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BY MIKE MAGEE The New York Times recently shinned a light on the FDA’s top science regulator of the tobacco industry, Matt Holman, who announced […]

BY KIM BELLARD Much as I’d love to write about Instagram’s feud with the Kardashians over changes to the Instagram feed, and how that and […]

Elevance Health Inc. (NYSE: ELV) is committed to expanding its at-home care offerings as the insurer solidifies its growth plans for 2022 and beyond. By […]

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To achieve our DEI goals, we have refined our policies and increased career opportunities for women through several initiatives that also include ‘Diversity Hiring’. ????? […]

Researchers have shown that ratio of nicotinic acid (NA) to nicotinamide (NAM) in cell cultures significantly increases with the presence of live microorganisms within 24 […]

Transpire Bio and Recipharm have signed a definitive agreement for the development of TRB-1 and TRB-2 – two inhaled medicines for the treatment of asthma […]

Treatment with both higher and lower doses of Dupixent® (dupilumab) resulted in histological disease remission at 16 weeks in children aged one to 11 years […]

As established facilities age, various risk considerations emerge. While some may continue to function effectively without any additional considerations, many will require additional checks and […]

BY KIM BELLARD Here’s how I’ll know when we’re serious about reforming the U.S. healthcare system: we’ll no longer have both M.D.s and D.O.s. Now, […]

The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) has released a new Good Practice Guide on Membrane-Based Water for Injection Systems. While production of water for […]

The number of drugs leveraging highly potent active pharmaceutical ingredients (HPAPIs) both commercialised and under development is continually rising, as the high biological activity of […]

According to market research, the highly potent active pharmaceutical ingredients (HPAPIs) market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.7 […]

As digitalisation increases in pharmaceutical manufacturing, researchers are examining whether the data acquired from sensor-equipped manufacturing processes could be used to develop advanced analysis models […]

Maithri Drugs Pvt. Ltd- Walk-In Drive for EHS (Environment) Department On 8th June 2022 Job Description Walk-In Drive for EHS (Environment) Department On 8th June […]

Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd-Walk-In Interviews for Production Department On 11th & 12th June’ 2022 Job Description Ind-Swift Laboratories Ltd. today is a global manufacture of APIs […]

According to a new report, the life sciences sector in Northern Ireland is worth £2.4 billion to the country’s economy. The report from the Fraser […]

Hetero Limited-Walk-In Interview for Packing & Quality Control On 4th June 2022 Job Description Hetero Labs Limited is one of India’s generic pharmaceutical companies and […]

I’m going to AHIP in Vegas next month and you should come too! It’s time to be together again. It’s also time to save. Register […]

BY MIKE MAGEE, M.D. Arthur Sackler continues to demonstrate just how wealthy one can become by advantaging patients and their diseases. He’s been dead since […]

A review of analytical developments in pharmaceutical cleaning verification revealed that Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) could be key to future methodologies, as it can […]

By MIKE MAGEE Dr. Linda Rosenstock has an M.D. and M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins, and was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar. She is currently Dean […]

It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The […]

We are proud to announce the development of our latest business venture – a brand new Center of Excellence which is much more than just […]

Evaluate, provider of market intelligence and predictive analytics for the pharmaceutical industry, has released the findings of its 2022 Orphan Drug Report.  Evaluate’s data shows […]

BY JESS DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH Amwell’s ($AMWL) President & co-CEO Roy Schoenberg called it early when he predicted pre-Covid that there would be a paradigm […]

In this week’s episode of Health Tech Deals, everyone cheats on each other: Eugene Borukhovich is the guest host replacing Jess! Eugene is cheating on […]

Maithri Drugs Pvt. Ltd- Walk-In Drive for QC (Method Validation) Department On 20th April 2022 Job Description Maithri Drugs Private Limited , Bonthapally: QC (Method […]

By MATTHEW HOLT I have always thought that THCB almost always had an April fools post. I mean never on the Epic scale–today they’re merging […]

