by Mark Curtis | Apr 30, 2014
. Of all the formidable challenges that a biotechnology company will stumble upon in its quest to commercialize, perhaps there is none more frustrating than a failure to get a product reimbursed by payers. After years of navigating the gauntlet of risk that is...
by Lisa Willemse | Apr 25, 2014
> Julia Pon is a MD/PhD student at the University of British Columbia with an interest in blood cancer. Like many before her, she noticed that the kind of information that is shared with cancer patients is different than what medical students are taught about the...
by Paul Krzyzanowski | Apr 22, 2014
> If you’ve stayed current with the STAP cell fiasco you know it’s been a wild ride. STAP cells, or Stimulus-Triggered Acquisition of Pluripotency cells, caught the imagination of many in late January through their sheer simplicity: You hit cells with a shock of...
by Roshan Yoganathan | Apr 17, 2014
Recently Revmedx, a pioneer in the biomaterial wound dressing field, made some waves with the commercialization of its product XStatTM . XStatTM received a lot of press because of its FDA approval for use against gunshot wounds and shrapnel-related injuries in the...
by David Kent | Apr 15, 2014
> In February this year, the biggest stem cell trial for heart attack patients was begun and will involve over 3000 patients from 11 different countries in Europe. The BAMI trial (the effect of intracoronary reinfusion of Bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells on...
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