September is World Alzheimer's Month.
September is World Alzheimer's Month. Worldwide, 35 million people and their families are
affected by dementia. Join us by raising awareness, reducing stigma and sharing your story.
Together, we can help end Alzheimer's.
The Alzheimer's Association is the leading, global voluntary health organization in
Alzheimer's care and support, and the largest private, nonprofit funder of Alzheimer's
research.
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LifeScience Moment: The Hatch-Waxman Act was passed to encourage development of generic prescription drugs.
On Sept. 24, 1984 the Hatch-Waxman Act (Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act) was passed to encourage development of
generic prescription drugs.
The Act, named for its sponsors, Representative Henry Waxman of California and Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, established a process
whereby marketers of generic drugs can file Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs) to seek FDA approval of the generic; allows 180 day
exclusivity to companies that are the "first-to-file" an ANDA against holders of patents for branded counterparts; and streamlined the process
for approving generic drugs by requiring only that manufacturers demonstrate "bioequivalence" to an already approved innovator drug.
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Where do we come from?
Explore the genealogy of the life science industry by state or province through one-of-a-kind posters
illustrating the founding technology origins of life science companies.
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It's a Small World
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MERS-CoV, showing the spherical particles within the cytoplasm of an infected cell (Photo credit: Cynthia Goldsmith/Azaibi Tamin).
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Science Quote
"What drugs will not cure, the knife will; what the knife will not cure, the cautery will; what the cautery will not cure must be considered incurable. "
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Hippocrates, Greek physician
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(c. 460-377 BC)
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