BioSpace News Archive

Pharm Country

Pfizer Launches Global Centers of Excellence Network for Vaccine Research

The new network is a global program of collaborations with academic institutions.

January 27, 2020
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Alex Keown
Deals

Allergan and AbbVie Sell Assets, Inching Closer to Completing Merger

As AbbVie and Allergan near completion of the $63 billion merger, the two companies are shedding some assets in order to meet demands of regulators over concerns of a monopoly.

January 27, 2020
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Alex Keown
Business

Immunomedics: Prepping for Launch

It was founded in 1982, almost forty years ago, and doesn’t have a commercial product on the market. But that appears likely to soon change.

January 27, 2020
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Mark Terry
Employer Resources

Ways to Motivate Your Team That Don’t Include Money

You can’t necessarily hand out cash every time something goes right. Instead, you may have to get creative and think outside the box.

January 27, 2020
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Kymberlie Krieger
FDA

FDA Approves Merck’s Dificid for Pediatric Patients

Dificid is a macrolide antibiotic that was previously approved for CDAD in adults.

January 27, 2020
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Mark Terry
Deals

Sorrento Therapeutics Rejects Acquisition Bid Worth Nearly $1 Billion

The company announced it had rejected the bid, saying that it “significantly undervalues Sorrento and is not in the best interest of the Company’s stockholders.”

January 27, 2020
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Mark Terry
Drug Development

AstraZeneca Reports Success in Stroke and Gastric Cancer Trials

In addition to various deal news, AstraZeneca had clinical trial news today as well.

January 27, 2020
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Mark Terry
BioMidwest

AbbVie’s HIV Drug Aluvia Seen as Potential Treatment for Coronavirus

The Chinese government is turning to a drug developed by AbbVie for HIV patients as a potential treatment for the outbreak.

January 27, 2020
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Alex Keown
Business

How Diversity and Inclusion Impact Your Employer Brand

Let’s look at a few ways inclusion and diversity positively impact organizational performance.

January 27, 2020
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Don Potochny
ZTE helps China Telecom realize China’s first 5G remote diagnosis of new coronavirus pneumonia

ZTE Corporation, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, and Sichuan Branch of China Telecom have realized China’s first 5G remote diagnosis of new coronavirus pneumonia backed up with the latest 5G technology.

January 27, 2020
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