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In addition to patent cases, partnerships and pledging money to global tropical disease efforts, Novartis scored a win on a combo-treatment for solid tumors.
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Gelesis’ weight loss device, Plenity, has been gaining popularity since the FDA approved its commercialization, but some in the medical community question whether its popularity is deserved.
BioSpace spoke with Jay Johnson, the Director of Talent Acquisition for Orthopedics at Stryker, to find out what it takes to land a job in medical sales.
The bill would curb the pricing of insulin by capping monthly co-pays for diabetics who use both commercial insurance plans, as well as the government-backed Medicare.
Novartis’ win in the patent dispute over its drug, Gilenya, was short-lived after a U.S. appeals court reversed its 2020 ruling vs. HEC Pharm’s attempt to create a generic version.
CVS Health has seen about 40% patient diversity in the work it has done so far, Josh Rose, VP and head of decentralized clinical trials, site solutions and strategy told BioSpace.
The World Trade Organization approved vaccine patent waivers to increase the availability of COVID-19 vaccines to lower-income countries.
Black/African American hematological cancer patients tend to have the worst outcomes. This is partly driven by a lack of access to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant and available donors.
A new study that looks into employment has found that doctoral recipients enjoy extremely high employment rates, especially in the fields of science and engineering.
Bavarian Nordic announced the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority has ordered an additional 500,000 doses of its monkeypox vaccine, Jynneos.
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