Florida BioTechnology News

Thousands to join ‘March For Science Miami’ in a global day of action http://ow.ly/y9rD30avQoG

Thousands to join ‘March For Science Miami’ in a global day of action... There is a major movement afoot to demonstrate that science is a living endeavor being done by real people here in Miami. On Earth Day,...

Study Shows Growing Share of Medicine List Prices Going to Rebates and Supply Chain http://ow.ly/gDL23098gbC

New First-of-Its-Kind Study Shows Growing Share of Medicine List Prices... Robust competition in the private marketplace is resulting in increasingly higher rebates and discounts on medicine prices, according to a new...

However much President Trump wants to lower consumer drug costs, his power to do so is limited http://ow.ly/tBhl3095fet

Skyrocketing Prescription-Drug Prices Are a More Intractable Problem... Donald Trump will soon discover that it's easier to rail against skyrocketing prescription drug costs than it is to lower them.

Disputed CRISPR Patents Stay with Broad Institute, U.S. Panel Rules http://ow.ly/JQD63092LYE

Disputed CRISPR Patents Stay with Broad Institute, U.S. Panel Rules Three judges have released their decision

Human Gene Editing Receives Science Panel’s Support http://ow.ly/kMKL3090VnY

Human Gene Editing Receives Science Panel’s Support Pressed by controversial, advancing technology, an influential committee laid out the conditions under which human embryos might be engineered with...

AGTC Selected as Top Company in the University of Florida’s 2017 Gator100 http://ow.ly/bvhF308XhvJ

AGTC Selected as Top Company in the University of Florida’s 2017 Gator100 GAINESVILLE, Fla., and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 10, 2017-- Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation, a biotechnology company conducting human...

Medosome Biotec Awarded Small Business Technology Transfer Research Grants from the NIH http://ow.ly/jIug308Xhms

Medosome Biotec Awarded Small Business Technology Transfer Research... A resident company of the Sid Martin Biotechnology Institute at the University of Florida, Medosome Biotec identifies drugs to treat pediatric...

Scientists Open Their Labs to Colleagues Stranded by Trump’s Immigration Ban http://ow.ly/smER308D2BG

Science Solidarity EMBO is an organization of more than 1700 leading researchers that promotes excellence in the life sciences. The major goals of the organization...

Trump promises to speed up drug approvals http://ow.ly/Soiv308xaFT

Trump promises to speed up drug approvals “We’re gonna be changing a lot of the rules. We’re going to be ending global free loading,” President Donald Trump said.

Miami startup developing epilepsy drugs raises $3 million http://ow.ly/pFFW308q9pH

Miami biotech startup developing epilepsy drugs raises $3 million Miami-based Biscayne Pharmaceuticals has raised financing for its new spin-out – Biscayne Neurotherapeutics – established to develop BIS-001, a...

Scientists' March on Washington: The responsible application of science to government http://www.scientistsmarchonwashington.com/

Scientists' March on Washington The responsible application of science to government

Modeling Done Right: More Than Guesswork And Better Than Fake News http://ow.ly/E4cb308hlLz

Biotech Modeling Done Right: More Than Guesswork And Better Than Fake News It's easy to dismiss biotechnology forecasting, modeling and valuation as guesswork, support for wishful thinking or a method by which to reverse...