AstraZeneca's boast was based on the results of a clinical trial called STELLAR, which compared Crestor against other medicines in the class of cholesterol drugs called statins.
These supporters believe that entitlements are fine as long as the rich pay for them, but what happens when the poor and middle class are called to the table to pay?
During the next class, the homeroom teacher called the Korean student who had touched the trumpet without permission to come to the blackboard and meted out the punishment of holding two water-filled buckets with outstretched arms.
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In the case of a newer drug class called biologics, the cost could be even higher, as they are highly complex large-molecule medicines that cannot be easily produced.
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Because Vioxx doubled the rate of heart attacks and strokes in patients with heart disease, some doctors are worrying about other drugs in the same class, called cox-2 inhibitors.
Jonathan Harrison, for example, CEO of the B Corp Emerge Financial Wellness, wants to create a new asset class called the workplace loan, which he believes is a sustainable way to move millions of under-banked and unbanked workers into the financial mainstream.
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Right now, the gold standard in cholesterol medication is a class of drugs called the statins, which prevent the liver from making cholesterol from fat.
Blacks in the middle class are often called on by family members for financial assistance, leaving less income for investing.
In Pakistan, the middle class has increasingly called for a return of army rule after years of inept civilian government.
One is there is a provision called the CLASS Act, which is going to allow workers in the current workforce to begin to voluntarily decide to have a payroll check-off and put aside some money that they can draw on later to provide the kind of residential care that I think is being talked about.
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The real losers are small business owners, or what might be called the aspirational middle class.
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The court said that while it had barred the plaintiffs from taking out a single lawsuit in a so-called class action against the tobacco firms, they remained free to sue individually.
What we do know, however, going to the CBO report, is that the single biggest component of the so-called fiscal cliff is the middle-class tax cuts that Republicans and Democrats all agree ought to be extended.
The new class of drugs, called Cyclooxygenase-2 or Cox-2 inhibitors, are no better at easing swelling or numbing hurt.
The company has protested the size of the class action, which it called "historic" in scope, saying it would be too onerous to litigate.
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Wealthier gentry-dominated regions generally eschewed getting their hands dirty so that they could maintain the amenities that draw the so-called creative class and affluent trustifarians.
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The new C-Class Coupe with this engine called the C250 will get an estimated 24 miles per gallon in combined city and highway driving.
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There have been exceptions, including a 2006 decision by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Detroit allowing the so-called Daffin class action to proceed over Ford minivans alleged to have sticky throttles. (Ford settled.) But in cases involving Harley-Davidson motorcycles, Daimler-Chrysler cars, and Canon digital cameras, courts have refused to hold manufacturers liable for what consumers fear might happen to their products.
But the class of migraine medicines that hit the market in the 1990s called triptans remain the best or only treatment option for many patients.
The Merck compound is in the same class of drugs as a Pfizer drug called torcetrapib that was hailed a few years ago as the next big heart drug.
Researchers believe these new antibodies promote the production of a mysterious class of immune system cells called regulatory T cells that act as peacekeepers to ensure the rest of the immune system's soldiers remain under control.
Moreover, Fendrick says, the same thing is true for using a class of arthritis drugs called Cox-2 inhibitors to treat the disease.
Their performances at this hearing, regarding the safety of a class of painkillers called Cox-2 inhibitors, do not bode well should they have to face lawsuits in real courts.
The drugs, so-called hepatitis C protease inhibitors, represent the first class of agents that directly target the hepatitis C virus.
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The President wants to extend the so-called Bush tax cuts as well as the other middle-class tax cuts the President put into place for a year.
More important, the key group leaving New York and other so-called "youth-magnets" comprises the middle class, particularly families, critical to any long-term urban revival.
Called the impact investing asset class, these securities offer an alternative to traditional investing.
Januvia and Galvus are the leaders of a new class of medicines called DPP-4 inhibitors, which block an enzyme (dipeptyl peptidase 4).
It has a fleet of 49Airbus and Boeing wide body aircraft and is only now getting into the sleek Embraer 190 class of so-called E-Jets.
Between 2003 and 2011, about 30 million Brazilians joined the so-called "new middle class, " earning between GBP100 and GBP400 per capita per month, and gaining access to formal sector employment, credit, and the country's large consumer market.
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