Tag Archives: Public health

NIH Director Speaks Out on the Institutes' New Remit

By Guest Blogger | Published: January 26, 2011
As the National Institutes for Health hits the headlines over its remit to help develop new medicines, Director Francis Collins talks to Pharm Exec about the new initiatives he sees as critical for innovation, industry and public health. Francis Collins devoted more than 15 years in the lab to deciphering the human genome. Ten years later, [...]
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Pharma Celebrates its Own

By Andrew Sheivachman | Published: October 7, 2009
At the gala ceremony for the 2009 Prix Galien USA award on October 1, a paradigm shift in drug development took center stage. “The most successful new [cancer] therapies will be based on a precise molecular understanding of disease basis—that’s exactly what we did with Gleevec,” said keynote speaker Brian Druker, director of the Oregon Health [...]
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Prix Galien Push for Private/Public Collaboration

By Andrew Sheivachman | Published: October 6, 2009
Preceding the presentation of the 2009 Prix Galien USA prizes, last Tuesday, a round table discussion was conducted at the American Museum of Natural History on the subject of how public and private collaboration can increase innovation and contribute to saving lives around the world. The talk included Leonard Bell of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Barry Bloom [...]
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