BY JESS DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH For healthcare leaders who are “committed to community and career happiness” there is the Advancement League, a membership org dedicated […]

This episode of Health Tech Deals is brought to you from the parking lot of a MacDonald’s in New Mexico. Yes, Jess is driving cross […]

By ELIZABETH BROWN for CATALYST @ HEALTH 2.0 IDIH Week 2022 starts this coming Monday! It is a 4-day FREE online event hosted by Catalyst & our partner […]

We made it back from ViVE in one piece! Will Jess DaMassa stab me in the back Brutus-Style? Tune in to find out as we […]

Janssen Pharmaceuticals has entered into an agreement with manufacturer Aspen SA Operations (Pty) Ltd, based in South Africa, to enable the first COVID-19 vaccine to […]

Medical marijuana in Mississippi. Diagnosis and behavioral change. Senators call on CMS to fully cover amyloid-targeted Alzheimer’s drugs. $5.8m penalty for PBM in Massachusetts. Value […]

Most health technology assessment (HTA) bodies measure treatment value as benefits from reduced patient morbidity and mortality and weigh these health gains against incremental changes […]

Speaking about the recommendations included in EFPIA’s White Paper On the Effectiveness of Public Procurement of Medicines in the EU, EFPIA’s Director General, Nathalie Moll, said […]

Fast, reliable access to data was invaluable to the NHS response to COVID-19, from supporting the rollout of vaccines to accelerating the development of vaccines […]

Teva Pharmaceuticals Europe BV has confirmed that the SmPC for COPAXONE® (Glatiramer Acetate (GA) injection) 20mg/mL and 40mg/mL, indicated for the treatment of relapsing forms […]

The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that advocates for greater collaboration in life sciences R&D, has announced the launch of a new Women in […]

The Infection Management Coalition (IMC) have launched a White Paper – the first of its kind to outline a call for a transformational change in […]

Ipca Laboratories -Walk-In Interviews for freshers & experienced On 12th Feb’ 2022 Job Description Walk-In Interviews for freshers & experienced in Quality Control/ QA @ […]

The agency issued draft guidance to provide recommendations to companies developing non-opioid analgesics for acute pain lasting up to 30 days, typically in response to some […]

Will Jessica stop laughing? Will we get the intro right? Who knows! 2022 is a big M&A year and this episode is no exception: ThirtyMadison […]

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According to a recent report, the global laboratory automation systems market, valued at $5.2 billion in 2021, is anticipated to reach a value of $6.4 billion in […]

By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH Teen mental health has hit crisis-level concern these days, and seed-funded startup BeMe Health is hoping to help with a […]

Softgel Healthcare Pvt. Ltd- Walk-In Interview for Quality Control On 5th Feb’ 2022 Job Description Walk-In Interview for Quality Control Department @ Softgel Healthcare Pvt. […]

The book The Right Price: A Value-Based Prescription for Drug Costs is a fantastic book for individuals interested in understanding why value-based drug pricing makes […]

Metrochem API (P) Ltd- Walk-In Interview for Production Chemist -API On 11th to 13 Jan’ 2022 Job Description Walk-In Interview for Production Chemist -API @ […]

Nate Maslak, CEO of Ribbon Health talked with me late last year (2021) after his $40m round from General Catalyst and Andreesen Horowitz. We dug […]

Rakshit Drugs Pvt. Ltd –Openings for R&D Department- Apply Now Job Description Dear allGreetings from Rakshit drugs…..!We are looking for below positions: Department: R&DDesignation: Manager/ Dy. Manager/ […]

Do male physicians earn more than females? And if so, by how much? This is the question posed by a recent paper by Whaley et […]

Finding and analyzing content can be challenging. Many teams start with searching Google, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other digital sources. Having more sophisticated methods for gathering […]

BY JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH HUGE news on the “food-as-medicine” front for Medicaid/Medicare Advantage beneficiaries! Now, they can get fresh fruits and veggies delivered directly […]

