Research & Development News
IBM, Novartis and Vodafone Join Forces to Help Halt Malaria in Africa
Manhattan Research Releases Physician Digital Media Planning Guide
While most marketers have accepted that nearly all physicians are online today, the more difficult part is figuring out where to find these physicians on the World Wide Web. Finding the right promotional mix for connecting with physicians can be a challenging proposition, as physicians use third-party sites - such as the WebMD Professional Network, the New England Journal of Medicine, or specialty specific sites - more frequently than they use pharma-owned properties. Message on the occasion of World AIDS Day
Hope because significant progress has been made towards universal access. New HIV infections have dropped. Fewer children are born with HIV. And more than 4 million people are on treatment.
EU-funded researchers use gene therapy to slow brain disease
85% of Online Europeans Use the Internet for Health Information
In 2009, 85% of online Europeans in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain turn to the Internet and other technologies for health and prescription drug information, according to the latest Cybercitizen Health® Europe v9.0 study from healthcare and pharmaceutical market research company Manhattan Research. The collaboratively-edited Wikipedia again proves to be a top online health resource for consumers in all of the countries surveyed. International Diabetes Federation drives global action ahead of World Diabetes Day
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Business & Industry
- Sanofi intends to sell its equity investment in Regeneron; confirms no change to ongoing collaboration
- AstraZeneca advances response to global COVID-19 challenge as it receives first commitments for Oxford's potential new vaccine
- Pfizer and BioNTech dose first participants in the U.S. as part of global COVID-19 mRNA vaccine development program
- Roche's COVID-19 antibody test receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization and is available in markets accepting the CE mark
- AstraZeneca and Oxford University announce landmark agreement for COVID-19 vaccine
Research & Development
- Peer-reviewed data shows remdesivir for COVID-19 improves time to recovery
- Preventing 'cytokine storm' may ease severe COVID-19 symptoms
- Official COVID-19 deaths underestimate the full impact of the pandemic
- Local climate unlikely to drive the early COVID-19 pandemic
- Researchers urge clinical trial of blood pressure drug to prevent complication of COVID-19
- Antibody neutralizes SARS and COVID-19 coronaviruses
- Early indicators of vaccine efficacy
Conferences & Events
- Pre-filled Syringes San Francisco Conference 2020
- Oligonucleotide Therapeutics and Delivery Conference 2020
- Pre-Filled Syringes West Coast 2021
- Pre-Filled Syringes East Coast Conference 2020
- SMi's 4th Annual Pharmaceutical Microbiology West Coast
- SMi's 20th Annual Pain Therapeutics Conference 2020
- SMi's 3rd Annual Pharmaceutical Microbiology East Coast
Regulatory Affairs
- Global regulators commit to cooperate on observational research in the context of COVID-19
- FDA takes new actions to accelerate development of novel prevention, treatment options for COVID-19
- FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for Potential COVID-19 Treatment
- FDA reiterates importance of close patient supervision for 'off-label' use of antimalarial drugs
- FDA encourages recovered patients to donate plasma for development of blood-related therapies