorites in this quiz to follow. Why not try your hand and see if you can separate beauty fact from fiction?
Bella Quiz: Skin Care Facts and Myths
True or false? Blackheads are a result of skin that hasn't been cleansed properly.
It's a good idea to get a base tan so that you don't burn before going on vacation.
Antioxidants can make wrinkles go away.
Exposure to the sun improves acne.
Natural and/or organic products are not always the best choice.
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vanityx0kills 4 years
5/5! (:
vanityx0kills 4 years
5/5! (:
Nellllll 5 years
3/5 :( I did so bad i think ;)
Nellllll 5 years
3/5 :( I did so bad i think ;)
darc5204 5 years
Yes, the sun is good for helping with vitamin D, Burotukunam, but you only need about 10 minutes in direct sunlight. That's not going to give you a tan.
5 years
the question about the tan is misleading, the question does not state whether or not tanning is a good idea but the fact of the matter is that a fake tan will NOT help you from burning whereas a base tan would.
me-n-myself 5 years
2/5 not bad :D Eating chocolate n eggs can cause of acne on me, or maybe i ate them quite much at that time
me-n-myself 5 years
2/5 not bad :DEating chocolate n eggs can cause of acne on me, or maybe i ate them quite much at that time
eveday 5 years
eveday 5 years
MartiniLush 5 years
5/5! Hurray! :-)
MartiniLush 5 years
5/5! Hurray! :-)
kulikuli 5 years
4/5 Not bad, i still don't agree with the base tan question i got wrong. A base tan always keeps me from burning i just get tan, self-tanners however just dye your skin, i'll still end up burning and peeling all over. And tan skin does not damage your skin as much as burning your skin cells, and no one goes on vacation to tropical places to stay out of the sun. Not to mention, so many people are afraid of the sun thanks to all the article they read, 1/3 of the U.S. is vitamin D deficient. The sun is good for you in moderation people!
ClassicalTorture 5 years
The wording in the answer for #5 bothers me. I feel like it should say something like "manufactured chemicals". Everything you put on your skin or in your body is a chemical, including water. It's a pet peeve of mine when people make a distinction between "natural" and "chemical".
emalove 5 years
These were all kind of "duh" questions, no?!
dragonlady920 5 years
5/5, awesome!
dragonlady920 5 years
5/5, awesome!
Allytta 5 years
5/5. reading good beauty blogs religiously pais off. though i was not sure about the sun and achne thing, but i definetely notice improvements on my acne or chicken skin when i go out in the sun. but i also notice acne after i eat chocolate and science says it's BS :)
RrrenMags 5 years
that's the first 100% i've gotten on ANY quiz in a while :)
yellinln 5 years
booo, I didn't see the "not" in question 5.
neonbee 5 years
Lol, I clicked on the wrong answer. Haha.
genesisrocks 5 years
4/5 knew I should have gone with my gut on the antioxidant question
polkadots567 5 years
5/5... cool beans
Link Love
- The stress and sweets of the holidays can take a toll on your skin — StyleBistro
- This alluring scent is bound to seduce someone under the mistletoe — The Cut
- 20 times Rita Ora ditched her signature red lip and looked fabulous — HuffPost Style
- Rob Lowe is launching a skin care line for men — InStyle
- Fight aging using masks with edible ingredients — Real Simple
- Licking your wine glass can help your lipstick last longer — Byrdie
- Incorporate delicious natural ingredients and scents into your routine — Beauty High
- You can actually curl your hair with drinking straws — XoVain
- Pretty beauty looks to try tonight, inspired by the Kardashians — People StyleWatch


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By the middle of the 13th century the Almohads had lost most of their former possessions in Iberia to Castile, all that remained in 1238 was the Kingdom of Granada, of which Ronda was now an important capital. The first Nasrid Sultans of Granada managed to halt the first reconquista of Ferdinand I by promising fealty to Castile, and historical evidence confirms that until 1480 an annual payment of gold was made to the treasury of Castile.
Bullfighting in Ronda
The Ronda style as it is known originated by accident in Ronda's Philip II's Centre for Horsemanship when a gentleman training on horse was unseated in the path of a bull they used to train officers in horsemanship.
