big pharma
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This Swanky Bond Villain Lair For Republican Elites Was Funded By Comcast And Microsoft
Lawmakers attending the Cleveland Republican National Convention where Donald Trump formally clinched the presidential nomination were able to ruminate about what they had done in a luxurious hideaway reportedly funded in part by Microsoft, Comcast, AT&T, Chevron, the Koch family, and Big Pharma.
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Resistance To ‘Last Resort’ Antibiotics Being Spread To Humans By Flies
The agricultural industry has long been considered an enemy of humanity when it comes to recklessly pumping antibiotics into animals. In further evidence that this practice is fuelling a public health crisis, a new study has found a disconcerting trend at Chinese farms: Flies are spreading the gene that gives bacteria resistance to our strongest…
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Moneyball Could Offer Winning Strategy For Drug Development
Nearly one-third of drugs in development ultimately fail during clinical trials because the side effects are just too severe. Researchers at Cornell University have developed a promising new AI tool that better predicts which drug candidates are likely to be too toxic — and it’s based on the Oakland A’s winning strategy, immortalised in the…
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Martin Shkreli Just Got Fired From His Other Job As CEO
Asshat Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical entrepreneur who was arrested last week on charges of security fraud, has been removed from his post as CEO of drugmaker KaloBios.