Hawaii hotspot created at least 129 volcanoes, more than 123 of which are extinct volcanoes, seamounts, and atolls, four of which are active volcanoes, and two of which are dormant volcanoes. They can be organized into three general categories: the Hawaiian archipelago, which comprises most of the U.S. state of Hawaii and is the location of all modern volcanic activity; the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, which consist of coral atolls, extinct islands, and atoll islands; and the Emperor Seamounts, all of which have since eroded and subsided to the sea and become seamounts and guyots (flat-topped seamounts). Hawaiian volcanoes are characterized by frequent
Dormant therapy not because the patent for the drug has expired or will expire prior to the completion of research and the federal approval process. Weak or no patent protection is a disincentive for drug development as it hinders a manufacturer’s ability to recoup the investment in expensive clinical trials. This disincentive is even more pronounced for treatments for more complex conditions such as Alzheimer’s, which require more clinical data than conditions which currently have existing treatments. Dormant therapy The term “dormant therapy” refers to a new drug or a new biological product which was made the subject of a request for