A local man, Francisco Romero distracted the bull on foot using his hat, thus securing both the life of the aristocrat, and inventing a new form of bullfighting perfected by his grandson, Pedro Romero (1754-1839).
Museums of Ronda
Ronda's museums are a delightful way to spend a few hours for both holiday makers and residents alike. Children will love the Lara Museum, while adults may prefer the museum of wine, and art aficionados will positively love the collection of Joaquin Peinado.
Ronda Municipal Museum
Located in the historic Mondragon Palace (Palacio de Mondragon), the Municipal Museum of Ronda details our city's history from the stone age to the present time with some very well made exhibits such as the Pileta Cave reconstruction, the stone age hut, iron age technology including sword making, the Roman period with an important exhibit on Acinipo, Moorish Ronda including a detailed exhibit of Arab funeral rites, and a very interesting display on life in Ronda's heyday, the 17th and 18th centuries.
Iglesia de Nuestro Padre Jesús Ronda
Originally built at the end of the 15th century and beginning of the 16th century the church was dedicated to Santa Cecilia who at the time of the reconquest was enjoying a great deal of popularity as the patron saint of musicians and churches.
The tower and entrance of Padre Jesús is gothic having been part of the original church, the remainder is renaissance period.
History of the Puente Nuevo
In 1542, a few short years after the reconquest, and at a time when the market districts of Ronda were forming, the citizens of Ronda requested a new bridge that would directly connect La Ciudad with the highest point across the gorge, an area that was long and flat, and ideal for the expansion of Ronda which was already becoming crowded.
Birdwatching in Ronda's El Tajo
The El Tajo gorge offers a wealth of bird species to watch, in fact many tourists book rooms in hotels overlooking the gorge specifically to setup their binoculars on hotel terraces away from the crowds.
The area between the Puente Nuevo and the Jardines del Cuenca is a deep almost enclosed part of the gorge that buzzes with life, from flying insects to spiders, lizards and geckos, and of course the many birds that nest in the gorge or hunt for food here.
Pisto Andaluz, Traditional Vegetarian Stew
One of the most popular dishes prepared around Spain, the pisto is basically a vegetable stew or ratatouille, and forms a popular base into which cured meats can be added, although one of the most famous versions of this recipe also adds egg (it looks like fried eggs sitting on top of the pisto).
Pileta Paleolithic Cave Paintings at Benaojan
A few kilometres from Ronda, just outside the white village of Benaojan lies one of the most spectacular cave systems in Spain, and in the mouth of one, several galleries of cave paintings that are as old as 30,000 years, and were created by paleolithic people of Ronda before the last great ice age. Best of all, the caves are open to the public with a local tour guide to explain the significance of the artwork.


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Courtney Love should probably not expect a "greatest boss ever" mug any time soon.
The singer's former assistant -- who was on Love's staff for a year -- filed a lawsuit against the controversial Hole frontwoman on Tuesday, claiming Love "acted with an improper and evil motive amounting to malice or despicable conduct."
E! News reports that in the lawsuit plaintiff Jessica Labrie states she was hired in June 2010 to be Love's administrative assistant and "forensic research aide" for $30 an hour -- and things apparently went south rather quickly afterward.
Labrie alleges that Love made her work more than 60 hours a week without paying overtime; that she asked her to hire a computer hacker and directed her to send fake legal correspondence; that she promised to pay for Labrie's Yale tuition but never did; and that Love promised her bonuses and a job on the set of a Nirvana biopic, but neither occurred.
A rep for Love, 48, hasn't responded yet to the lawsuit or any of its many accusations.
Love's former assistant also maintains that she repeatedly questioned the "Celebrity Skin" singer's questionable and unethical decisions and that in June 27, 2011, she was forced to resign with Love owing her more than $2000 in wages.
Labrie claims the job caused her to suffer from headaches, insomnia, anxiety and depression. She is seeking unspecified damages, alleged wrongful termination, failure to pay wages and overtime, negligent misrepresentation, breach of contract and intentional infliction of emotional distress.