By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH HUGE news on the “food-as-medicine” front for Medicaid/Medicare Advantage beneficiaries! Now, they can get fresh fruits and veggies delivered directly […]

Conduent recently participated at CBI PAP (Patient Assistance & Access Programs) Conference – a virtual event where pharma stakeholders collaborate on programs and policies for […]

Joining Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) on THCBGang Thursday are fierce patient activist Casey Quinlan (@MightyCasey); cardiologist & provocateur Anish Koka (@anish_koka); patient activist, author & entrepreneur Robin […]

By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF Health A sign of effective ‘merging-and-acquiring’ among innovative healthcare companies? How about a new brand-name? The company known as “Grand Rounds […]

By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH Healthcare startups serving the Medicaid population are FINALLY catching the attention of investors and, this time, it’s for improving access […]

A white paper from Cannon and Pohida (2021) calls for applying “public option principles” to Medicare. Who would have thought that the Cato Institute would […]

Piramal Pharma Solutions-Walk-In Interviews for R&D On 23rd October 2021 Job Description Company Profile:  Piramal Pharma Solutions is the Contract Development and Manufacturing arm of […]

AbbVie’s Rinvoq (upadacitinib) Receives the Health Canada Approval for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis Published: Oct 8, 2021 | Tags: AbbVie, Rinvoq, […]

Pharma continues to evolve in the way Medical Affairs engages with Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) and Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs). From a Medical Affairs perspective, the […]

This is what a study by Whaley et al. (2021) aims to find out. Many employers have introduced rewards programs as a new benefit design […]

Traditional cost-effectiveness measures measures treatment value based on how it affects your health. Health is often decomposed into longevity (i.e., survival) and quality of life […]

Shots: Dyadic to receive $10M up front in cash & stock and ~$4M in reimbursements for pre/ clinical development costs for DYAI-100 vaccine & ~ […]

Mankind Pharma Limited- Walk-In Drive for QC/  Microbiology / Quality Assurance On 14th & 15th August 2021 Job Description We are looking for young and […]

Many of us who are patients have the unpleasant experience of navigating the complex world of drug utilization management. This includes determining what formulary tier […]

Shots: The P-III NORSE TWO trial evaluates the safety & efficacy of ONS-5010 / Lytenava vs ranibizumab in 228 patients with wet AMD across 39 […]

Quironsalud Madrid University Hospital Madrid,Spain Quironsalud Madrid University Hospital is considered to be a benchmark for other private hospitals in the Madrid region. Top-level professionals, […]

Here’s a new paper with a surprise: a small molecule that appears to be very effective against malaria, with what may be a high barrier […]

Health Biotech Ltd-Walk-In Interviews for QA/ QC On 19th to 23rd July 2021 Job Description Company Profile:  Health Biotech Ltd, We are reputed WHO, GMP, […]

I wanted to do a follow-up to this post, about a reaction that removes nitrogen atoms from heterocyclic rings. Some readers took issue with the […]

This paper (open access) is not going to be to everyone’s taste, but the people who are working in its area – and there’s an ever-increasing […]

Macleods Pharma- Requirement for Production/ Quality Control Dept. -Apply Now Job Description Openings for Production We are looking for experienced professionals in Production (API) Department […]

Episode 56 of “The THCB Gang” will be Thursday, June 3. Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) will be joined by regulars: medical historian Mike Magee (@drmikemagee), THCB regular […]

Each week I’ve been adding a brief tidbits section to the THCB Reader, our weekly newsletter that summarizes the best of THCB that week (Sign […]

Rise in mental health tele-visits. Inequality, conspicuous consumption and health expenditures. Treating serious illness at home. Why do scientists lie? BMI and income.

