ILSI-Biomed Israel

A 100 Million NIS Prosecution because of a Failed Anti-Hair-Loss Product

As reported in Calcalist, the company 'Taam Teva-Altman' is being sued for allegedly advertising a certain mixture of vitamins as a baldness-stopper, for a sum of 100 million NIS Nobody likes pseudoscience, least of all those of us in the drugs market, who have to compete against homeopathic medicines. Those remedies, while completely useless, are vastly superior to conventional medicines on one front: they do not have to be confirmed by the FDA and similar authorities. Pretty much any ch...

Study Redefines Placebo Effect as Part of Effective Treatment

A new study redefines placebo effect as part of effective treatment in psoriasis, by treating patients with one quarter of their usual dose. The placebo effect is one of the most confounding aspects of every medical drug. When I’m taking this paracetamol – is it the drug doing the work, or is my brain fooling me? Both, most probably. But how much of each? And can we design drugs that will make smart use of the placebo effect? Well, such drugs exist already, as homeopathic remedies whic...

The Homeopathic Emergency Room

How would a homeopathic ER look like? An amusing clip reveals the answer.I'll be honest: I'm envious of homeopaths. Always have been. I mean, who wouldn't want to sell bottles of water with some sugar for big bucks? Unfortunately, there is that uncomfortable nagging feeling called conciousness. Or maybe it's just the Law, forbidding us biotechies to sell medicines that didn't go through that long and hard road of clinical trials. But if you want to see how the common hospital would've been ru...