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Pharma manufacturers using smart glasses for virtual POV
Big pharma is adopting Google Glass-type tech to remotely advise and monitor manufacturing operators, says the company licensing the handsfree tech.
Archives for October 29, 2015
Graphene could strip polluting medicines from wastewater
Pollution caused by pharmaceuticals in wastewater is a major challenge facing the industry, but researchers in Greece may have come up with a solution.
Women less likely to be prescribed post-heart attack drugs, researchers find
Younger women are less likely than younger men to be prescribed or fill their medication after a heart attack, new research shows.
Pfizer-Allergan megamerger report prompts speculation about fallout for CROs
Reports Pfizer is considering buying Allergan to create a company worth $330bn have once again raised fears of disruption for contract research organisations (CRO), although there are reasons to think the deal would be less troublesome than earlier...
Pressure group floats idea of government-backed clinical trial awareness campaign
The Coalition for Clinical Trials Awareness (CCTA) has called for a federally-supported public health campaign to make people more aware of drug research and the value of participating in studies.
Self-guide nanomotor delivers, according to Dutch study
Researchers have taken a step closer to nanomotor-based drug delivery by creating a tiny motor to follow a chemical path towards target cells.