Category: Health
The timing was tragic. Merck embraced a vital mission in 2014 when it began developing an Ebola vaccine in collaboration with Canada’s public health agency and NewLink Genetics, not long after the deadly virus broke out in West Africa. Effective vaccines take months to create, and by the time V920 could be deployed, the disease had claimed […]
Source: Fortune
Category: AmCham News
According to data from Apeland and Norstat, only 5% of the population in Norway considers the pharmaceutical industry to be trustworthy, with only 52% of Norwegian survey respondents reporting any familiarity with the industry at all. With these statistics as a starting point, a panel consisting of senior representatives from the pharmaceutical industry, politicians and […]
Category: Government
Takket være politisk vilje og et nybrottsarbeid i Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet får vi endelig på plass en indikator for å måle den kliniske studieaktiviteten på norske sykehus. Dette vil medføre at vi får et godt datagrunnlag som kan være nyttig for styring, prioritering og tilrettelegging av et godt tilbud for pasientdeltakelse i kliniske studier. For […]
Source: LMI
Category: Health
Norsk Industri og Siemens har kåret den norske delen av amerikanske Thermo Fisher Scientific til Norges smarteste industribedrift 2018. «Et industrieventyr», skriver juryen i sin begrunnelse. Med utgangspunkt i Ugelstadkulene, har bedriften utviklet nye teknikker og metoder for å stille presise diagnoser og skreddersy kreftmedisin. Bedriften ble i fjor høst tildelt TUs teknologipris Norwegian Tech Award. […]
Source: Teknisk Ukeblad
Category: AmCham News
“The more diversity and perspectives, the richer the ideas. Diversity is important – not only in gender or age, but diversity in background, too. I think that is a source for boundless creativity.” Having arrived at MSD Norway in July 2017, AmCham’s newly elected Board Member, Dr. Ans Heirman, is passionate about science and innovation. […]
Source: AmCham