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Biotechs and pharmas strengthened their leadership teams with these appointments. Find news from Mersana, Foamix, Allergan, and more.
Many of these directors do not publicly disclose their affiliation with the pharma companies in their nonprofit biographies, report shows.
Noting that from 1998 to 2017 there have been about 146 failed shots at developing drugs for Alzheimer’s disease, PhRMA released a report on the state of the industry. This would not lead most people to think there are many reasons to be optimistic about Alzheimer’s disease research, but the report does believe there are good reasons to be.
Bay Area-based genomics company 10X Genomics has become one of the fastest growing privately-held companies in the region with an earnings increase of more than 2,000 percent over a three-year period.
Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the scientist who led the Human Genome Project, weighed in on the recent case of He Jiankui.
There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them. Although most readers will already be aware of it, the biggest story, perhaps the biggest story of the year—certainly the most controversial—involves a Chinese researcher who used CRISPR to modify embryos to be resistant to HIV, and the recent birth of a set of twins.
Bayer will cut 12,000 jobs as it prepares an overhaul of its business that includes exiting its animal health business as it deals with the fallout from its $63 billion acquisition of Monsanto. Additionally, the company said it will sell its 60 percent stake in Germany-based site services provider Currenta.
He’s research has not been published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal yet. He made his announcement at the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing earlier this week. The details of the research were met with widespread condemnation and criticism by researchers globally.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning letter to Faro Owiesy, a researcher and physician at the California-based Corona Doctors Medical Clinics, for violating a clinical hold. In addition, the agency warned Owiesy for giving an investigational drug to patients before an investigational new drug (IND) application was approved.
More than 200 children have died this year from influenza and 80 percent were not vaccinated, expert says.
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