Bakgrunn: Kostnadseffektive legemidler er en forutsetning for offentlig finansiering av nye legemidler til bruk i spesialisthelsetjenesten i Norge. Prisforhandling med leverandørselskapene utføres av Sykehusinnkjøp HF på vegne av de regionale helseforetakene. I en prisforhandling tilbyr leverandørene en konfidensiell tilbudspris, og dersom den ikke regnes som kostnadseffektiv kan det resultere i at ...

A method was developed for synthesizing and isolating two DRPs, with varying levels of success affected by difficulties in the purification process and human error. However, it has shed light on some of the difficulties that may occur and suggestions on how they could be improved. The method developed structure elucidation through sequential reduction and alkylation of the disulfide bridges proved ...

The search for bioactive compounds, or genes in macro- and microorganisms from the sea, is termed marine bioprospecting. Marine bioprospecting aims to increase the utilization and value of marine biomasses and organisms with the purpose of developing commercial products. Because of the special condition of the sea, it is known that marine invertebrates have adapted chemical defense strategies to ...

The main focus when considering treatment of non-healing and infected wounds is tied to the microbial, particularly bacterial, burden within the wound bed. However, as fungal contributions in these microbial communities become more recognized, the focus needs to be broadened, and the remaining participants in the complex wound microbiome need to be addressed in the development of new treatment ...

Bakgrunn: Hjerte- og karsykdommer er en fellesbetegnelse for sykdommer som involverer hjerte og blodårer. Det er en ledende årsak til død over hele verden. Flere epidemiologiske studier utføres for å undersøke årsakene til den økte sykdomsbelastningen. Ved å studere befolkningens mønster av legemiddelbruk og videre korrigere for feilbruk, kan vi redusere risikoen for nye hendelser og progresjon av ...

Wound healing is among the most complex processes in the human body that is greatly coordinated with a focus to rebuild tissue integrity and restore the skin´s protective barrier. The normal healing process is disrupted in chronic wounds, leading to delayed wound healing due to several underlying factors such as aging, obesity, and diabetes. Among chronic wounds 50 % are infected and up to 78 % of ...

Bakgrunn: Det er et økt fokus på at pasienter skal kunne være med på å delta i avgjørelser rundt egen behandling. For at de skal kunne gjøre dette er det viktig at de er i stand til å innhente god å forståelig informasjon om helserelaterte tema. Tidligere har det vist seg at helsepersonell slik som lege og farmasøyt har vært kilder som brukes mest. Men i dagens samfunn er bruk av internett utbredt, ...

The present study impacts the growing knowledge about co-products obtained from the primary processing of Atlantic salmon (Salmo Salar L.) as food ingredients by highlighting their microbial and chemical composition and stability. The proximate composition varied between the co-products from the fatty belly-flap (34% lipid, 15% protein) to the leaner deboned meat (10% fat, 22% protein) (p < 0.001), ...

Extracellular signal-regulated kinase 3 (ERK3) is a poorly characterized member of the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase family. Functional analysis of the ERK3 signaling pathway has been hampered by a lack of knowledge about the substrates and downstream effectors of the kinase. Here, we used large-scale quantitative phosphoproteomics and targeted gene silencing to identify direct ERK3 substrates ...

Opportunistic bacterial pathogen species and their strains that colonise the human gut are generally understood to compete against both each other and the commensal species colonising this ecosystem. Currently we are lacking a population-wide quantification of strain-level colonisation dynamics and the relationship of colonisation potential to prevalence in disease, and how ecological factors ...