Drug misuse: findings from the 2016 to 2017 CSEW

June 27, 2017

The majority of ecstasy and powder cocaine users only take the drug once or twice a year 4.2% of 16-24s are frequent* drug users 2.0% of 16-59s are frequent* drug users Among 16-24s.in the last year 1.2% took new psychoactive substances 37% of cannabis users aged 16-59 are frequent* users 0.4% took new psychoactive substances (NPS) 1 in 5 used an illicit drug The type of NPS most recently used was most likely to be a herbal smoking mixture (40%) NPS use among 16 to 59 year olds has significantly decreased in the last year, from 0.7% to 0.4%.

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COVID-19 Summary as of March 13, 2020

Infographic | April 6, 2020

Biomedtracker and Trialtrove have a total of 307 clinical trials for the treatment of COVID-19. 152 initiated trials for the treatment of COVID-19. 155 Trials have been announced but have not yet begun recruitment.

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Latest Improvement on Pharmanews to Serve You Better

Infographic | April 16, 2020

Poised to give our readers and advertisers better services in spite of the COVID19 pandemic, Pharmanews–your global health journal has continued to improve on its services in terms of healthcare information dissemination, by keeping readers abreast of latest development in public health, especially on how to stay safe from the novel Coronavirus, as well as expanding our reach to over 250,000 readers per month.

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What is Adoptive Cell Therapy?

Infographic | February 5, 2020

A type of immunotherapy in which T cells are given to a patient to help the body fight diseases. In cancer therapy, T cells are usually taken from the patient’s own blood or tumor tissue, grown in large numbers in the laboratory, and then given back to the patient to help the immune system fight the cancer.

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Do patients actually watch all those pharma TV ads?

Infographic | January 13, 2020

Fewer than one in eight chronic-disease sufferers say they watch when a drug commercial comes on TV, according to one recent study of community users. And for the millennials among them, the percentage is even less so. That’s despite the $5.1 billion spent by biopharma on the medium in 2018. We take a look at these data points and many others from two recent studies on the media habits of patients and doctors.

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Cancer Drugs Bring in Most Pharma Revenue

Infographic | February 25, 2020

Worldwide cancer drug sales are already way ahead of those of other drugs and the revenue generated by them is expected to grow even larger by 2024. This is according to a report recently released by consultancy Evaluate, which analyses trends in the pharmaceutical sector. According to Evaluate's calculations, oncology drugs reached US$123.8 billion in sales in 2018, more than double that of the next item on the list, drugs treating diabetes with US$48.5 billion dollars in sales. By 2024, cancer drug sales are expected to almost double to US$236.6 billion dollars.

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What Does The Pharma IndustryWant From CROs?

Infographic | June 16, 2022

Use Informa Pharma Intelligence’s marketing and pharma expertise to conduct industry research, produce engaging thought leadership content,

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