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World Wildlife Federation Finds Another Use for Snapchat
Last week we discussed why Snapchat might be the future of content marketing with ICED Media president Leslie Hall.
In case you're still skeptical, here's a very clever campaign from the World Wildlife Federation Denmark and agencies UncleGrey (Denmark) and 41? 29! (Turkey) that combines a few topical elements: a traditional video clip, selfies, hashtags, the temporary nature of Snapchats and the emotional components that make content sharable.
While the campaign might not directly encourage fundraising, it's certainly a creative use of the medium.
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Tamiflu: "a nice little earner"BMJ 2014; 348 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g2524 (Published 09 April 2014) Cite this as: BMJ 2014;348:g2524
Viewed with hindsight, the story of flu antiviral drugs seems to be a classic story of "big pharma" greed. On the back of media hype and unfulfilled fears, a new medicine backed by only modest clinical data became a "blockbuster" generating billions of dollars for its producer. The reality is more nuanced, and the tale could easily instead have been a commercial and public health nightmare.
There is no doubt that Roche, the Swiss based pharmaceutical group, and its shareholders, have done very well from oseltamivir (Tamiflu). The drug became one of the most widely recognised medicines in the world as concern grew about a new flu pandemic in the middle of the previous decade.
As one City financial analyst puts it: "Tamiflu was a nice little earner. It reflected opportunistic action by a multinational corporation, which was able to be a little bit sharper in its marketing practices than you could now, given the debates over the disclosure of clinical data and how effective the drug was."
Yet other related antiviral drugs in the same class of neuraminidase inhibitors failed to take off; oseltamivir itself was nearly a flop; public health pressures capped its pricing; and policy makers and the drug company itself struggled with scant clinical information on efficacy. Its success was linked to the unprecedented purchase of such a large volume of drugs to prepare for a future pandemic threat from a still poorly understood infectious disease.
Unlikely success
Since its launch in 1999, oseltamivir has generated cumulative sales in excess of $18bn (£11bn; €13bn) for Roche. Half of the total expenditure was by governments and companies around the world for stockpiles for pandemic preparations. The US alone spent more than $1.3bn buying a strategic reserve of antivirals.1 Most have never been used, and today the US stockpile consists of more than 65 million treatments. In the UK, the government spent £424m for a stockpile of about 40 million doses.2
Not all of Roche's sales were profits. In its peak year of 2009, Roche reported revenues from osteltamivir of $3.6bn. Like all drug companies, it does not disclose profits on individual products. Yet it paid out more than $50m in initial development costs to Gilead, the US biotech company that discovered the drug. In 2009 alone, it transferred royalties to the company of $393m. Since oseltamivir's launch, it has contributed royalties in excess of $2.2bn.
Oseltamivir is also relatively costly and complex to manufacture, with a multiple step synthesis that begins with extracting raw material from the star anise plant. Roche had to take account of direct marketing and storage costs, as well as a share of overheads across the business.
Under pressure to provide the drug to governments in large volumes as fear grew of a lethal pandemic, Roche sold oseltamivir for stockpiles at a discounted price of €15 per adult course in higher income countries and €12 in middle and lower income ones. Unusually, it also sold bulk pharmaceutical ingredients to governments at a discount to the price of the finished tablets in packets, as a way to prolong the shelf life.
Oseltamivir was never pivotal to Roche's overall commercial success, which over the past decade has been driven primarily by oncology products developed with its US biotech partner Genentech, which it fully acquired in 2009. In that year, which coincided with peak oseltamivir sales, the drug was still only its fourth largest product, accounting for just 8% of overall Roche revenues.
Pandemic sales patterns
Indeed, oseltamivir sits awkwardly in the company's portfolio, and in meetings with analysts and investors the company typically presented its past financial performance and future guidance excluding oseltamivir to avoid confusion. The drug offered lucrative but "lumpy" sales that rapidly surged—requiring a substantial investment in additional manufacturing capacity—and then fell again. That contrasts with the classic lifecycle of medicines, for which demand typically grows steadily until their patents expire while profits rise as their ongoing costs fall. While financial analysts' reports in the late 2000s referred to oseltamivir sales, few devoted much attention to the drug, and there is little evidence that the drug had a significant effect on Roche's share price.
