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Winning the Nobel Prize in chemistry generates a flood of phone calls, emails and invitations, which really was not a surprise to Sir. Fraser Stoddart, PhD, one of a trio of chemists who took the 2016 honors.

Academia and business don’t always mix, but Agnete B. Fredriksen of Norway has found the formula.

Often the greatest value of a company is not its buildings and equipment but its plans and creations. A firm’s intellectual property (IP) – its collective ideas, inventions and brainpower – is not always easily measured and often overlooked. Safeguarding it and maximizing its potential can give businesses – especially those in the life science […]

While pharmaceutical companies in Sweden and the United Kingdom claim to police their own marketing practices, when it comes to promoting products, a long list of violations tells a different story, according to a recent study by three researchers from the University of Lund, Sweden. The researchers, Anna V. Zetterqvist, Juan Merlo and Shai Mulinari, […]

Packaging and shipping pharmaceuticals has become like navigating an obstacle course. There are national and international regulations to follow, the recipient’s requirements, the common-sense factor (are they going to a cold or hot place, are they made from chemical compounds or biological materials) and ensuring medications’ safety from adverse conditions and theft. “The biggest challenge […]

As the life sciences industry continues to expand, logistics’ approaches will become more specialized, regulated and complex, as aging populations and climate change result in more and  varied ailments and temperature-sensitive products are shipped to new markets, and even directly to patients, according to a study on life sciences’ logistics’ trends over the next five […]