BioTech (Common Terms)

• J&J


  The company is a producer of medical devices and pharmaceuticals, and the owner of many well-known consumer brands (such as Band Aid, Aveeno, Reach, Splenda, Tylenol, Zyrtec, etc)
• Roche


  The world's largest biotech company, with truly differentiated medicines in oncology, immunology. infectious diseases, ophthalmology and diseases of the central nervous system.
• Roche


  The world leader in in vitro diagnostics and tissue-based cancer diagnostics, and a frontrunner in diabetes management.
• Roche


  Their products include: Accutane/RoAccutane (isotretinoin), for severe (nodular) acne vulgaris
• Lovastatin


  It was superseded by Pfizer's Lipitor, which held the title of highest selling drug of all time until overtaken by AbbVie's arthritis drug Humira in 2020.
• Pfizer


  They make Eliquis, Enbrel, EpiPen, Depo-Provera, Dimetapp Neosporin, Xeljanz and Zithromax/Zmax.
• Pfizer


  It specializes in vaccines and cancer, heart and diabetes treatments. It also makes medicines for disorders of the endocrine (hormones) and nervous systems.
• Pfizer


  The shareholder-owned company operates in 180 countries.
• Merck and Co.


  It is a global health care company that delivers innovative health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and animal health products.
• Keytruda


  Top selling product of Merck - it is a cancer treatment.
• Pembrolizumab


  It is a type of immunotherapy, also known by its brand name, Keytruda.
• Spikevax


  Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is also known as ________.
• Moderna


  It elicits a stronger immune response and might be better at preventing breakthrough infections.
• Novo Nordisk


  They manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products and services, specifically diabetes care medications and devices. Focus on diabetes care, obesity care, haemophilia care, and therapies for rare endocrine disorders.
• Insulin


  First product of Novo Nordisk.
• Sanofi


  It was the first worldwide supplier of the injectable polio vaccine followed by the first influenza, meningitis, and rabies vaccines. Today, our portfolio of vaccines protects half a billion people worldwide.
• Entresto


  Cardiovascular drug ________ was Novartis' best-selling pharmaceutical during 2023, with a total revenue of around six billion US dollars worldwide.
• Humira


  AbbVie's primary product, administered via injection. It is approved to treat autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, plaque psoriasis, and ulcerative colitis.
• Eli Lilly


  It became the world's biggest health-care company by market value.
• Colonel Eli Lilly


  A pharmaceutical chemist and a Union Army veteran of the American Civil War.
• Bayer


  It was the first company to mass-produce heroin for use in pain and cough medications.
• Bayer


  The originator and first marketer of aspirin.
• Bayer


  Their products include globally known brands such as Aleve, Alka Seltzer, Aspirin, Bepanthen/Bepanthol, Berocca, Canesten, Claritin, Elevit, Iberogast, MiraLAX, One-A-Day, Rennie and Redoxon.
• AstraZeneca


  Their key therapeutic areas include Cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, oncology, respiratory Inflammation and autoimmunity.
• Farxiga


  As of 2023, AstraZeneca's top pharmaceutical product by revenue was _______, a medication used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
• Gilead Sciences


  Their primary areas of focus include HIV/AIDS, liver diseases, serious respiratory and cardiovascular conditions, cancer and inflammation.
• Gilead Sciences


  This company is committed to advancing innovative medicines to prevent and treat life-threatening diseases, including HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19, and cancer.
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