background adulterated herbal weight loss products with containing undeclared synthetic drugs are common and responsible for many serious health damages. objectives the purpose of the study was to determine five synthetic adulterants in eight common herbal weight loss supplements, which are currently sold in iran markets, to verify their presence in supplements, without mentioning on the labels...

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As first biosimilar approval nears, key questions remain.

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Countries that represent a small portion of overall drug spending have an incentive to pay low prices for a given drug, knowing that their share of drug spending is small enough not to adversely affect incentives for research and development. If, however, many countries use price controls, the aggregate harm for research incentives could be substantial. The US which accounts for 48% of global p...