Showing posts with label Treatment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Treatment. Show all posts

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Bayer

More Than Just Aspirin


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspirin
You may have seen the commercials about the Bayer Aspirin.  They are always depicting a man who as a heart attack and the doctor puts him on a aspirin regiment.  This gives the impression that Bayer makes only aspirin but in fact, it is in one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies.  It produces more than a dozen types of medicines for people.

Roche Diagnostics

The Fight Against AMD

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetic_retinopathy

Today, as we make advancements in technology, we have been able to protect ourselves from many diseases.  We have better cleaning and disinfecting products which help prevent bacteria from making us sick.  However, did you know that there is a sickness that no one can avoid?  What is this disease?

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Abbott Laboratories

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Source:https://pixabay.com/en/diabetes-blood-sugar-diabetic-528678/

Many people think that pharmaceuitical and medical device companies only make drugs or medical devices, but that is not true.  There are in fact many companies that produce medicines and medical devices for everyday use. For example, Abbott Laboratories produces

Sunday, February 28, 2016

Internship at Medronic

World's Largest Standalone Medical Device Company

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Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XswzbsrF6iE


Medtronic is the largest medical device company in the world. The company has its US headquarters in Minnesota with several locations in California.  If you want to work on cutting edge research and want to be a force of change in the treatment of disease, then I highly recommend you to consider a career at Medtronic.  Medtronic offers internships and full time positions and if you would like to apply for an internship click here.  If you would like to learn about the technologies that Medtronic is currently producing, please continue reading.


Gilead Sciences

Advancing Research in Areas of Life Threatening Disease

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenofovir/emtricitabine

There are many diseases in the world for which we have not yet found a cure.  These diseases include HIV and Liver Disease.  There are many biotech companies that are researching for a cure for the disease and one may be close to finally producing one.