The pre-revenue company didn’t announce any surprises one way or the other. However, investors appear to be considering the near-term consequences of swelling expenses that won’t be offset by product sales anytime soon.
Category: Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian
Here’s Why Trevena Shares Dropped as Much as 36% Tuesday Morning
The move may be confusing considering that the drug met its primary endpoints in all dosing regimens compared to morphine. The company even plans to file a New Drug Application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration based on the top-line data.
Actress says her GP grandfather ‘bumped off’ terminally ill patients
She told the Daily Mirror that Dr Noel Forsyth “bumped off probably loads of people with doses of morphine” when they “were having a horrific death from cancer or something, in terrible pain” where he practised in Malton, North Yorkshire. “He would just up the morphine and then they died.
Armenia’s new strategy to help those in pain: Human Rights Watch
… treatment is no longer effective, patients with advanced cancer in Armenia are simply sent home. Abandoned by the health care system at arguably the most vulnerable time of their lives, people with life-limiting illnesses face pain, fear, and …
This Little Biotech Could Have a Big Winner on Its Hands
Perhaps investor awareness of the potential of the company’s pain drug in phase 2 and 3 trials is simply growing. What evidence do investors have that Cara’s approach will succeed? As it turns out, plenty.
Ottawa mulls unconventional B.C.-style therapies for opioid addiction
Providing pharmaceutical-grade opioids in a medical setting has been shown to result in physical- and mental-health improvements for people who do not respond to conventional treatments. Providing pharmaceutical-grade opioids in a medical setting has been shown to result in physical- and mental-health improvements for people who do not respond to conventional treatments.
Study finds acupuncture to be more effective in treating pain than morphine
… other medical conditions. Today researchers are slowly unraveling what benefits acupuncture can have on our overall health. According to new research , published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine , acupuncture may be more efficient in …
Study finds acupuncture to be more effective in treating pain than morphine
… other medical conditions. Today researchers are slowly unraveling what benefits acupuncture can have on our overall health. According to new research , published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine , acupuncture may be more efficient in …
Analgesic effects of opioids can be mediated via immune cells
Opioids are the most powerful painkillers. Researchers at the Charite – Universitatsmedizin Berlin have now found that the analgesic effects of opioids are not exclusively mediated by opioid receptors in the brain, but can also be mediated via the activation of receptors in immune cells.
The good stuff
If one picked up a little pot and morphine but didn’t understand the benefits of heroin, all she had to do was ask her local pharmacist. “Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach, bowels, and is a perfect guardian of health,” replied the pharmacist.