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An opinion on pharmaceutical patents

Alexa Schlaerth | Thursday, September 29, 2022

The recent global COVID-19 pandemic has prompted us to look inward to reflect. One aspect subject to this reflection is none other than our healthcare system. More specifically, Covid has presented an opportunity to investigate the shortcomings and advantages of our current healthcare system, especially as it operates within the market/mixed economy ecosystem in modern

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Investment Club expands health care holdings through investment in Medtronic

Jack Viscuso | Thursday, March 3, 2022

Ahead of spring recess, the Notre Dame Investment Club board and its members gathered in Jordan Auditorium on Tuesday night to hear a pitch for medical device company Medtronic. Presented by sophomores Griffin Casella, Michael Gennaro, Ava Sciubba and Callen Smith, the team’s pitch centered on their confidence in the company’s product offerings and strategies

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Alzheimer’s: a woman’s disease?

Ellie Dombrowski | Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Throughout history, one means of progressing medicine was making the decision that one’s assumptions and definitions of disease were no longer consistent with the scientific evidence of one’s time and no longer served an individual’s health care needs. This applies to the field of medicine today with Alzheimer’s disease, which now requires a change of