Nevertheless, oseltamivir's margins were substantial by pharmaceutical industry—let alone broader corporate—benchmarks. Costs were kept low because there were relatively few expensive clinical trials. Marketing expenses were also limited because so many contracts were negotiated with a handful of decision makers in governments rather than the usual deployment of large numbers of sales representatives proposing medicines to a multitude of doctors and healthcare departments in each country.
By 2009—the last time of any substantial disclosure—96 countries had stockpiled enough oseltamivir to provide support for an estimated 350 million people around the world. Once pressure for orders from governments began to wane after the pandemic, the company sought to ramp up interest among individual patients, funding an extensive public relations campaign as flu cases rose.3 It also targeted companies to buy pandemic stockpiles.
However, the pandemic was not a bonanza for all drugs in the neuraminidase inhibitor class, of which oseltamivir is the best known. GlaxoSmithKline's zanamivir (Relenza)—originally developed by Biota of Australia—was the first such drug. Yet its cumbersome inhaled formulation was less appealing than the oseltamivir pill, and it has generated cumulative sales over the past decade of less than $2.3bn.
BioCryst's attempt to commercialise a third related antiviral drug—peramivir, which is administered intravenously—have also been slow. It has so far sold $23m of the product, while receiving $235m from the US government for development funding and licensing payments from Shionogi of Japan and other pharmaceutical partners totalling about $35m.4
Pressure to be prepared
Even these rivals' sales—let alone most of those generated by Roche for oseltamivir—would not have taken place without rising concerns over a flu pandemic. The drugs were originally developed to treat seasonal flu, but there was little take-up other than in Japan. Health systems elsewhere were more sceptical about the drug's value long before the recent scrutiny of the Cochrane Collaboration questioning oseltamivir's clinical value.5
What changed, and drove sales, was a rising focus on the risks of emerging infectious diseases. At the start of the millennium, the outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and then H5N1 "bird flu," triggered concern about the dangers of a new flu pandemic threatening humans. The scares coincided with growing pressure on policy makers to invest more in emergency planning, in the wake of a series of catastrophes including Hurricane Katrina in the US, a heatwave in France, and foot and mouth disease in the UK.
Until 2009, when H1N1 emerged in Mexico, neither public health officials nor Roche knew the characteristics of the next flu pandemic. It was impossible in advance to test oseltamivir's effectiveness on a still unknown virus, but a scientific consensus based on its use in seasonal flu suggested that the drug offered one of the few interventions with the potential both to reduce the severity of infection and mortality and to prevent disease.
It was seen as providing value in slowing the growth of infection around the world and flattening the surge in demand for treatment as a way to ease pressure on health systems and buy time to develop vaccines. Even after the outbreak began, it took many months to understand that H1N1 was relatively benign. In addition, testing oseltimivir in randomised trials was considered by many at the time to be ethically difficult. Given the high apparent demand at the time for oseltamivir, some campaigners argued that generic manufacturers should be allowed to produce it cheaply in larger quantities, with Roche paid a variable royalty if the drugs were ultimately used to treat patients.6
Looking back today, the strain of H1N1 identified in 2009 proved far less fatal than planners had feared, and much of the stockpile was never used. The Cochrane Collaboration has thrown doubts on the value of oseltamivir, based on a thorough review of the data from clinical studies of its use for seasonal flu.5 There remains heated debate about what the observational data, gathered during the pandemic years, tell us.7
Jonathan Nguyen-Van-Tam, lead author of a Roche funded study that claimed oseltamivir significantly reduced mortality and morbidity in patients admitted to hospital with H1N1 influenza8 and an adviser to the UK government in the build-up to the pandemic, says: "I continue to believe neuraminidase inhibitors are a useful drug for patients with severe flu who are hospitalised. Cochrane only accepted randomised control trials. If we had that sort of data we would give it primacy, but we don't live in that world. We needed to use observational data."
