Movers and Shakers
UK biotech Artios Pharma has appointed Eli Lilly’s ex-senior medical director Ian Smith as CMO.
Business Digest
US RNAi therapeutics company Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and healthcare major Sanofi have agreed to conclude the research and option phase of their collaboration.
The protein maker
More than three billion years ago, a self-replicating polymer now known as RNA started catalysing the formation of peptide bonds.
The universe – it’s complex
To gain a grasp of the inherent complexity of our world is not as difficult a task as it may appear at first sight.
Alcohol fuels a problem
The production of wine and beer goes back millennia, spirits have been distilled since the 9th century, and surgery has relied on it as disinfectant and anaesthetic.
Don’t go it alone
The EU’s Special Committee on the authorisation procedure for pesticides has proposed plans to make the pesticide approval procedure more transparent and accountable.
Applied Chemistry
Rubbery ‘smart’ material Researchers in the Syracuse University College of Engineering and Computer Science, US, have developed a new kind of shape memory polymer.
Biomedical
A combination of groups led by Schoichet, Roth, and Irvine performed a massive virtual screening exercise
Payment by results
Two alternative payment models based on patient health and outcomes are to be trialled by the US Department of Health and Human Services
FDA trial guidance
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is looking to modernise its approach to clinical trials