SAN DIEGO – The Russian government is making a push to diversify its economy away from oil and gas into technology-based industries, including biomedical research.

SAN DIEGO – At the BIO International Convention, BIO Ventures for Global Health (BVGH) announced a partnership with the National Universities Commission (NUC) of Nigeria to place Nigerian academics at pharmaceutical and biotech companies.

In a Thursday session at BIO 2014 next week, attendees will get a lesson from a panel of experts on how to get a piece of the government funding available for companies developing medical countermeasures (MCMs).

In a Thursday session at BIO 2014 next week, attendees will get a lesson from a panel of experts on how to get a piece of the government funding available for companies developing medical countermeasures (MCMs).

Last week, the FDA launched OpenFDA, an initiative to make public FDA data available through an application program interface (API), which allows mobile phone app and web developers to access the data directly and present them on websites and mobile apps.

It's hard to build up scientific knowledge and search for targeted drugs if the foundation isn't solid. But that's exactly what companies have found over the years.

The average cost per month for a branded oncology drug treatment in the U.S. is about $10,000, around double where it was a decade ago, according to a new report by IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics.

One sure sign that specialty pharma sector M&A is on fire: companies in the process of closing acquisition deals are acquiring companies while they wait for antitrust regulators to sign off on their deal.

The complement system is designed to kill pathogens through a signal cascade that results in cell lysis, removal of the pathogens through phagocytosis, and alerting other immune system cells to help with infections. Signals come from three different pathways – classical, lectin and alternative – culminating at the C3 protein of the cascade.

The complement system is designed to kill pathogens through a signal cascade that results in cell lysis, removal of the pathogens through phagocytosis, and alerting other immune system cells to help with infections. Signals come from three different pathways – classical, lectin and alternative – culminating at the C3 protein of the cascade.