Since 2009, governments and public health bodies have paid little attention to revising guidelines on recommended coverage levels for future pandemics. Those that have been conducted tend to support coverage levels already agreed in the late 2000s. There have also been very few sales to governments since early 2010.
Ironically, oseltamivir has proved chemically extremely stable, with the result that many of the large remaining stockpiles around the world have had their original five year shelf life extended by at least two years.
New pandemic purchases on any significant scale are thus unlikely to take place before 2016, when oseltamivir's patents in most countries expire and the drug can be offered more cheaply by generic manufacturers. Roche undoubtedly did extremely well from oseltamivir, far beyond its initial expectations. In the absence of robust clinical data that did not and now cannot exist, taxpayers and public health specialists may long continue to debate whether the price paid was justified.
Cite this as: BMJ 2014;348:g2524
Competing interests: I have read and understood the BMJ Group policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare.
This article is supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.
Provenance and peer review: Commissioned; not externally peer reviewed.


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You need to know the original tune of the famous BBC children's television programme to play this rather daft game. (You can listen to the tune below.) Everyone stands in a circle. First of all, sing the song as a group. The words are not too complicated:
Bill and Ben, Bill and Ben,
Bill and Ben, Bill and Ben,
Flowerpot Men.
Flowerpot Men, Flowerpot Men,
Bill and Ben, Bill and Ben,
Flowerpot Men.
When everyone is confident of the tune, the game begins. One person starts by singing the first word from the song. The person on their left sings the next word, and so on - a little like telling a one word at a time story. Try to keep the tempo smooth. 'Flowerpot' can be sung as one or two words - it's up to you!
Once this has been mastered, the next rule is that the person singing 'Bill' must bend their knees at the same time as singing the word - just that person. When that is working, add the next rule - everybody bends their knees when anyone sings 'Ben'. This usually results in much laughter, with people bending their knees at the wrong times. If you lose the flow of the tune, start again.
|Learning Objectives:
|To warm up the voice
To encourage concentration
To cooperate in group work
|Age Group:
|Whole group
|Recommended time for activity:
|10-15 minutes
Bill and Ben was a BBC television programme first broadcast in 1952. It has since been updated, although the theme tune is different to the original, which is what you can listen to above.
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The 'I' is implied whenever
The 'I' is implied whenever I'm speaking (writing). Come on grammar nazi. You should know this! (haha totally kidding)
But yeah, who do we have that's better? Let's do a list...
he fights for us
he's popular
he has credibility
he's already in the POTUS mix
he gets media
he's ron paul's prodigy
he endorsed Mittens (which is hardly a con. so what? does it matter?)
he sometimes will vote with the establishment when that vote doesn't really matter
he's not as dovish IN HIS RHETORIC as his dad
You gotta remember, Ron was trying to prove a point. Rand is trying to implement that point.
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The title is revealed on Walmart's website along with the supposed release date of the upcoming album.
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The 'Touch My Body' singer plays a field slave named Hattie Pearl in Lee Daniels' star-studded film, which also stars Forest Whitaker, John Cusack and Oprah Winfrey.
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Robert Carey, who served as principal deputy CIO at the Defense Department for three-and-a-half years before stepping down last month, revealed at his April 11 retirement party that he will join CSC as vice president of public sector, cyber.
Before becoming DOD's principal deputy CIO in October 2010, Carey spent four years as CIO of the Department of the Navy.
A veteran of the Gulf and Iraq wars, Carey was also a 2013 Federal 100 winner and was named Defense Executive of the Year for 2009 by GCN, FCW's sister publication.
CSC officials declined to comment on Carey's role at the Falls Church, Va.-based firm.
CSC ranked 15th on the Federal Procurement Data System's list of the top 100 government contractors in 2013; the company earned $3.47 billion under federal contracts last year. One of the products in Carey's charge could be an offering CSC released earlier this month called AppSEC on Demand, which tests the security of software and helps clients build security into the development process.
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It's summer. Time to step away from the video games, computer and TV. Lucky for you, our roundup of the coolest playgrounds in Chicagoland will have your kids begging to go outside.
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