Life Science Connect Blog
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How Bill Gates Is “Drawing” Pharma Into The Future
1/14/2015
Over the past year, there has been an explosion of debate about the necessity of being vaccinated for illnesses that had been eradicated or have seen lower death rates. I’m not going to enter this argument; rather, I’m more intrigued by a project that has been put forth to celebrate the progress made in global health care with vaccines
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FDA Launches Pharma Quality Office To Improve Drug Manufacturing, Agency Teamwork
1/14/2015
We should expect to see even more attention lavished on pharmaceutical quality in 2015. This week, the FDA announced the launch of its long planned-for Office of Pharmaceutical Quality (OPQ).
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Has AbbVie Started A Hep C Drug Pricing Revolution?
1/7/2015
Right before the holidays, the FDA gave a nod to Viekira Pak, a new AbbVie drug cocktail credited with curing over 90 percent of those with genotype 1 hep C. Overall, it was a considerable year for HCV treatments. . 2014 was also the year of the “Great Pricing Wars.”