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Alex Trebek, 78, host of TV game show “Jeopardy” announced yesterday that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) set the tone early, mentioning his constituents rationing drugs because of high prices or “leaving their prescription on the pharmacy counter because it costs too much,” but acknowledging that innovations “take time and money.”
The drug is being developed and commercialized jointly by AstraZeneca and Merck. It has already been approved for multiple indications in advanced ovarian cancer and metastatic breast cancer.
Seven pharma executives will enter the Congressional crucible next week as they face questions and concerns over the rising costs of prescription drugs.
Investors are showing some love to AstraZeneca on this Valentine’s Day after the company posted strong year-end results. Shares of AstraZeneca are up more than 6 percent in premarket trading on the strength of the company’s financial results.
As Britain’s plans to leave the European Union—Brexit—stagger toward the March 29 deadline, the UK biopharma industry is taking stock of the likely impact.
IDEA Pharma recently published its “Pharmaceutical Innovation Index 2018.” This report ranks biopharma companies on their ability to bring products from Phase I/II to market and then successfully commercialize them. They used a variety of sources, including company websites, third-party institutions such as clinicaltrials.gov, and syndicated and analyst reports to make their list.
The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MassBio) is taking the lead in fostering the next generation of life science leaders in the Bay State with Project Onramp, an internship program that matches talented students from low-income backgrounds with paid internships in the state’s vibrant life science ecosystem.
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is prevalent in the U.S. and developing countries, but under that name, is largely unknown to the general public. NASH is a liver disease similar to cirrhosis, but which occurs in people who drink little or no alcohol.
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