BioSpace News Archive

Policy

Heywood Hospital Pledges Not to Violate Nurses’ Rights to Advocate for Patient Safety After Settling Question 1 Intimidation Charge

Heywood Hospital management threatened disciplinary action against nurses for wearing buttons supporting Question 1 and safe patient limits

March 14, 2019
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5 min read
Job Trends

ADDING MULTIMEDIA AIA Unveils its Vision of Aerospace in 2050: Flying Cars, Supersonic Jets, Space Tourism & More

The Aerospace Industries Association is laying out its vision for the future — one that includes morning commutes via flying air taxi, supersonic business travel between continents, and an emerging market for space-based research and manufacturing in 2050 — in a new study launched with an interactive experience at South by Southwest.

March 14, 2019
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4 min read
Job Trends

Scentsy Teams Up With Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation in the Fight Against Childhood Cancer

Purchases of Scentsy’s Specialty Lemonade Warmer will raise Funds for Cancer Research

March 14, 2019
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2 min read
FDA

Pharmaceutics International Receives EIR from FDA

The EIRs are related to General and Pre-Approval Inspections (PAIs) that occurred between October 23rd and November 9th, 2018, of non-sterile and sterile drug production facilities.

March 14, 2019
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1 min read
Business

Artificial intelligence helps to overcome many of the biases in hiring, but doesn’t replace the human factor, Arena’s Norton and others tell a big crowd at South by Southwest conference

“Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not, and data can help us navigate away from unconscious biases.”

March 14, 2019
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3 min read
Business

Mark Ediger, Former US Air Force Surgeon General, Joins Deloitte With a Focus on Medical Supply Chain Innovation, Military Health

Ediger joined Deloitte after completing his recent tour as the 22nd U.S. Air Force surgeon general.

March 14, 2019
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3 min read
Biotech Bay

State Regulators Overturn more than 60 Percent of Health Plan Denials

California Chronic Care Coalition releases report highlighting serious nature of wrongful health plan denials and calls for increased awareness of state’s appeal process

March 14, 2019
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4 min read
Pharm Country

Lupus Research Alliance and National Minority Quality Forum Release Recommendations to Advance New Lupus Treatments by Increasing Diversity in Clinical Trial Participation

The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) and the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) today released the insightful report, “Addressing the Challenges of Clinical Research Participation Among Populations Disproportionately Impacted by Lupus.”

March 14, 2019
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5 min read
BioForest

Researchers Use Algorithm from Netflix Challenge to Speed Up Biological Imaging

Record-fast speeds make classical Raman spectroscopy more practical for biomedical applications

March 14, 2019
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5 min read
Business

TPAs Need More Flexible Solutions for Complex HRAs

Third party benefits administrators (TPAs) who offer Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) to their clients often find themselves frustrated by their system’s HRA capabilities.

March 14, 2019
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1 min read