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FDA Places Partial Clinical Hold on AbbVie’s Venclexta-Based Multiple Myeloma Trial

In a Phase III trial, a higher proportion of deaths was observed in the venetoclax arm compared to the control arm of the trial.

March 19, 2019
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Alex Keown
Drug Development

Vivek Ramaswamy’s Urovant Headed to FDA With Vibegron After Positive Phase III Data

The company announced positive topline results from its Phase III EMPOWUR trial of viregron in patients with overactive bladder.

March 19, 2019
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Mark Terry
Drug Development

National Kidney Month: A Look at Biopharma’s Progress in Kidney Diseases

March is National Kidney Month, with March 14 designated as World Kidney Day. The kidneys are called the body’s chemical factories. Their job is to filter waste and perform specific important jobs like controlling red blood cell production and blood pressure.

March 19, 2019
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Mark Terry
Business

A Talk With the CEO of CURE Pharmaceutical

In the cannabis sector of drug development, there is a movement happening. And Rob Davidson, chief executive officer of CURE Pharmaceuticals is making sure his company is ready for the next steps.

March 19, 2019
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Alex Keown
BioForest

Report: When It Comes to Hiring PhDs, Private Sector and Academia Are About Even

For years, the biggest employers of science and engineering PhDs has been academic institutions. For example, according to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)’s biennial Survey of Doctoral Recipients, academia employed 11 percent more PhDs than the private sector in 1997.

March 19, 2019
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Mark Terry
Medigene AG: Medigene presented paths to potential neoantigen-based TCR-therapies

High-throughput assessment of neoantigens recognized by both CD8+ and CD4+ T cells presented at Immuno-Oncology Summit Europe

March 19, 2019
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Policy

Evidence of Satisfied Customers: labfolder Achieves Industry-leading Net Promoter Score of 59

labfolder is the first company amongst electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) and laboratory information management (LIMS) software vendors to announce its highly-ranked Net Promoter Score® (NPS®).

March 19, 2019
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Policy

Wolters Kluwer provides NASA astronauts in outer space access to UpToDate clinical decision support resource

Wolters Kluwer, Health now equips astronauts at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on board the International Space Station with the most current medical information and access to expert-authored recommendations.

March 19, 2019
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Free blood type tattoos to blood donors in Finland

The Finnish Red Cross Blood Service offers free blood type tattoos to blood donors. The campaign raises interest towards blood donation and dismantles antiquated misconceptions around tattoos and blood donation.

March 19, 2019
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Business

Evotec And Gardp Announce New Partnership To Discover Novel Antibiotics

Collaboration explores opportunities to set up antibiotic discovery and development platform and establish a joint pipeline of novel antibiotic assets

March 19, 2019
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