Hello, everyone, and how are you today? We are just fine, thank you, despite the miserable downpour that is turning the Pharmalot grounds into a soggy mess. Our short person successfully navigated the path to the local schoolhouse and our official mascots are resting comfortably in their corners. This leaves us to accomplish the task at hand, which is to forage for interesting items and pass along tidbits. And so, here they are. Hope your day is simply smashing and you conquer the world. Best of luck with that and do keep in touch …
The U.S. government is working to persuade other countries not to adopt recommendations made by the United Nations High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines, considering them to be ideologically driven and dangerous to economic growth, Intellectual Property Watch reports. The U.N. report, which was released in 2016, contains several proposals that have previously caused struggles with the pharmaceutical industry.
The New York City government is soliciting proposals for creating an ambitious life sciences hub, according to Forbes. The plan includes investing $100 million to create a new applied life sciences campus, providing $50 million in capital to a network of up to eight non-profit research facilities for new commercial work spaces and job growth, investing $10 million in incubators, and $300 million in tax incentives to create commercial lab space.
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