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2 new publications out of the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health: From Nature Biotech: A survey of South-North health biotech collaboration In recent years, biotech companies in North America and Europe have increasingly looked to developing countries to find new … Continue reading →

From pharmiweb.com: NICE AND GSK GO HEAD-TO-HEAD ON DRUG PRICING AT BUPA HEALTH DEBATE The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), the body that approves drugs for the NHS, will go head-to-head with pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) on … Continue reading →

Australians refused insurance because of poor genes AUSTRALIANS have been refused insurance protection because of their genetic make-up, researchers have shown in the first study in the world to provide proof of genetic discrimination. Most cases were found to relate … Continue reading →

From Marc Gunther: Geoengineering: Time to get serious? Imagine a fleet of 1,500 remote-controlled, wind-powered ships, sailing the world’s oceans, spewing salt water into the air to whiten clouds, so they block more of the sun and cool an overheating … Continue reading →

From the Organic Consumers’ Association: In this Briefing, we look at how the US’s agricultural reconstruction work in Afghanistan and Iraq not only gives easy entry to US agribusiness and pushes neoliberal policies, something that has always been a primary … Continue reading →

From AlterNet.org: The Case for Giving Eli Lilly the Corporate Death Penalty Eli Lilly & Company’s rap sheet as a public menace is so long that for Lilly watchers to overcome the “banality-of-Lilly-sleaziness” phenomenon, the drug company must break some … Continue reading →

From a few months ago, but a great question: Will biotech change pharma ethics? Big pharma is continuing to absorb the biotech sector, as the drama over ImClone makes clear.…So perhaps it is no coincidence that medical schools are now … Continue reading →

This isn’t a biotech story, but relevant to those in the biotech industry who manufacture medical devices:Wall Street Journal: Political Lobbying Drove FDA Process The recent approval of a new device to treat knee injuries followed a lobbying campaign that … Continue reading →

From the website CHOICE: Trusted information for Australian consumers: Nanotechnology and food ”Nanofoods” refers to all foods to which manufactured nanoscale food components have been added and/or packaged in materials to which manufactured nanoparticles have been added. Nanotechnology certainly offers … Continue reading →

Hospital Says Fake Data Used in Painkiller Studies A prominent Massachusetts anesthesiologist allegedly fabricated 21 medical studies that claimed to show benefits from painkillers like Vioxx and Celebrex, according to the hospital where he worked. Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Mass., … Continue reading →