Weekly News Round-up – 14/2/20
The U.S. Institute for Clinical and Economic Review’s (ICER’s) methods could see legal challenges in the near future, a think tank has warned, due to discrimination against disabled individuals. In other news, Novartis’ rare lung cancer drug capmatinib will be...
2 weeks agoWeekly News Round-up – 14/2/20
The U.S. Institute for Clinical and Economic Review’s (ICER’s) methods could see legal challenges in the near future, a think tank has warned, due to discrimination against disabled individuals. In other news, Novartis’ rare lung cancer drug capmatinib will be...
2 weeks ago
The Changing Role of the Blockbuster Drug
There are few pharmaceutical companies not seeking the next big "blockbuster", a market drug earning revenue over $1 billion. These big-name products, which include Keytruda and Lipitor, are well-marketed and broadly-effective, often across several illnesses. For years scientists have worked...
2 weeks agoThe Changing Role of the Blockbuster Drug
There are few pharmaceutical companies not seeking the next big "blockbuster", a market drug earning revenue over $1 billion. These big-name products, which include Keytruda and Lipitor, are well-marketed and broadly-effective, often across several illnesses. For years scientists have worked...
2 weeks ago
Weekly News Round-up – 17/1/20
The week passed fairly uneventfully this time, with the baffling politics and shocking events of the new decade struggling to get started. Instead, research from Scottish universities indicated a link between a type of common gut bacteria and Parkinson's; a...
1 month agoWeekly News Round-up – 17/1/20
The week passed fairly uneventfully this time, with the baffling politics and shocking events of the new decade struggling to get started. Instead, research from Scottish universities indicated a link between a type of common gut bacteria and Parkinson's; a...
1 month ago
The Future of Organ-on-a-Chip
Dozens of solutions have been suggested to lessen the crisis that has been hitting pharma R&D recently. Over the last decade, the cost of creating drugs has skyrocketed even as the amount of new medicines reaching market is steadily declining....
2 months agoThe Future of Organ-on-a-Chip
Dozens of solutions have been suggested to lessen the crisis that has been hitting pharma R&D recently. Over the last decade, the cost of creating drugs has skyrocketed even as the amount of new medicines reaching market is steadily declining....
2 months ago
Cancer Drugs Could be Hitting Wrong Targets
Current cancer drugs may be hitting the wrong protein targets, a study has found, giving a possible explanation for the low success rates of those drugs during their early stages. The study, recently published in Science Translational Medicine journal and...
6 months agoCancer Drugs Could be Hitting Wrong Targets
Current cancer drugs may be hitting the wrong protein targets, a study has found, giving a possible explanation for the low success rates of those drugs during their early stages. The study, recently published in Science Translational Medicine journal and...
6 months ago