Top news of the week: 25.03.2021.
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Oramed Forms Joint Venture Company to Develop Oral COVID-19 Vaccines
Jerusalem’s clinical-stage pharmaceutical company Oramed Pharmaceuticals is forming a joint venture with Premas Biotech to develop novel oral COVID-19 vaccine candidates.
Zimmermann replaces ex-Roche pRED chief as Inotrem CEO
Inotrem has named Sven Zimmermann as CEO. Zimmermann joins the inflammatory disease biotech after overseeing a series of deals at former employers including Novimmune’s asset sale to Sobi ...
Biotech takes on racial and social equity. Are the efforts sustainable?
From holding Covid-19 vaccination events in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood to building programs that target longstanding inequities, the Bay Area biotech industry is stepping into ...
What Biotech Can Expect From the Biden Administration's Agricultural Policy Agenda
With Katherine Tai confirmed unanimously by the Senate as the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack in place at the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
Those NDA plans Odonate had for mid-'21? They're being scrapped — along with the entire biotech — in a sudden implosion
Last summer, San Diego-based Odonate $ODT CEO Kevin Tang enthusiastically sought to bolster investors’ enthusiasm for the company with what the biotech called “a potential important ...
Deep Dive: Retaining Employees in the Life Sciences Industry
Are looking to relocate: 15% Khan and Jabbar, in a 2013 study published in Business and Management Research, noted, “the question of how to retain the existing employees is …
Fujifilm Diosynth Plans $2B Cell Culture Facility in Holly Springs, NC
Two months after announcing plans to build a $2 billion cell culture manufacturing facility in the United States, Fujifilm has finally revealed the location—Holly Springs, NC, a 25-minute ...
RDIF and Stelis Biopharma partner to supply 200 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine
RDIF and Stelis Biopharma partner to supply 200 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccineMoscow, March 19, 2021 – The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia’s sovereign ...