Pharma
“Medicine is the restoration of discordant elements; sickness is the discord of the elements infused into the living body.” - Leonardo da Vinci
Lessons for Pharma from a Pre-Approval Social Media Misstep
One ill-advised retweet over two years ago regarding data for an unapproved product has resulted in significant learnings for Pfizer and the pharmaceutical industry about the careful boundaries of using social media
GlaxoSmithKline Files Lawsuit Against Pfizer-BioNTech Over COVID-19 Vaccine Technology
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has filed a lawsuit against Pfizer-BioNTech, claiming patent infringement related to the technology used in their highly successful COVID-19 vaccine. This legal battle is expected to have far-reaching implications for the future of vaccine development.
Unraveling the Mechanisms Behind Resistance to Novel Cancer Therapies
Scientists uncover key resistance mechanism to Wnt inhibitors in pancreatic and colorectal cancers
Paint it yellow for the real world
The need to improve side effect reporting amongst healthcare professionals
Prescribing on your gut?
"It is unfair to disregard this association as an aberrant finding" On June 30th, the UK will wake up to another new world, probably less seismic than the EU referendum result, but one that will cause waves. In a drive for transparency and openness, the association...
- Scientists solve chemical mystery at the...on April, 2024 at 6:56 pm
Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) allow current to flow in devices like implantable biosensors. But scientists long knew about a quirk of OECTs that no one could explain: When an OECT is switched on, there is a lag before current reaches the desired operational level. When switched off, […]
- Methane emissions from landfill could be turned...on April, 2024 at 5:19 pm
Researchers have developed a chemical process using plasma that could create sustainable jet fuel from methane gas emitted from landfills, potentially creating a low-carbon aviation industry.
- Big data reveals true climate impact of worldwide...on April, 2024 at 5:19 pm
A new study that looked at nearly 40 million flights in 2019 calculated the greenhouse gas emissions from air travel for essentially every country on the planet. At 911 million tons, the total emissions from aviation are 50 per cent higher than the 604 million tons reported to the United Nations […]
- Under examination: Buckling -- when structures...on April, 2024 at 5:18 pm
An engineer has designed a model to guide better design of thin-walled structures, like planes, cars and submersibles, to avoid catastrophe like sudden collapse due to buckling.
- Biodegradable 'living plastic' houses bacterial...on April, 2024 at 5:18 pm
A new type of bioplastic could help reduce the plastic industry's environmental footprint. Researchers have developed a biodegradable form of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) filled with bacterial spores that, when exposed to nutrients present in compost, germinate and break down the material at […]
After 11 years, Boston Dynamics has said goodbye to its humanoid robot ATLAS HD. The robotics company says it’s time for ATLAS to “kick back and relax” in retirement, letting the new all electric ATLAS take over. This video was shared to remember ATLAS HD’s great moments and those not so great.
Header Banner: AZT the development name for zidovudine was the first drug launched to treat HIV. It was used in high doses and as monotherapy, causing horrendous side effects and resistance in the HIV virus. In the subsequent 30 years clinical trials has led to the development of single tablet, once daily regimens to treat HIV with limited side effects. Now a two pill combination called Truvada can be given to individuals to prevent the risk of acquiring HIV (shown in the DarkDrug logo).