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Geography
100
A branch of medical science that deals with the incidence, distribution, and control of disease in a population
What is Epidemiology
100
Additional cancer treatment given after the primary treatment to lower the risk that the cancer will come back. It may include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, targeted therapy, or biological therapy
What is Adjuvant Therapy.
100
Someone who would be interviewed for a study on Hepatitis C Virus
What is Gastrointerologist or Hepatotologist
100
A drug defined as a drug product that is comparable to brand/reference listed drug product in dosage form, strength, route of administration, quality and performance characteristics, and intended use
What is a Generic
100
This country is home to the world’s largest economy and population
What is China
200
Total number of cases in a given population
What is Prevalence
200
A medical therapy that is designed to help a primary treatment succeed
What is Maintenance Therapy
200
Someone who would be interviewed for a study on Ulcerative Colitis
What is a Gastroenterologist
200
These are follow-on versions of original biological medicines
What are Biosimilars
200
This country is home to the world’s largest pharmaceutical company
What is the United States of America
300
A measure of the frequency with which an event, such as a new case of illness, occurs in a population over a period of time
What is Incidence
300
8) This is the first treatment given for a disease. It is often part of a standard set of treatments, such as surgery followed by chemotherapy and radiation. When used by itself, it is the one accepted as the best treatment. If it doesn’t cure the disease or it causes severe side effects, other treatment may be added or used instead. Also called induction therapy, primary therapy, and primary treatment.
What is First Line Therapy
300
Someone who would be interviewed for a study on Major Depressive Disorders
What is a Psychiatrist.
300
New research, carried out to answer specific issues or questions. It can involve questionnaires, surveys or interviews with individuals or small groups
What is Primary Market Research
300
This country is home to the world’s largest Generics company
What is Israel
400
A measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time
What is Mortality Rate
400
These are chemically synthesized drugs. Examples: Lipitor, Crestcor and Ambien
What is a Small Molecule
400
Someone who would be interviewed for a study on Gout
What is a Rheumatologist
400
Information that's gathered by a third party. Some examples of this type of data include government statistics, reports by industry associations, and analyses prepared by professional market research firms
What is Secondary Market Research
400
This country is home to Europe’s largest pharmaceutical company
What is Switzerland
500
Defined as the ratio of the proportion of observed survivors in a cohort of disease population to the proportion of expected survivors in a comparable set of disease free population
What is relative survival %
500
This is a medicinal product such as a vaccine, blood or blood component, allergenic, somatic cell, gene therapy, tissue, recombinant therapeutic protein or living cells that are used as therapeutics to treat diseases.[1] Biopharmaceuticals differ from other pharmaceutical products in that they are created using biological processes, rather than being chemically synthesized.: Humira, Enbrel and Cimzia.
What is a Biologic
500
Someone who would be interviewed for a study on Diabetic Foot Ulcers
What is a Podiatrist or Endocrinologist
500
A research funded by market research companies and the results of such research is made available to everyone who wishes to purchase it
What is Syndicated Market Research
500
This country is home to the World’s largest Biotech, excluding biotech’s that are owned by large pharma companies
What is Denmark
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