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NetworkNewsWire Editorial Coverage: Pharmaceutical companies invest enormous amounts of time and money on the research and development of new drugs, typically years in the making and costing millions of dollars. Only occasionally is a new drug developed that’s approved and generates more than $1 billion per year in sales, a benchmark in the industry commonly … Continue reading “Banking on the Next Blockbuster Drug”

NetworkNewsWire Editorial Coverage: As the world has focused on the search for COVID vaccines and therapeutics, biotech IPOs have quietly gone bonkers. As a matter of fact, 2020 is on track to post the highest number of biotech IPOs in over five years. Along the way, biotech companies have managed to raise a lot of … Continue reading “SPACs Surge as Biotech Booms”

NetworkNewsWire Editorial Coverage: The year 2020 has already seen 127 SPAC IPOs, which have collectively raised over $48.5 billion in proceeds — more than the past ten years combined. A special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) is essentially a blank-check company formed to raise capital through an IPO with the sole intent of buying or merging … Continue reading “Blockbuster Year and Bright Horizons for SPACs”

NetworkNewsWire Editorial Coverage: Inflammation typically occurs in the body as a natural response to threats such as infection or injury, but chronic inflammation can cause severe damage and even death. Inflammation is a well-known symptom of multiple infectious diseases. However, multidiscipline research strongly suggests that inflammation is also closely linked with a broad range of … Continue reading “Solving One of the Largest Drivers of Disease: Inflammation”

NetworkNewsWire Editorial Coverage: A leading cause of death in the United States for men and women of most racial and ethnic groups, heart disease is a pervasive health challenge that destroys lives. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) reports that one person dies every 36 seconds from cardiovascular disease. Treating the disease, as well … Continue reading “Innovators in Pharma Sectors See Potential, Promise in Providing Improved Treatments”