Top news of the week: 16.06.2020.

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On Jun 11, 2020
@jonathanrockoff shared
RT @ldtimmerman: Lessons from the HIV epidemic that apply to biotech's mobilization against COVID19. By Vicki Sato, co-founder and chair of @Vir_Biotech https://t.co/V8oSNPJgjw
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Making Drugs at the Edge of Reason

Making Drugs at the Edge of Reason

Editor’s Note: This essay is excerpted from “Biotechnology in the Time of COVID-19” edited by Dr. Jeremy M. Levin. It is printed with permission from RosettaBooks. The book is available ...

On Jun 10, 2020
@BiotechSweden shared
FUJIFILM to Invest $928M in Denmark Biotech Development Site #BioTech via https://t.co/2sI0UxJbpn https://t.co/vjgGmwg5KL
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FUJIFILM to Invest $928M in Denmark Biotech Development Site

FUJIFILM to Invest $928M in Denmark Biotech Development Site

With this capital investment, the site will be able to double its current drug substance manufacturing capacity and enhance its existing assembly operations. Production lines for bulk drug ...

On Jun 13, 2020
@BiotechSweden shared
BIO on Racism, AbbVie Antibodies, IPO Surge & More #BioTech via https://t.co/2sI0UxJbpn https://t.co/UdVELGZbCN
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Biotech Roundup: BIO on Racism, AbbVie Antibodies, IPO Surge & More

Biotech Roundup: BIO on Racism, AbbVie Antibodies, IPO Surge & More

At the start of 2020 thousands of biotechies anticipated spending the second week of June in San Diego, hobnobbing at the annual conference hosted by the

On Jun 13, 2020
@BiotechSweden shared
RT @ChrisPughEdits: JOHN STANFORD: American biotech breaks through on COVID-19 https://t.co/0AFAEOigel
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LIFE | JOHN STANFORD: American biotech breaks through on COVID-19

LIFE | JOHN STANFORD: American biotech breaks through on COVID-19

Several House lawmakers have recently pledged to preemptively strip patent protections from vaccine inventors. These lawmakers claim such measures will help patients by preventing “Big ...

On Jun 12, 2020
@BiotechSweden shared
Biotech firm Regeneron starts trials for coronavirus antibody treatment #BioTech via https://t.co/2sI0UxJbpn https://t.co/egVo5tzpjU
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Biotech firm Regeneron starts trials for coronavirus antibody treatment

Biotech firm Regeneron starts trials for coronavirus antibody treatment

US company says 'antibody cocktail' being tested on humans has ability to both prevent and treat infection

On Jun 11, 2020
@matthewherper shared
RT @jmaxlevin: A pandemic, a funeral, and a chance to help heal the world -- @statnews shares an excerpt from this important read from @DrMichelleBIO in “Biotechnology in the Time of COVID-19." https://t.co/u60gEvMHd6
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A pandemic, a funeral, and a chance to help heal the world

A pandemic, a funeral, and a chance to help heal the world

People tend to negotiate with themselves when faced with difficult situations. I did that with the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

On Jun 12, 2020
@ldtimmerman shared
Inconvenient Truths and Rays of Light. The weekly Frontpoints column. https://t.co/TPmSvFFlHF
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Inconvenient Truths and Rays of Light

Inconvenient Truths and Rays of Light

The information world that we built sometimes has a way of distracting us. It downplays and marginalizes what’s important. Not this week. Let’s start with a few timely, inconvenient truths. ...

On Jun 10, 2020
@BiotechSweden shared
Golden window for India to unleash potential of its biotech sector #BioTech via https://t.co/2sI0UxJbpn https://t.co/GbkFQ0tZe4
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Golden window for India to unleash potential of its biotech sector

Golden window for India to unleash potential of its biotech sector

The only true exit strategy to cope with Covid-19 is science and the onus of finding and distributing the vaccine, which is the only way to win the battle with the virus, lies with the ...