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Lilly, CureVac Partner on RNA Cancer Drugs in $1.8B Deal
Drug maker Eli Lilly and Company and biotechnology company CureVac AG agreed to develop a series of cancer immunotherapies based on CureVac’s messenger RNA technology.
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Phone App Screens for Postpartum Depression
A new smartphone app helps detect depression among women who recently gave birth, and optionally gathers data for continued research on the disorder.
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Scientifically-Proven Ways to Make Your Employees Happier
To turn to science to find the things that are proven to make employees happier. You can look at business studies, as well as psychological theories and phenomena.
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First Trial of Alzheimer’s Drug Underway
The first clinical trial is underway of a therapy for stopping the progression of Alzheimer’s disease that purports to rebuild neural connections in the brain.
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Univ. Spin-Off Reports Cancer Immunotherapy Advance
A highly targeted synthetic antibody, developed by a university spin-off enterprise, was shown to destroy human breast cancer cells grafted in lab mice.
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Online Game Harnessed to Combat Foodborne Toxins
A consortium of companies and university labs is recruiting participants in an online computer game to design synthetic proteins to neutralize a toxin that contaminates food crops.
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Roche, Biotech to Discover New Antibiotics
A biotechnology company that discovers new drugs through detailed genomic analysis is partnering with drug maker Roche to find new treatments for bacterial infections that resist current antibiotics.
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Flashback: Drug Pricing Reform Even Big Pharma Might Like
Science & Enterprise is taking a break From 2 to 13 October. Until then, we will re-run some of our recent special reports. Our regular posts will return on 16 October. 2 May 2016. At a press event in Washington, D.C. last week, Representative Lloyd Doggett of Texas, a champion of lower prescription drug prices,…
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Taking a Break
Science & Enterprise is taking a two-week break. During this time, we will repost stories with our special reporting in recent months.
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Infographic – Europe’s High Value Tech Companies
Our friends at Statista this week collected the top European technology companies in market value, displayed in this chart.