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cost growth rates
Medical; Medicine
Percentage growth of a particular cost category over the comparable cost category for the previous year.
c-reactive protein (CRP)
Medical; Medicine
Produced by the liver. The level of CRP rises when there is body-wide (systemic) inflammation.
contract research organisation (CRO)
Medical; Medicine
A contract research organisation to which pharmaceutical companies can sub-contract activities, for example clinical trial work.
dopamine partial agonists
Medical; Medicine
Drugs that mimic the effects of dopamine in the brain by stimulating dopamine receptors.
double blind study
Medical; Medicine
A clinical study in which none of the participants (subject, investigator nor research team), knows what treatment the subject is receiving until the end of the study.
drug metabolism
Medical; Medicine
The biochemical modification or degradation of drugs, usually through specialised enzymatic systems.
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