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Business

WindMIL Therapeutics and Providence Cancer Institute Announce Collaboration to Collect Bone Marrow from Patients with Breast Cancer to Develop Marrow-Infiltrating Lymphocytes (MILs™)

WindMIL Therapeutics and Providence Cancer Institute announced that the first patient has been identified in an investigator-sponsored study for the collection of bone marrow from patients with breast cancer.

February 14, 2020

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Pharm Country

Signant Health Hosts Keynote Panel on eConsent and Patient Engagement, Discusses Sensors and Wearables, and Presents Findings on the Impact of Data at SCOPE 2020

Subject matter experts, technologists, scientists and executives to advance patient-centric conversations with innovative clinical operations leaders from global pharmaceutical companies

February 14, 2020

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BioCapital

A Look at the Top 20 Most Expensive Drugs in the U.S.

These prices refer to the company’s list price. Most patients will not pay that price because of various forms of health insurance or patient assistance programs.

February 14, 2020

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Mark Terry

Law and Justice concept. Mallet of the judge, books, scales of justice. Courtroom theme.

Policy

Catalyst Lawsuit Against the FDA Claims Price, Bernie Sanders Played a Role in Approval of a Rival Drug

Did the price of a newly-approved treatment for a rare autoimmune disease and pressure from U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders lead to the approval of a rival treatment? That’s what Florida-based Catalyst Pharmaceutical is attempting to show in court.

February 14, 2020

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Alex Keown

FDA

FDA Action Alert: Merck, Baudax Bio, Alder and Esperion

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has a busy week planned for drug review. Here’s a look at this week’s schedule.

February 14, 2020

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Mark Terry

Biotech Bay

C. Light Introduces World’s First Retinal Eye-Tracking Technology to Assess Neurological Health in the Blink of An Eye

The neurotech & AI company has the most sensitive tracker for eye motion on the cellular scale available today to predict neurological diseases in seconds

February 14, 2020

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Policy

Vela Diagnostics Submitting Novel Coronavirus Diagnostic Test to FDA for Emergency Use Authorization

Vela Diagnostics has developed the ViroKeyTM SA201 COVID-19 RT-PCR Test, a new diagnostic test for the detection of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Vela Diagnostics is currently in discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for clearance of the test under the emergency use authorization.

February 14, 2020

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Credit: CDC Public Health Image Library (PHIL) #23

Policy

Mobilizing Drug Development Efforts Against the Novel Coronavirus

Now that global responses are fully mobilized, what is being done to identify and develop drugs and vaccines against this novel coronavirus?

February 14, 2020

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Chelsea Weidman Burke

Drug Development

Janssen’s Stelara Sees Positive Results in Crohn’s Disease Study

Janssen Pharmaceutical said 79% of patients in a late-stage trial showed a clinical response to the medication and 67% were in clinical remission.

February 14, 2020

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Alex Keown

Career Advice

How to Research a Position’s Salary

As you enter the job market (or a new industry) the salary range of positions you’re qualified for is likely top of mind. But how do you figure out what a realistic range is for what you’re after?

February 14, 2020

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Laura Brothers