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Policy

Walgreens Implements Safe Drug Disposal Options for Customers in All of Its Pharmacies

Walgreens announced it has delivered on the expansion of its safe drug disposal program announced last fall to provide year-round drug disposal options in all of its pharmacies nationwide, at no cost to customers.

June 24, 2019
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FDA

Minerva Biotechnologies Announces FDA Acceptance of IND Application for huMNC2-CAR44 T cells to Treat Metastatic Breast Cancer

Unlike the normal full-length MUC1, MUC1* is a potent growth factor receptor that is rendered constitutively active when onco-embryonic growth factor NME7AB binds to and dimerizes its truncated extracellular domain.

June 24, 2019
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Business

Proteintech Announces Completion of Its New GMP Laboratory

The facility is located at Proteintech’s headquarters in Rosemont, IL.

June 24, 2019
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2 min read
BioMidwest

HFMA Launches New Website, Expanded Online Communities, All-Inclusive Membership Plan

The Healthcare Financial Management Association announced it has launched a completely redesigned website in support of its new all-inclusive annual membership plan, which includes access to an expanded online communities experience.

June 24, 2019
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2 min read
Business

Toptal Announces Women’s Scholarship Winners from the Americas and Europe

Toptal, an elite network of the world’s top talent in business, design, and technology that enables companies to scale their teams, on demand, announced the recipients of the Toptal 2018-2019 Scholarship for Women for the Americas and Europe regions.

June 24, 2019
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5 min read
Pharm Country

Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research Launches Redesigned Website, with Optimized User Experience for Patients, Families and Researchers

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) has unveiled a complete redesign of the Foundation’s online home base — michaeljfox.org.

June 24, 2019
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Shionogi Concludes Licensing Agreements with Eddingpharm for Lusutrombopag, a Thrombopoietin Receptor Agonist

Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (hereafter “Shionogi” or “the Company”) announces that the Company has concluded an agreement with Eddingpharm (hereafter “Eddingpharm”) to license-out lusutrombopag, a thrombopoietin receptor agonist (brand name in Japan: MULPLETA®).

June 24, 2019
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6 min read
Job Trends

League Introduces Category-Defining Health Benefits Experience, HBX™, Empowering Employers To Transform Their Employee Experience

League Inc., North America’s leading Health Benefits Experience platform, today introduced HBX™, a next-generation digital platform designed to provide a single access hub for employees to engage with their health, lifestyle and benefit programs.

June 24, 2019
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4 min read
International Vet Health Businesses Converge in Charlottetown

For the next three days, industry leaders in veterinary health and nutrition will meet in Charlottetown for the seventh biennial VetHealth Global™, North America’s foremost business conference for this industry.

June 24, 2019
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Business

MiRus™ Acquires 50,000 SQFT Manufacturing Facility

This adds to MiRus’ current 20,000 sqft manufacturing facility.

June 24, 2019
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2 min read