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Career Advice

Cover Letter Tips: 9 Things That Don’t Belong on Your Cover Letter

The cover letter is a valuable asset in your job hunting toolkit. Use these cover letter tips to present well-rounded insight into your experiences, strengths.

May 17, 2018

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Is it You or Them? What’s Really the Problem at Work?

Do you dread going in to work every morning? These thoughts and actions can be common for life science professionals if they hate their job or are in a toxic work environment.

May 17, 2018

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Porschia Parker

Drug Development

Abstracts Unveiled Ahead of ASCO, One Study Compares Novartis and Gilead CAR-T Therapies

Wednesday was the big day for pharma and biotech companies to unveil abstracts ahead of the annual American Society of Oncology meeting in Chicago next month. Some companies have unveiled positive results that are making investors happy, while others… not so much.

May 17, 2018

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Alex Keown

Drug Development

Novartis to Present a Whopping 84 Abstracts at ASCO and EHA

Basel, Switzerland-based Novartis announced that between the ASCO meeting and the 23rd Annual Congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA) meeting being held June 14 to 17 in Stockholm, Sweden, it will be presenting 84 abstracts.

May 17, 2018

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Mark Terry

Policy

Favoritism Concerns Force FDA to Reverse Grant to Duke University Center Helmed by Former FDA Commissioner

Concerns regarding favoritism to a former commissioner have forced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reverse course over a $4.2 million grant to Duke University.

May 17, 2018

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Alex Keown

Drug Development

On World IBD Day Biotech Companies Continue to Develop IBD Treatments

On May 19 every year the people who are afflicted with IBD disorders unite across the globe to raise awareness of the disease and urge governments and healthcare systems to continue to focus on the development of necessary treatments.

May 17, 2018

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Alex Keown

Biotech Beach

May 18th Research Roundup: Some of the Top Research Stories of the Week

There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them, such as a project to understand human microbiomes or how gut microorganisms influence the progression of neurodegenerative diseases.

May 17, 2018

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Mark Terry

FDA

FDA Approves First Non-Opioid Treatment to Manage Opioid Addiction Withdrawal Symptoms

U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new treatment to help patients manage withdrawal symptoms from opioid addiction.

May 17, 2018

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Alex Keown

Drug Development

Genentech’s Alecensa Beats Out Pfizer’s Xalkori in Late-Stage Lung Cancer Trial

Genentech, released follow-up data from its Phase III ALEX trial comparing its Alecensa (alectinib) to Pfizer’s Xalkori (crizotinib) in late-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

May 17, 2018

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Mark Terry

Business

There Are Other Places to Form Biotech Companies than Boston or San Francisco

Although it may be almost heresy to say it to venture capitalists and many research scientists, there are other places in the U.S. to form biotech companies than San Francisco and Boston.

May 17, 2018

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Mark Terry