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STAT Plus: FDA closes review of Novartis data integrity scandal without punishing the drug maker

NewsemiaApril 1, 2020

by NewsemiaApril 1, 2020034

An embarrassing scandal that Novartis (NVS) endured over data integrity has quietly come to a close, with the Food and Drug Administration instructing the drug...

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Deploy a FAQ Bot with QnA Maker, Azure Bot Service and Telegram

NewsemiaMarch 25, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 25, 2020037

Today, more and more mobile devices are integrating ‘bots’ to interact and anticipate the tastes of users. The word bot is derived from the term robot...

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STAT Plus: An Indian drug maker is slammed by FDA for tossing ‘cartloads of trash bags’ filled with documents

NewsemiaMarch 24, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 24, 2020030

Amid global anxiety over the novel coronavirus, a newly issued warning letter by the Food and Drug Administration serves as a reminder that quality manufacturing...

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A drug maker recently doubled the price of chloroquine — but in response to the coronavirus pandemic, it’s cutting it in half

NewsemiaMarch 20, 2020

by NewsemiaMarch 20, 202008

WASHINGTON — A company that makes a medication increasingly touted as a promising coronavirus treatment, known as chloroquine, doubled the drug’s price in late 2019...

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AI chatbot maker Babylon Health attacks clinician in PR stunt after he goes public with safety concerns

NewsemiaFebruary 26, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 26, 2020043

UK startup Babylon Health pulled app data on a critical user in order to create a press release in which it publicly attacks the UK...

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STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Big pharma isn’t stepping up to make a coronavirus vaccine; Chinese drug maker threatens Gilead patent

NewsemiaFebruary 12, 2020

by NewsemiaFebruary 12, 2020043

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the middle of the week. Congratulations on making it this far and remember, there are only a few more...

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FDA Tells Purell Maker to Stop Making False Claims

NewsemiaJanuary 29, 2020

by NewsemiaJanuary 29, 2020014

The agency warned Gojo Industries that unsubstantiated claims that Purell can help prevent illnesses such as the flu, Ebola virus, norovirus and the MRSA superbug...

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FDA issues stern warning to Purell hand sanitizer maker

NewsemiaJanuary 29, 2020

by NewsemiaJanuary 29, 2020013

The U.S. Food and Drug Administrator has issued a strict warning to Purell-maker GOJO Industries, which claims it hand sanitizers can kill pathogens that cause...

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ByteDance & TikTok have secretly built a deepfakes maker

NewsemiaJanuary 6, 2020

by NewsemiaJanuary 6, 2020021

TikTok parent company ByteDance has built technology to let you insert your face into videos starring someone else. TechCrunch has learned that ByteDance has developed...

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Intel Acquires Artificial Intelligence Chip Maker Habana for $2 Billion – Forbes

NewsemiaDecember 17, 2019

by NewsemiaDecember 17, 201902

Intel Acquires Artificial Intelligence Chip Maker Habana for $2 Billion Forbes Source link...

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Minnesota sues e-cigarette maker Juul over youth vaping rise

NewsemiaDecember 5, 2019

by NewsemiaDecember 5, 201904

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison sued Juul Labs on Wednesday, accusing the e-cigarette maker of unlawfully targeting young people with its products to get a...

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Purdue’s Richard Sackler proposed plan to play down OxyContin risks, and wanted drug maker feared ‘like a tiger,’ files show

NewsemiaDecember 3, 2019

by NewsemiaDecember 3, 201901

PIKEVILLE, Ky. — In the early days of OxyContin, Dr. Richard Sackler, a member of the billionaire family that founded and controls Purdue Pharma, learned...

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Amazon, maker of racist and sexist facial recog, to suggest regulations for facial recog systems

NewsemiaNovember 25, 2019

by NewsemiaNovember 25, 201903

Now we’re really scared Amazon is drafting proposals for the regulation of facial recognition technology.… Source link...

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A drug maker courted controversy when it shut out a family-run rival. Now some patients say the medicine isn’t working

NewsemiaNovember 17, 2019

by NewsemiaNovember 17, 201902

Last February, Barbara Moore switched to a new medicine to combat a rare neuromuscular disease that had plagued her for nearly a quarter of a...

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The Maker of White Claw Is Now a Multibillionaire, Thanks to the Hard Seltzer Craze

NewsemiaNovember 10, 2019

by NewsemiaNovember 10, 201906

Fresh out of college in the early 1970s, Anthony von Mandl opened a wine-importing business in his native Vancouver. He struggled to get Canada’s liquor...

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Amazon, maker of racist and sexist facial recog, to suggest regulations for facial recog systems

NewsemiaOctober 20, 2019

by NewsemiaOctober 20, 201901

Now we’re really scared Amazon is drafting proposals for the regulation of facial recognition technology.… Source link...

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Africa's top smartphone maker soars 64% in debut on China's tech market

NewsemiaSeptember 30, 2019

by NewsemiaSeptember 30, 201905

Africa’s top smartphone maker soars 64% in debut on China’s tech market Source link...

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E-Cigarette Maker Juul Stops All Advertising, Replaces CEO

NewsemiaSeptember 26, 2019

by NewsemiaSeptember 26, 201905

E-Cigarette Maker Juul Stops All Advertising, Replaces CEO Source link...

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STAT Plus: Catalyst stock dives, although the fledgling drug maker has no idea why

NewsemiaSeptember 24, 2019

by NewsemiaSeptember 24, 201905

For the second time in two weeks, Catalyst Pharmaceuticals stock dived substantially, although the drug maker was at a loss to explain the latest drop....

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Maker Halts Distribution of Generic Zantac Due to Possible Carcinogen

NewsemiaSeptember 20, 2019

by NewsemiaSeptember 20, 201904

A distribution halt is not the same as a full recall, and it means that generic Zantac (ranitidine) remaining on store shelves can still be...