BioSpace News Archive

How to Become a Top Performer When You Didn’t Get Enough Training

If you aren’t properly trained it can be very difficult to achieve successful results. Here’s how to become a top performer, even when you didn’t get enough training.

February 26, 2019

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Porschia Parker-Griffin

Bio NC

IQVIA Report: Global Drug Spending to Hit $1.5 Trillion by 2023

The IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science published its Study on Global Medicine Spending. One of the findings is that total drug spending is expected to climb to more than $1.5 trillion by 2023. That’s a 50 percent increase from 2014.

February 26, 2019

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Mark Terry

Business

Bacteriophages to the Rescue: A Possible Approach to Antibiotic Resistance

Ella Balasa, a 26-year-old from Richmond, Virginia, recently made the news when she was apparently successfully treated for a lung infection using a kind of virus called a bacteriophage.

February 26, 2019

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Mark Terry

Business

Promore Pharma AB (publ) Year-end report 2018

The past year, 2018, was in many ways a decisive year for Promore Pharma

February 26, 2019

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6 min read

Drug Development

Medigene AG: Medigene announces dosing of first patient in Phase I/II trial with TCR therapy MDG1011 for various blood cancers

Medigene AG announced that it has dosed the first patient in its first-in-human clinical trial with its TCR therapy candidate MDG1011.

February 26, 2019

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Business

Amidst FDA Rejection, Immunomedics’ CEO and President Steps Down

In addition to its fourth-quarter financial report, Morris Plains, NJ-based Immunomedics announced that its president, chief executive officer and board member, Michael Pehl, was stepping down for personal reasons.

February 26, 2019

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Mark Terry

Business

Lilly Named One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies

Ethisphere announced its 13th Annual World’s Most Ethical Companies list and one biopharmaceutical company made it—Eli Lilly & Co.

February 26, 2019

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Mark Terry

Business

Top 5 Biotech Companies to Emerge From Bay Area Incubators

The San Francisco Business Times recently looked at top alumni from Bay Area incubators. Some of those companies are now brand-name companies like Uber and Reddit. Here’s a look at the biotech companies on their list.

February 26, 2019

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Mark Terry

Business

Actor Scott Foley and TESARO Team Up to Empower Ovarian Cancer Care Partners Through New Phase of Not on My Watch Movement

In a New Public Service Announcement, Foley Reveals for the First Time his Personal Story of Caring for his Mother Following Ovarian Cancer Recurrence

February 26, 2019

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Job Trends

Why a Common Antibiotic Treating Diarrhea is Failing

In the world of superbugs Clostridioides difficile, a bacterium that causes diarrhea and colitis, is among the most stubborn.

February 26, 2019

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