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Thermo Fisher Scientific Recognizes Tandem Mass Tag Grant Award Winners

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, announces the winners of the 2022 Thermo Scientific Tandem Mass Tag (TMT) Research Award. Now in its eighth year, the research competition selects scientists from a pool of international applicants...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Collaborates with TransMIT GmbH on a High-Performance Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry Imaging Platform

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, and TransMIT GmbH Center for Mass Spectrometric Developments have announced a co-marketing agreement to promote the use of a mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) platform for spatial multi-omics applications in...

ICMR Gives Guidelines For Drones To Deliver Medical Supplies

The Indian Council of Medical Research, the country's apex agency for biomedical research, has issued guidelines for the use of drones in health. WHAT IS IT USED FOR? The 28-page guide provides step-by-step instructions for gaining regulatory licences for deploying various...

Novartis Victim of Cyberattack But No Sensitive Data Leaked

Cyberattacks affect everyone, including pharmaceutical behemoths like Novartis. The week ending June 4th, specialised IT website Bleeping Computer revealed that Industrial Spy, a hacker gang that operates an extortion marketplace trading stolen information, posted data supposedly taken from Novartis. Fortunately...

Pfizer Commits $120mn In COVID-19 U.S. Oral Drug Production

COVID-19's propensity to fuel domestic drug production hasn't waned two years into the pandemic. Take, for example, Pfizer's new $120 million investment. The company announced on June 6 that it will use the funds to expand manufacturing of its oral...

USFDA Cautions of Heart Issues Post Novavax COVID Vaccine

Even though the company's analysis found it could reduce the likelihood of mild-to-severe disease, the US Food and Drug Administration has expressed concern about a potential hazard of heart inflammation from Novavax Inc's COVID-19 vaccine. Within 20 days of receiving...

300 Drug Brands Chosen To Get QR Codes- Indian Government

The top 300 brands of drugs, including commonly used analgesics, vitamin supplements, anti-platelet medicines, pain relievers, blood-sugar-lowering medicines, and contraceptive tablets, have been shortlisted by India's drug pricing authority and will be required to add QR codes to their packages in...

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