Episode 55 of “The THCB Gang” will be live-streamed on Thursday, May 20 at 1pm PT — 4PM ET. Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) will be joined […]

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A positive participant experience underpins the success of any clinical trial. Leverage three strategies to help establish trust between participants and study staff. Read the blog by […]

MSN Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. -Walk-In Drive (15 Openings) for Freshers & Experienced -R&D Dept. API Division On 24th April 2021 Job Description Walk-In Drive for […]

The UK’s Drug Safety Research Unit (DSRU) has launched a Global Pharmacovigilance Observatory to help the pharma industry understand why international regions reach different decisions […]

The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance advocating for greater collaboration in life sciences R&D, has launched its Data Governance Community of Interest (CoI). The […]

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSKCH) has joined the Pulpex paper bottle partner consortium and will explore incorporating recyclable paper bottles into its packaging. The partnership is […]

Dependency vs. Addiction: How to Know If You’ve Crossed the Line With so much attention focused on the opioid addiction crisis, many doctors are reluctant […]

There’s a report of an interesting small-molecule drug effort against the coronavirus that seems to have produced rather significant results. The idea goes back to […]

IQVIA has a new LinkedIn page, and they want you to be part of the conversation about moving health care forward. It promises to be […]

A lot of people have been wondering about what’s up with a small-molecular antiviral compound that’s been in the news on and off during the […]

As the world knows, the mRNA vaccines for the coronavirus are proving to be very effective. That’s welcome news for the obvious pandemic reasons, but […]

Some thoughts about the current vaccine trials and data, some of which are probably obvious, but which might be worth bringing together: First, as many […]

This story has been passed around a lot the last few days, and I’ve had several people ask me what I’ve thought of it. It’s […]

In my experience, most organic and medicinal chemists are always ready to hear about the latest results in two branches of the science: things that […]

The briefing documents are out at the FDA site for tomorrow’s hearing on the J&J vaccine. Here’s a summary at STAT from Matthew Herper and […]

Here’s a good article from the Washington Post that updates some details that I talked about in this post on the lipids used in the […]

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Over the years I’ve very much enjoyed being startled by the scientific literature, and there haven’t been many times when I’ve been more surprised than […]

It’s my impression that the pace of headlines and tweets, etc. about the many COVID-19 variants has increased recently (and it wasn’t exactly an unexplored […]

Cipla Limited-Walk-In Interviews for Multiple Departments On 21st Feb ‘ 2021 Walk-In Interviews for Multiple Departments-Production/ Engineering/ Quality Control/ Quality Assurance/  Store Departments @ Cipla Limited […]

How did COVID-19 affect mortality rates and how did that vary by racial and ethnic groups? Using January 2011 – April 2020 data from the […]

There’s news today that Bluebird has suspended its gene therapy work on sickle cell disease because of two cases of cancer in its treatment population. […]

Let’s have a look at a paper that came out recently in the New England Journal of Medicine. It shows strong results in a therapeutic […]

In preclinical studies, injection of a novel ionic liquid formulation (“locally active agent for tumour treatment and eradication” or LATTE) allowed uniform delivery of a […]

I’m getting a lot of queries about antibody-dependent enhancement these days, and I can only assume that’s because there’s a lot of talk about this […]

A NBER working paper by Chandra et al. (2021) finds that even small levels of cost sharing have a major impact on pharmaceutical use and […]

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first immunotherapy for patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Libtayo® (cemiplimab-rwlc), a PD-1 inhibitor, […]

A third (35 percent) of obese patients treated with semaglutide in a large-scale international trial lost at least a fifth of their total bodyweight within […]

There’s a new paper out that clears up some of our thinking about the current pandemic and what protection people might have had before the […]

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for bamlanivimab and etesevimab administered together for the treatment of mild […]

The other day I had a look at the process used to make the mRNA vaccines, so I thought it would be a good idea […]

In a recent interview with PharmaShots, Duncan Short, Ph.D., Director of Global Implementation Science at ViiV Healthcare shared his views on the findings of a new […]

A new trial suggests a single injection of an experimental antiviral drug, peginterferon-lambda, can significantly sped up the recovery of non-hospitalised patients with COVID-19. In […]

Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel), a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell-based gene therapy to treat adult patients with certain types of large B-cell lymphoma who have […]

We’ve had yet more news in this area in the ten days or so since my last vaccine news roundup post, so here’s a look […]

