BioSpace News Archive

Career Advice

Should You Add an Executive Summary for Resumes, And, If So, What Should It Say?

You should always add an executive summary for resumes because they show what you bring to the table. Here’s what you can add to your executive summary.

March 11, 2019
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Editorial Staff
Policy

Prison Bureau to Investigate Shkreli’s Alleged Use of a Contraband Phone

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is investigating reports that Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli is using a contraband cellular telephone to continue to call the shots at his former company from prison.

March 11, 2019
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Alex Keown
Business

Medtronic Announces Cash Dividend for Fourth Quarter of Fiscal Year 2019

Board Authorizes $6 Billion for Share Repurchases

March 11, 2019
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1 min read
Business

Despite a Lack of Research, CBD Remains Popular

These days, it’s not hard to find stores selling cannabidiol (CBD) products. However, even with its popularity, there really isn’t much research on it and its effects. This means that many of its supposed health benefits may not be true at all.

March 11, 2019
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Sasha Mortimer
Persons with Alzheimer’s disease have a higher risk of head injuries

Persons with Alzheimer’s disease have approximately 30% higher risk of head injuries, and 50% higher risk of traumatic brain injuries than persons without Alzheimer’s disease, a recent study from University of Eastern Finland shows.

March 11, 2019
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Drug Development

GENFIT announces FDA Protocol Clearance for Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Elafibranor in Pediatric NASH

FDA accepts study protocol, providing green light for GENFIT to initiate Phase 2 clinical trial in pediatric NASH

March 11, 2019
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Business

NeuBase Therapeutics Announces Agreements for $9 Million Financing

NeuBase Therapeutics, Inc. announced that it has entered into definitive agreements for a $9.0 million financing that will close immediately prior to the closing of the company’s proposed merger with Ohr Pharmaceutical, Inc.

March 11, 2019
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10 min read
Business

Parkinson’s disease: Servier and Oncodesign join forces to investigate new line of research

Servier to be granted option to exclusively license one or several drug candidates as soon as they are approved to enter phase 1

March 11, 2019
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6 min read
Policy

Emerald Health Therapeutics Sees Pure Sunfarms Licensed for 1.03 Million Square Feet of Cannabis Cultivation; Full Planting Targeted for End of April

Pure Sunfarms’ large-scale facility with 16 grow rooms is optimized for year-round production and expected to yield more than 80 harvests annually

March 11, 2019
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FDA

Roche’s Tecentriq and Companion Diagnostic Gets FDA Nod for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Tecentriq is a monoclonal antibody that binds with the PD-L1 protein expressed on tumor cells and tumor-infiltrating immune cells. It blocks interactions with both PD-1 and B7.1 receptors.

March 11, 2019
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Mark Terry