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February 1, 2018News

Cancer Surpasses Malaria as Top Public Health Threat in Africa

BIOtech Now Jim Greenwood Africa is known for its diverse cultures, expansive landscapes, dramatic coastlines, luscious forests and exotic wildlife. Much less […]

January 29, 2018News

Drug Discount Program Strays from Patient Health to Hospital Wealth

BIOtech Now Jim Greenwood It’s been 25 years since Congress created the 340B Drug Discount Program, a program designed to provide uninsured […]

January 25, 2018News

Biotechnology in Action: How Innovation is Having an Impact in Personalized Medicine

BIOtech Now admin Editor’s Note: As part of BIO’s 25th Anniversary celebration we will be spotlighting biotechnology innovations that have made a major […]

January 23, 2018News

Combating Antimicrobial Resistance

BIOtech Now Andrew Segerman Here’s a statistic you might not have known: an estimated 700,000 people die each year due to the […]

January 16, 2018News

New Infographic Highlights the Remarkable Success of Medicare Part D

BIOtech Now Andrew Segerman Since 2006, the Medicare prescription drug program – known as Medicare Part D – has provided America’s seniors […]

January 12, 2018News

If You’ve Had Chickenpox, Shingles Vaccine is Worth a Shot

BIOtech Now Jim Greenwood If you’re an adult living in the United States, there’s a 95-percent change you’ve had chickenpox. Unfortunately, as […]

January 11, 2018News

Inflammatory Bowel Disease and the Gut Microbiome

BioTechniques News Gut bacteria play essential roles in developing and regulating normal immune responses. Can they also help treat autoimmune diseases? Full […]

January 11, 2018News

Genetic Disorder Corrected by a Powerful CRISPR Tool

BioTechniques News Using a variant of CRISPR technology, scientists made a precise change to correct a genetic disorder in human embryos. Full […]

January 11, 2018News

Pharmacy Revenues Decline, Thanks to Cheaper Medicines

BIOtech Now Andrew Segerman We’ve been saying it for some time, and the numbers speak for themselves: spending on prescription drugs is […]

January 10, 2018News

Developing Immunity to Malaria

BioTechniques News The malaria parasite abounds in certain parts of the world, re-infecting individuals multiple times. Can researchers prompt our bodies to […]

January 10, 2018News

Linking Zika Virus and Microcephaly

BioTechniques News Research from the University of Pennsylvania (PA, USA) suggests that a single viral protein may be the cause of hijacked […]

January 10, 2018News

What Baby Poop Says About Brain Development

BioTechniques News Can dirty diapers predict cognitive development? Full BioTechniques Article here Powered by WPeMatico

January 10, 2018News

“A Transformative Year in Medicine”

BIOtech Now Brian Newell 2017 will be remembered as an exciting year for biopharmaceutical innovation. Not only did we experience some tremendous […]

January 5, 2018News

ICYMI: WSJ Editors on “Biotech’s Breakthrough Year”

BIOtech Now Daniel Seaton 2017 was an amazing year for biomedical advances, with 46 novel drug approvals, a near record – more […]

December 22, 2017News

Value Assessment Tools that take “Precision” out of “Precision Medicine” are Harmful to Patients

BIOtech Now Dan Durham The conversation about health care costs is front and center in Washington, and new data on prescription drug […]

December 19, 2017News

ICYMI: Major Canadian Online Pharmacy Caught Red Handed Selling Fake Drugs to the U.S.

BIOtech Now Ken Lisaius The Wall Street Journal reports that companies controlled by the online pharmacy Canada Drugs have agreed to plead […]

December 15, 2017News

Steps to Improve Competition in the Prescription Drug Marketplace

BIOtech Now Andrew Segerman Recently on BIOtechNOW, we shared Three Encouraging Steps on Prescription Drug Costs which looked at recent efforts by policymakers […]