by admin | Jun 15, 2020 | news
An annual survey of pharma sales rep salaries showed another year-over-year increase, but it also revealed concerns about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Salaries averaged more than $150,000 in 2019, for an increase of 6%. However, three-fourths of the pharma...
by admin | May 4, 2020 | news
A new study out of China has tied T cell activation to Roche’s IL-6 inhibitor Actemra, which has shown some early effect in treating cytokine storm in severe COVID-19 patients. Meanwhile, the National Institutes of Health has kicked off a “Shark...
by admin | May 2, 2020 | news
COVID-19 is making the case for accelerating the move to more value-based models of care. Hospitals’ financial struggles as they pause elective procedures during the pandemic highlight the weaknesses in a volume-based system, said Craig Samitt, M.D., CEO of...
by admin | Mar 16, 2020 | news
It’s a pretty extraordinary story that started off with a CEO exiting a biotech and has now become about the U.S. president allegedly wanting to lure that biotech over to the U.S. to build a vaccine for the coronavirus—but just for Americans. Maybe it was...
by admin | Jul 15, 2019 | news
When a new drug is approved, the developer usually trumpets its ability to fill an unmet medical need. But a German agency that evaluates the quality of medical treatments disagrees is calling for an international reform of drug development and approval. In...
