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How to Drive Digital Transformation in Life Sciences

August 7, 2023 - Life sciences organizations generate vast amounts of data from diverse sources, including clinical trials, genomics, real-world evidence, and patient monitoring. The data is key to unlocking some of the biggest questions facing the life sciences industry, but organizations need to harness the data using a robust integrated data strategy....

FDA Finalizes Blood Donation Guidelines, Expands Eligibility

May 16, 2023 by Veronica Salib

After months of deliberation and review, the FDA has finally expanded its blood donor eligibility by adjusting its donation guidelines. Joining other developed nations, including the United Kingdom and...

How Structural Racism Has Deterred Minorities from Pursuing Medicine

February 21, 2023 by Veronica Salib

A report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, titled Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations, explained how structural racism has...

Takeda One Ups Pfizer, Moderna with 600,000 SF R&D Office in Cambridge

January 26, 2023 by Hayden Schmidt

Kendall Square is a round table of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, and Tokyo-based Takeda will soon have a seat at that table with its massive new workspace. Takeda, the largest life...

Definitive Healthcare Makes Another Key Life Sciences Acquisition

October 29, 2020 by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Data analytics and business intelligence company Definitive Healthcare continues to expand its footprint in the life sciences space with the acquisition of Monocl, the company announced. Headquartered...

Pharmaceutical Mergers, Acquisitions Down in First Half of 2020

July 28, 2020 by Samantha McGrail

A recent PwC insights analysis found that the pharmaceutical merger and acquisition activity saw a notable decline in the first half of 2020, but the potential for consolidation in specific sub-sectors...

Biotech to be ‘Extremely Active’ in 2020 Mergers and Acquisitions

January 28, 2020 by Ana Mulero

A PriceWaterhouseCoopers report predicts biotechnology firms will be “extremely active” in merger and acquisition activity and drive pharmaceutical firms’ activity in 2020. Last year...

Eli Lilly Snags $470M for NC Drug Manufacturing Plant

January 22, 2020 by Ana Mulero

Eli Lilly will open its first “state-of-the-art” manufacturing facility in North Carolina for the manufacturing of injectable products and delivery devices, the Indianapolis firm said...

2020 Poised to be Another Life Sciences M&A ‘Mega’ Year

January 16, 2020 by Ana Mulero

2020 will be another blockbuster year for life sciences mergers and acquisitions, according to a recent report from Ernst & Young Health Sciences and Wellness. And companies' interest in...

Definitive Healthcare Acquires PatientFinder, Eyes Life Sciences

January 14, 2020 by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Nearly a year to the day after acquiring a portion of HIMSS Analytics, data analytics and business intelligence company Definitive Healthcare has announced the acquisition of software analytics firm...

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