The UK National Institute of Health and are excellence (NICE) has published draft guidance approving Keytruda (pembrolizumab) with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy, to treat patients […]

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has announced that Janssen has submitted an application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) […]

Let’s take a one-day break from the coronavirus, but fear not, I will not be forsaking immunology. We’ll take a look at an interesting therapeutic […]

An experimental single-dose, intranasal influenza vaccine was safe and produced a durable immune response, a Phase I study has shown.  The investigational vaccine, called Ad4-H5-VTN, […]

We have some more data to mull over with the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. The situation so far has been pretty confused, with various efficacy numbers appearing […]

This article was originally published by Ioana Gherghescu and Begoña Delgado-Charro in Pharmaceutics 2021, 13(1) under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Abstract Biosimilar medicines expand […]

The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued final guidance, also known as Technology Appraisal Guidance (TAG), recommending Beovu® (brolucizumab) as an option in the National Health Service […]

An interim analysis of data from the Phase III trial of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine from Russia (Gam-COVID-Vac) suggests that a two-dose regimen of […]

In the last few days, the question of why more drug companies haven’t been enlisted for vaccine production has come up. It’s mostly due to […]

According to a new report, there has been a 639 percent increase in the number of COVID-19 clinical trials worldwide, from 549 COVID-19 clinical trials […]

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) human medicines committee (CHMP) has started a ‘rolling review’ of data on REGN-COV2 antibody combination (casirivimab/imdevimab) for the treatment and […]

So I’m a small-molecule drug discovery person at heart, since I started out as a synthetic organic chemist. Talking about vaccines and antibodies nonstop is […]

An interim analysis of Phase III clinical trial data has shown that the investigational COVID-19 vaccine developed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a division of Johnson & […]

According to new reports, AstraZeneca will deliver nine million more doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to the EU in the first quarter of this year, bringing […]

The UK Government has signed a deal ordering a further 40 million doses of Valneva’s promising COVID-19 vaccine candidate, after an initial order of 60 […]

Suddenly we have a lot more vaccine efficacy data to discuss! Yesterday came an announcement from Novavax about trials they’ve been conducting in the UK […]

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) has opened a new funding opportunity, providing up to $140 million, contingent upon the availability of funds, to […]

In a Phase II trial, sotorasib was shown to provide durable clinical benefit with a favourable safety profile in patients with pre-treated non-small cell lung […]

Until very recently, smallpox vaccines were delivered using a technique known as skin scarification, in which the skin is repeatedly scratched with a needle before […]

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT) marketing authorisation application for Oxbryta® (voxelotor) for the treatment of haemolytic anaemia in sickle cell […]

We’re definitely not out of the pandemic woods yet, and neither is this blog – so let’s talk some more about antibodies today, in the […]

Moderna has announced results from in vitro neutralisation studies of sera from individuals vaccinated with the company’s COVID-19 vaccine showing activity against emerging strains of SARS-CoV-2. […]

The clinical trial results from a Phase Ib study of IGV-001 for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma have been published by Imvax.  IGV-001 is a first-in-class […]

What You Should Know: – AstraZeneca and Care Access Research are teaming up to provide decentralized, mobile research site operations for AstraZeneca’s AZD7442 phase III […]

AbbVie has announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved RINVOQ (upadacitinib, 15mg), an oral, once daily selective and reversible JAK inhibitor for the treatment […]

Merck has announced that the company is discontinuing development of its COVID-19 vaccine candidates, V590 and V591. The company now plans to focus its COVID-19 […]

We have a good amount of news in the coronavirus vaccine world, so it’s time for another look over the field. My most recent overview […]

Amneal Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd- Walk-In Interviews (50 Openings) for Manufacturing / Quality Control On 31st Jan’ 2021 Job Description Amneal Pharma -Openings for Injectable Manufacturing […]

The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended a new CAR T-cell therapy to be available to National Health Service (NHS) […]

The Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) has responded to the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the use of Lupkynis (voclosporin) as the first oral […]

