Big Pharma: Friend or Foe?

Is This a Joke?

100

Rockford, Illinois

Which mid-western city was near bankruptcy due to the cost of a prescription drug?

_{CBS News: 5/21/18.}

200

Approved in 1958

Cost for 100 tablets: $50 in 2000; $15,000 in 2018

What is Daranide? 

_{Washington Post 12/18/17}

Rollin' in the Dough

100

$27.9 million and $13.4 million

What are the annual salaries for the CEO's of Pfizer and Roche?

200

1. Pfizer

2. Roche

3. Sanofi

4. Johnson and Johnson

What are the top 4 pharmaceutical companies in the world?

_{Retrieved from:Proclinical.com}

International Current Events

100

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Where in India did Snapdeal face trouble for selling restricted prescription drugs online?

_{Online medicine sales: Maha FDA files FIR against Snapdeal CEO 5/2/15.} 

200

James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo

Who won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize in Physiology or Medicine? 

_{Source: World Pharma News: retrieved 10/1/18} 

So you're saying there is hope?

100

The UCPMP

What is the voluntary code of conduct being put in place to ensure ethical marketing practices in the Pharma industry for Indian Pharmaceuticals? The acronym is for the Uniform Code of Pharmaceuticals Marketing Practices.

_{Pharmaceuticals.gov.india: 9/7/16.}

200

The cause of death of 1 million people.

What is the influx of counterfeit medications has lead to what consequence?

<sub>Behner, P., Hecht, M., Wahl, F. (2017). Fighting counterfeit 

pharmaceuticals. Strategy.</sub> 

Artificial Intelligence

100

In silco trials.

In a decade, what types of phase 1 trials will become popular replacing healthy human volunteers?

_{Nichols, G. (2018). ZDNet. A.I. is going to transform the} 

_{pharmaceutical industry.  Here's how. 7/25/18.}

200

That's the burning question.

Is the future of Big Pharma rooted in Artifical Intelligence?