“Precision medicine – most commonly called Personalized Medicine – is about moving beyond this one-size-fits-all kind of approach to medicine and instead approaching disease prevention and treatment by taking into account individual differences in people’s genes, their microbiomes, their environments,… Continue Reading
Artificial Inteligence, Machine Learning, Super Intelligence all seem to be pointed at Medicine. Who should be worried the Patient, or the Doctor? CLEVELAND, Ohio — Watson was center stage Tuesday at the 2014 Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit, but the… Continue Reading
With Profits Down By 52 Percent, Pfizer (PFE) Investors May Pressure for an M&A, a Breakup, or Both January 28, 2015 By Mark Terry, BioSpace.com Breaking News Staff Pfizer Inc. (PFE)’s fourth quarter report yesterday has analysts and investors concerned after… Continue Reading
As the Monsters of Pharma Move, things amonst the wild life start to get concerned. There are those that have a symbiotic relationship, with those behemoths, that they need to survive. n. pl. sym·bi·o·ses (-s?z) 1. Biology A close, prolonged… Continue Reading
Once again, if aren’t checking out TEDTalks, you are missing out on the future of Medicine, Biotech, Pharmacology, and here the ever popluar term Personalized Medicine. The Blog here is littered with these educational, and informative references. Feel free to… Continue Reading
Ellen Jorgensen is at the leading edge of the do-it-yourself biotechnology movement, which brings scientific exploration and understanding to the masses. After many years of working as a molecular biologist in the biotechnology industry, Ellen Jorgensen needed a change. So,… Continue Reading
Pharma companies spend millions wooing doctors to prescribe ‘me-too’ drugs By Susan Perry | 01/09/15 Bayer Xarelto package Is the drug you’re taking the safest and most effective one for your medical condition, or is it a “me-too” drug —… Continue Reading
Many doctors often prescribe a particular brand of medicine for personal gains. To curb this unethical practice, the long awaited Uniform Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices (UCPMP) is finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel (Representational Photo… Continue Reading
During the past decade, the pharmaceutical industry abandoned most of the distinctive virtues that originally inspired many people in the Delaware Valley spend their careers working for it. The main reason for this devolution has been pharma’s slavish abandonment of… Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — ROBERT J. BEALL, the president and chief executive of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, called his recent decision to sell the royalty rights to his organization’s research a “game changer.” Indeed: Deals like this, in which an investment company… Continue Reading
I made penicillin in my lab. Lots of organic syntehesis. Should have made a fortune. Chemistry is not that difficult if you have the education. Immunochemistry is pretty simple also. Genomics is just a view. Then you get it. Lots… Continue Reading
The Scientific community has a new theory regarding the origins of some types, but not all cancers. The debate concerning the trigger mechanisms for cancer has been going on for decades. One of the original theories has been the Oncogene… Continue Reading
The Struggles Of Gilead Sciences After last week’s hammering of biotech stocks, many have not been able to recover to hit new highs with the overall market. Previous high flyers such as Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: AGIO) and Receptos Inc (NASDAQ:… Continue Reading
China Adds Hurdles for International Pharmaceutical Firms Before we begin with China it might be beneficial to throw in the Indian Pharma market – Pharma firms caution: Learn from India or prepare for worst Investors in the pharmaceutical sector might… Continue Reading