Last week, my Healthcare Economist blog celebrated its 15th year of existence. I started this blog in graduate school at UC-San Diego in January of […]

Writing the other day about the lipid formulations used in the current mRNA vaccines makes me want to highlight something else that I hit on […]

Ebbs and flows, seasonal highs, and seasonal lows — every industry has them. Whether your business looks towards summer to shine bright, or towards the […]

According to reports, a fire at the Serum Institute of India (SII) has killed five people. However, government officials have said that this would not […]

The US has stated that it will remain a member of the World Heath Organization (WHO). US President Joe Biden wrote to António Guterres, Secretary-General […]

What insurance is better: private commercial health insurance or public health insurance? This is a more difficult question than it seems since individuals with commercial […]

Premature Births: Causes, Treatment, Prevention, and Impact of COVID-19 Premature birth is also known as preterm birth. It is defined as a baby born alive […]

A question that comes up a lot about mRNA vaccines is what happens at the cellular level after you’re injected with one. The mechanism of […]

Micky Tripathi, ONC National Coordinator for Health IT – The ONC has named Micky Tripathi as the new National Coordinator for Health IT under President […]

Pfizer and BioNTech have announced results from an in vitro study that provides additional data on the capability of sera from individuals immunised with the Pfizer-BioNTech […]

A new report has said that clinical microbiology will play a key role in understanding SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis. According to ResearchAndMarkets, as COVID-19 antiviral drugs and […]

Up to 2,000 people working in roles crucial to the continuity of the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain will be offered inoculations against the coronavirus to […]

According to a new report, Israel is currently on track to be the first country in the world to vaccinate its entire population against COVID-19. […]

This new article, I have to say, is rather reassuring about the human immune response to the coronavirus. It’s from a large team centered at […]

A team of neuroscientists and engineers has created a nasal spray to deliver schizophrenia medication directly to the brain instead of having it pass through […]

A new report has revealed the strength of Scotland’s pharmaceutical industry and its value to the economy and communities across the country. Conducted by the […]

A clinical trial involving hospitalised COVID-19 patients has found that a combination of the drugs baricitinib and remdesivir reduce time to recovery. The study was […]

Over its first 50 years in existence, how did the EHR lose its way? Given that EHR adoption doubled between 2007 and 2012 and EHR […]

We have some more data on the vaccine front that’s worth looking at. J&J has published a bit more on their trials of their adenovirus-vector […]

A joint statement from a range of biopharmaceutical industry groups has said they recognise that with the first COVID-19 vaccines authorised by regulatory authorities and administered […]

According to a new report, the global antibiotics market is estimated to generate a revenue of $58,798.1 million at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) […]

According to new reports, the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech, BNT-162b2, is currently projected to generate at least $30 billion in sales from […]

The European Commission (EC) has granted marketing authorisation for Tivicay (dolutegravir) 5mg dispersible tablets, which are used in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the […]

Synairgen has announced that the first patient has been dosed in the UK a part of a global Phase III trial evaluating the inhaled formulation […]

We know that COVID-19 has increased both mortality and morbidity around the world. But is there a systematic way of estimating the impact of COVID-19 […]

After yesterday’s post on mRNA vaccines and RNA mechanisms, I wanted to highlight a completely non-coronavirus application that has recently appeared in the literature. It’s […]

The first patient has been dosed in the Phase 1 clinical trial of COVI-VAC, a single-dose, intranasal, live attenuated vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that […]

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has announced that it has received an application for conditional marketing authorisation (CMA) for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca […]

Amgen has announced the launch of a new seven-year environmental sustainability plan, which includes a commitment to achieve carbon neutrality, while also reducing water use […]

So now that people (not enough of them!) are getting vaccinated in the US with the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna mRNA vaccines, let’s talk about some […]

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it is monitoring the potential impact of SARS-CoV-2 viral mutations, including a variant from the […]

New research has predicted that the global rapid microbiology testing market will increase to be worth $6.48 billion in 2026, up from $3.45 billion in […]

