And for the first time within memory, drug company executives are publicly complaining about uncertain and arbitrary regulation.
Memory Pharmaceuticals , the closely held biotech firm doing this work, is at the forefront of an intense scientific race to devise the first effective memory-enhancing drug.
Memory Pharmaceuticals has a nicotinic receptor drug for Alzheimer's in midstage trials that is probably a year behind Targacept, figures Lazard Capital Markets analyst Terence Flynn.
Mr Sicilia has called for the "Tower of Light", an existing monument built for the bicentennial of Mexico's independence, to be turned into a "Tower of Peace", in memory of the victims of the drug war.
He can draw from memory the precise structure of almost any drug, dissecting their flaws and attributes atom by atom.
Finding a treatment for Alzheimer's, a brain disease that progressively robs sufferers of their memory, is a priority of many drug makers.
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The next day the animals' fear of the tone had greatly diminished, indicating that the drug had prevented the old memory from being stored again.
To find out, the 200 patients in the Houston trial are being given an amnesia-inducing drug to blot out the memory of the operation before they are whisked into the operating room.
Meanwhile, the Allon Therapeutics drug helped improve some measures of short-term memory in patients with mild cognitive impairment, a condition that often leads to Alzheimer's disease.
Tully's firm is searching for a drug that would accomplish this by lowering the levels of memory-forming proteins in the brain centers involved in recalling emotional events.
Using the Memory Spot, medical supply company McKesson might enable pharmacists to guarantee against drug piracy with an authorization dot on the tops of drug containers, or aid elderly patients in following prescription guidelines via a reader on a pendant or a cell phone that accesses the dot on their pill bottles.
For the most part, the movie is really a black comedy about Los Angeles-style self-obsession spiced with sudden drug interludes that jar you for a minute, then fade from memory as we head on to the next (occasionally facile) showbiz send-up.
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To honour his wife's memory the star recently set up a fund to help women recovering from alcohol and drug abuse.
Next in Terlings Park's pipeline is an antianxiety drug that may have the benefits of Valium without the accompanying drowsiness, temporary memory loss and habit-forming effects.
Memory tests enable doctors to determine how advanced the disease is and whether patients will benefit from the drug.
Memory Pharmaceuticals (nasdaq: MEMY - news - people ) has a nicotinic receptor drug for Alzheimer's in midstage trials that is probably a year behind Targacept, figures Lazard (nyse: LAZ - news - people ) Capital Markets analyst Terence Flynn.
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