BioSpace News Archive

Business

MeriCal, LLC Announces The Appointment Of Michael Smith As The New Chief Financial Officer

Smith Joins MeriCal With Extensive Knowledge of Finance, Transaction and Operations in Highly Regulated Industries

March 1, 2019
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2 min read
Policy

Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) Eligibility Requirements To Change in 2020

Starting in 2020, PTCB, the nation’s leading certifying organization for pharmacy technicians, will change its eligibility requirements for the Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) Program and update its Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam.

March 1, 2019
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5 min read
Policy

Georgia Mesothelioma Victims Center Now Offers A Veteran or Skilled Trades Worker with Mesothelioma or Asbestos Lung Cancer in Georgia Direct Access to Famed Attorney Erik Karst to Discuss How the Compensation Process Works

The Georgia Mesothelioma Victims Center is offering a Navy Veteran, former mill worker or a skilled trades worker with mesothelioma or asbestos exposure lung cancer anywhere in Georgia direct access to famed mesothelioma attorney Erik Karst and his colleagues at the law firm of Karst von Oiste.

March 1, 2019
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3 min read
Business

WILL Interactive and Yale New Haven Health Partner to Eliminate Workplace Sexual Harassment and Bullying

WILL Interactive has partnered with Yale New Haven Health (YNHHS) to create the first of its kind interactive harassment, sexual harassment, and abusive conduct (bullying) training tool for the hospital industry.

March 1, 2019
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2 min read
Pharm Country

LYNPARZA® (olaparib) Receives Positive EU CHMP Opinion For Use in Germline BRCA-Mutated HER2-Negative Advanced Breast Cancer

AstraZeneca and Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency has adopted a positive opinion, recommending the use of LYNPARZA

March 1, 2019
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17 min read
Business

Morgan Stanley Executive Director Joins Vinzan International - March 1, 2019

Vinzan International Inc., a Toronto-based cannabis trading company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Donald Stewart as Chief Financial Officer.

March 1, 2019
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4 min read
BioCapital

FDA provides update on its ongoing investigation into ARB drug products; reports on finding of a new nitrosamine impurity in certain lots of losartan and product recall

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is updating the public on the agency’s ongoing investigation surrounding the recent voluntary recalls of multiple generic angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) drug products used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure.

March 1, 2019
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4 min read
Job Trends

Advocates to Be the Voice for Suicide Prevention and Mental Health in Austin

Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the United States and the eleventh leading cause of death in Texas.

March 1, 2019
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2 min read
Biotech Bay

SWORD Health: AI-Powered Physical Therapy Shown to Beat Traditional Physical Therapy (in Two Studies)

Recovery from knee injuries is faster and longer lasting with a unique remote physical therapy approach than with traditional physical therapy, two scientific studies show.

March 1, 2019
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4 min read
Job Trends

PMI® at 54.2%; February Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in February, and the overall economy grew for the 118th consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®.

March 1, 2019
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26 min read