A new collaboration has been established to enhance the nasal drug delivery of Parkinson’s therapies using nanoparticle technology.  Nanoform Finland and Herantis Pharma announced that […]

Episode 37 of “The THCB Gang” will be live-streamed here 1pm PT / 4pm ET on Thursday, Jan 7. You can see it below! Matthew […]

Researchers have grown small crystals from nanoscale encapsulated droplets. According to the scientists, their innovative method, involving the use of inert oils to control evaporative […]

The European Commission (EC) has approved PALFORZIA® [defatted powder of Arachis hypogaea L., semen (peanuts)] for the treatment of peanut allergy, making it the first treatment for the […]

A new study has shown that microbial surface recovery was superior for vinyl when compared with stainless steel, two surfaces common to pharmaceutical facilities.  According […]

Well, here I am with the first “In the Pipeline” post of 2021, and damn itall, I’m right back to the stuff I was writing […]

Following India’s approval of the internally developed Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine, experts have raised concerns over whether the jab should have been authorised without sufficient publication […]

There’s been a lot of news, so it’s time to survey the vaccine landscape. For this post, I’m only going to cover the big players […]

Here’s another one that we make every so often around stately Lowe Manor. When we had it last week, I just had to roast it […]

Dan Lyon, Sr. Principal Security Consultant at Synopsys Over the last several years of my career, I’ve had the opportunity to work with a variety […]

A novel method of purifying gentamicin, a widely used antibiotic, reduces the risk that it will cause deafness, according to new study. The new formulation […]

Optrix Laboratories Pvt. Ltd-Walk-In Interviews for Production/ QC On 30th Dec’ 2020 & 2nd Jan’ 2021 Optrix Laboratories Pvt. Ltd-Walk-In Interviews for Production/ QC On […]

In short, because we had built years and years of previous science, particularly work related to another corona virus, the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) […]

I’ll be taking a holiday break, with intermittent blogging. I hope to put in a recipe or two (as often happens around here this time […]

OK, time to write about the topic that’s been the talk of the coronavirus world the last day or two: the new strain that has […]

Moderna has announced that the European Commission (EC) has exercised its option to purchase an additional 80 million doses of mRNA-1273, the company’s COVID-19 vaccine […]

I’ve had several questions about antibody-dependent enhancement, which has always been a worry as the coronavirus vaccines have been developed. I figured it might be […]

Here’s a preprint from a large team at Yale with a close look at a less-studied aspect of coronavirus infection. It’s been well established by […]

I wanted to follow up on something that came up much earlier in the coronavirus pandemic. Back in February, a group at BenevolentAI proposed the […]

Well, it’s definitely been a Vaccine Week around here, but it’s understandable. And we’ll finish off the week with a look at some types that […]

For people looking for an accessible writeup on the coronavirus mutational landscape, I can recommend this Reuters article that came out today. It has a […]

Pfizer and BioNTech have a date on Thursday in front of an FDA advisory committee to review their vaccine data, and the briefing document is […]

This weekend brought some really significant news in the long-running effort to use gene editing to treat human disease. As most readers will have heard, […]

We’re in the beginning of the vaccine endgame now: regulatory approval and actual distribution/rollout into the population. The data for the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines […]

We seem to be heading for a world with multiple coronavirus vaccines in it, and right off, I have to say that that this is […]

Every two years there’s a big challenge competition in predicting protein folding. That is. . .well, a hard problem. Protein chains have (in theory) an […]

What You Should Know: – Philips unveils a new multimodality virtual imaging command center that enables real-time, remote collaboration to broaden expertise between technologists, radiologists, […]

As of this morning, we have a first look at the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine’s efficacy in clinical trials via press releases from both organizations. The number […]

That is the basic question that Reed et al. (2020) attempt to answer in their recent paper. The approach they use is as follows: We […]

I know that it’s been a run of vaccine posts around here, but the numbers just keep on coming. Today we have two more papers […]