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3 Stress Management Tips To Survive in a Toxic Work Environment

Seventy-nine percent of Americans feel stress sometimes or frequently during the day. Here are useful stress management tips which can help you tackle toxic situations.

May 1, 2018

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Porschia Parker

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BioMidwest

Bill Gates and Other Tech Billionaires Team Up to Fund Life Science Research

Bill Gates via The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Google co-founder Larry Page, have pledged $12 million to research to develop a universal flu vaccine. However, they aren’t the only tech billionaires to get into funding healthcare and life science research initiatives.

May 1, 2018

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Mark Terry

Job Trends

Pfizer Promotes Employment Diversity in Ad Campaign

Pfizer launched a new ad that celebrates diversity in its employment.

May 1, 2018

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Mark Terry

Drug Development

Pfizer’s First Quarter Marked by Strong Pipeline, Jump in Profit, but Lower Revenue than Expected

Overall, Pfizer posted a good first quarter, with sales slightly higher and a 14 percent increase in profits due to lower restructuring costs and a significantly lower tax rate. However, revenue was below Wall Street expectations.

May 1, 2018

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Mark Terry

Business

Sanofi, Regeneron and Express Scripts Deal: Sign of Things to Come in Drug Pricing?

Sanofi and Regeneron made a deal with pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts for their Praluent, making it the exclusive PCSK9 inhibitor on their national formulary, essentially locking Amgen’s Repatha out of that market segment.

May 1, 2018

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Mark Terry

Drug Development

With Strong Data Karyopharm Intends to Seek FDA Approval for Multiple Myeloma Drug Selinexor

Shares of Newton, Mass.-based Karyopharm Therapeutics is skyrocketing in premarket trading after the company announced late Monday it will seek U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for its investigational drug selinexor following strong top-line results from a Phase IIb trial.

May 1, 2018

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Alex Keown

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Drug Development

Acceleron Snags Fast Track Designation for FSHD Therapy ACE-083

Acceleron Pharma Inc. announced its experimental facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) treatment ACE-083 garnered the Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

May 1, 2018

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Alex Keown

Verily Ranked #1 for Interesting & Meaningful Work

Business

Gilead and Verily Team to Tackle Three Inflammatory Diseases

The two companies will use Verity’s Immunoscape platform to profile the molecular characteristics of inflammatory diseases.

May 1, 2018

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Mark Terry

Career Advice

5 Important Questions to Ask Before You Accept the Job Offer

It may not feel like it when you’re preparing for interviews, putting your application materials together, and in general trying to become the best possible job candidate… but you’re also evaluating potential new employers to see if their organization is the right fit for you.

May 1, 2018

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The Power of a Good Leadership Philosophy: Who Needs One and What Should It Say

A personal leadership philosophy does more than just describe someone’s unique management style. It serves a very specific purpose and lays out the high-level guiding principles leaders use to run successful departments, teams or organizations.

May 1, 2018

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