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Sasha Mortimer

Pharm Country
Quitting Time? The Role Failure Plays in Pharmaceutical Innovations
While many consider failure to be a completely negative experience, that’s not always the case, as every failure is still a lesson learned. Occasionally, these failures can even lead to some of the biggest breakthroughs in medical history.
November 5, 2018
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Sasha Mortimer
Drug Development
Scientists Create Human Eggs Using Stem Cells from Blood for the First Time
In a monumental new breakthrough, scientists in Japan have created an immature human egg using stem cells that were created from blood cells. While immature human eggs have been successfully created in the lab before, this marks the first time that researchers have been able to do it using human blood.
October 10, 2018
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Sasha Mortimer
Policy
Science Has a Sexual Harassment Problem – Here’s What’s Being Done About it
Sexual harassment has been a big focus in the news as of late, but much of this focus has been primarily concerned with the harassment issues in Hollywood and the political sphere. However, the scientific community has long been criticized for being a hostile environment for women as well.
October 4, 2018
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3 min read
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Sasha Mortimer
Pharm Country
Technology Is Revolutionizing Clinical Trials: Here’s How
Technology has had a massive impact on basically every area of life. One very important part of medical research that technology has been having a noticeable impact on is clinical trials.
October 2, 2018
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4 min read
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Sasha Mortimer
BioCapital
The Latest News in Cannabis Clinical Trials
There has been quite a lot of big news coming out involving cannabis as of late, with much of this news being in regard to clinical trials and government approvals. All of these clinical trials are helping to further our knowledge of cannabis’s potential medical benefits and safety as a medication, and they are opening the way for more research to be done down the line as well.
September 27, 2018
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Sasha Mortimer
Policy
Pharma Companies React to Employers and Health Plans Excluding New Therapies Based on Cost
Recently, a few companies and government programs have decided to enact their own plans that they believe will help bring down the cost of new therapies. Pharmaceutical companies have begun asserting their positions on the topic.
September 24, 2018
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3 min read
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Sasha Mortimer
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