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Hubris
Originally the intentional use of violence to humiliate or degrade others, Hubris has evolved–an overweening presumption that leads a person to disregard the divinely fixed limits on human action in an ordered cosmos. The most famous example of hubris in ancient Greece was the case of Meidias. In 348 BCE struck the orator Demosthenes in…
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Letter to Kamala Harris–Time to make life-saving drugs affordable–the INSULIN pathway
RE: H.R.5623 – The Insulin Cost Reduction Act Dear Madam Kamala Harris: Thank you for your words of kindness in accepting my dedication to you for my book, The Future of Pharmaceuticals–A Nonlinear View. As the House approved the H.R.5623 – The Insulin Cost Reduction Act to cap patients’ out-of-pocket costs at $35 a month…
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Understanding Beauty: Santayana and I Debate
George Santayana [1863 – 1952] was a philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. He is popularly known for aphorisms, such as “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” “Only the dead have seen the end of the war” (often misattributed to Plato). The definition of beauty as “pleasure objectified.” Santayana was profoundly…
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Letter to VP-elect Senator Kamala Harris
07 November 2020 Senator Kamala Harris112 Hart Building, Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Harris: Congratulations on breaking so many barriers today. As a woman, you bear the torch to the suffrage movement. As a black person, you the have the burden of muting the racial discrimination. As an Asian gene holder, you assert that every American,…
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A Meaningful Dialog with a Young Pastor
A Meaningful Dialog with a Young Pastor The most joyful moments of my life come when I meet another human who is passionate about whatever there is to be passionate about! When I am spending time in Wisconsin, I run into a young pastor at Starbucks. The pastor owns the Lakewood Baptist Church. He is…
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Biosimilars in the aftermath of COVID-19;
How to establish safety of vaccines using the principles of biosimilarity
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An Open Letter to Hon. Justice Amy C. Barrett
September 26, 2020 Hon. Judge Amy C. BarrettRobert K. Rodibaugh United States Court House401 S. Michigan StreetSouth Bend, IN 46601-230Dear Judge Barrett: Congratulations on your nomination to the Supreme Court. Consider yourself the luckiest person; you will soon have an opportunity to serve the country you love and the Constitution you adore, as you said…
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RESPONSE FROM THE FDA ON MY LETTER TO DR STEPHEN HAHN ON COVID-19 ISSUE
RESPONSE FROM THE FDA ON MY LETTER TO DR STEPHEN HAHN RECEIVED 23 SEPTEMBER 2020 CBER OCOD Consumer Account <cberocod@fda.hhs.gov> 2:21 PM (6 hours ago) to sniazi3@uic.edu Dear Dr. Sarfaraz: Thank you for your recent email to Dr. Stephen Hahn, Commissioner of Food and Drugs, concerning the development of vaccines to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2. We appreciate your interest in this important topic. The FDA recognizes the urgent need to develop…
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Biosimilars: No Rationale for Clinical Efficacy Testing
Biosimilars: No Rationale for Clinical Efficacy Testing Sarfaraz K. Niazi, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, the University of Illinois, and the University of Houston. Patent Law Practitioner, US Patent, and Trademark Office. niazi@niazi.com; http://www.niazi.com The US FDA got its charter to approve biosimilar biologics in 2009,[i] once the patents expire on new biological drugs; the goal of…
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