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Dear Colleagues!  Today is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #154. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of entire Pharma Community. It aims to recognize and celebrate the Pharma Industry Professionals.  Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . A Linkedin contact of mine, Van Duy Dao, a pharmacist based in Ha Noi Vietnam, has sent me a message and introduced me to his article about Autism, ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and Depression. He is trying to connect these conditions with some common cause(s). I am giving below his abstract. The hidden relation, clues of autism, ADHD and depression which reveals the cause and possible cure Van Duy Dao Abstract Observing the autistic kids: Autistic kids lack most social skills,...

Dear Colleagues!  Today is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #153. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of entire Pharma Community. It aims to recognize and celebrate the Pharma Industry Professionals.  Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . The following information is based on Reuters/ BBC reporting. Professor He Jiankul, Associate Professor in the Southern University of Science and Technology in the southern city of Shenzhen announced recently that he had performed gene editing to help protect two babies from future infection with AIDS virus. He released videos on YouTube on Monday and issued a statement that he used gene-editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 to edit the genes of twin girls to create the first gene-edited babies. Th...

Dear Colleagues!  Today is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #152. Pharma Veterans shares the wealth of knowledge and wisdom of Veterans for the benefit of entire Pharma Community. It aims to recognize and celebrate the Pharma Industry Professionals.  Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Continued from Last…… In the last part on the topic of Cannabis in Medicine, we shall see how does the future look for Cannabis Based Drugs (CBDs). Last year, the Pharma Market Magazine ran an article by its editor Lucy Muniz. It was titled ‘Research Shows Medical Cannabis to Become Major Part of Pharmaceutical Market’ ( 1 ) . The article nicely summarizes trends and gives pointer to the future. Couple of quotes are worth sharing. “According to a research report by New Frontier Data, medical marijuan...

Dear Colleagues!  Today is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #151. Pharma Veterans shares your wealth of knowledge and wisdom with others for the benefit of entire Pharma Community. It aims to recognize and celebrate the Pharma Industry Professionals.  Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Continued from Last…… The medical conditions in which Cannabis based drugs are being studied are unusually diverse and probably larger than any other single category of drugs. The published studies on the following medical conditions shall give you an idea of the range ( 1 ). Alzheimer’s Disease Anxiety – Sleep Disorders/ PTSD Appetite Loss/Weight Loss Asthma Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Bipolar Disorders Cancer Crohn’s Disease Dementia Depression Diabetes Dystonia Ga...

Dear Colleagues!  Today is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #150. Pharma Veterans shares your wealth of knowledge and wisdom with others for the benefit of entire Pharma Community. It aims to recognize and celebrate the Pharma Industry Professionals.  Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. If you wish to share your stories, ideas and thoughts, please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . During 2018, US FDA approved three drugs derived from Cannabis. It is a significant and interesting development, from an illegal substance to approved medication. Through this series, I shall take you through the history of Cannabis and how it reached where it is today. Prior to this, medical use of cannabis had seen steady rise in the last ten years. The reasons included stronger movement together legalization of Cannabis and growing body of evidence on its benefits in certain medical conditions. T...

Dear Colleagues!  Today is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #149. Pharma Veterans shares your wealth of knowledge and wisdom with others for the benefit of entire Pharma Community. It aims to recognize and celebrate the Pharma Industry Professionals.  Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. Please share your stories, ideas and thoughts. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . 13 July 2018. EMA (European Medicine Agency) and US FDA ordered recall of Valsartan because it was found to have traces of the impurity NDMA (Nitroso-Di-Methyl-Amine) which was classified as ‘probable human carcinogen’. Most brands containing Valsartan were taken off from the markets around the world. This news was not yet old when the following flash came in. 30 October 2018. Sciegen Pharmaceuticals Inc. voluntarily recalled Irbesartan containing products due to detection of trace amounts of N-NitrosoDi-...

Dear Colleagues!  Today is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #148. Pharma Veterans shares your wealth of knowledge and wisdom with others for the benefit of entire Pharma Community. It aims to recognize and celebrate the Pharma Industry Professionals.  Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site. Please share your stories, ideas and thoughts. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . A Mind Sciences View Hippocrates (460-377 BCE) -- A Greek philosopher and scientist said – “Health comes from happiness; happiness comes from stepping into character, knowing all one’s talents, and using these talents to create value for other people and oneself”   Living in the world we can earn pure money. Money is the first energy that comes home. If you purchase consumable articles like grocery and you and your family consume these articles purchased with the money to which somebo...