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There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them.
Gilead Sciences officially announced that long-time Roche veteran, Daniel O’Day, will assume the helm of the company as chairman and chief executive officer beginning March 1. O’Day takes over for John Milligan, who announced his plans to retire by the end of the year in July.
The U.S. public apparently believes that drug prices are too high. At the same time, they seem largely opposed to government efforts to control health care costs, alternately supportive and non-supportive of efforts to eliminate the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.
Many of these directors do not publicly disclose their affiliation with the pharma companies in their nonprofit biographies, report shows.
Roche subsidiary Genentech snaps up Jecure and its portfolio of preclinical NLRP3 inhibitors aimed at serious inflammatory diseases.
AbbVie could be eyeing another potential billion dollars of annual revenue following the accelerated approval of Venclexta for the treatment of newly-diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in adults who are age 75 years or older or who cannot tolerate intensive chemotherapy.
Tesaro, located in Waltham, Mass., is rumored to be up for sale. The rumors caused shares to rocket as much as 39 percent on Friday, but it’s not the first time rumors have floated that the company might be on the auction block.
Rob Dunn, a professor of applied ecology at North Carolina State University in Raleigh recently wrote a book, Never Home Alone. In this book, he describes how millions of microorganisms, bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites and insects live in your home—and in and on your body.
Biopharma companies name new members of their leadership teams. Who made big moves this week?
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