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At meeting on guardrails for gene editing of human embryos, some call for a dead end

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Joung, an early pioneer of the gene-editing technology, was the first to show CRISPR could target and cut DNA inside an embryo — in zebrafish — back in 2013. If, of course, society decided that was a good idea.

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STAT+: Feds accuse CVS of filling ‘thousands’ of illicit opioid prescriptions

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The lawsuit alleged that, since October 2013, CVS knowingly filled prescriptions for “dangerous and excessive quantities” of controlled substances that lacked a legitimate medical purpose, were not valid, and were not issued in the “usual course of professional practice. Department of Justice.

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NPPA monitors the prices of scheduled as well as non-scheduled medicines under DPCO, 2013

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According to the statement published by PIB, The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) is actively overseeing the pricing of both scheduled and non-scheduled medicines under the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013 (DPCO, 2013). Under DPCO, 2013, formulations are categorised into scheduled and non-scheduled drugs.

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Pumping breastmilk in bathrooms is a common, albeit unspoken, practice at health care conferences

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This was back in 2013, when such accommodations were a rarity. Even though Erin Booth was not thrilled about having to travel to Philadelphia for a conference at six weeks postpartum, this one at least advertised having a private lactation space.

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Q&A: The scientific integrity sleuth taking on the widespread problem of research misconduct

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Bik first became interested in plagiarism as a hobby while working as a researcher at Stanford University in 2013. She later began specializing in image duplication specifically, which she believes is a more serious problem for science as a whole. Read the rest…

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STAT+: Goldman Sachs launches $650 million fund for life science investments

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billion was raised by 183 new VC funds, which was the lowest fundraising total for first-timers since 2013, according to Pitchbook. First-time funds have been difficult to raise during the biotech downturn. Last year, around $11.6 Around $25.6 billion had been raised by 556 first-time funds in 2022.

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STAT+: AI drug firm Recursion moves from survival to industry domination

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The company — or, at least, what existed at its founding in 2013 — hoped to pull data from images of healthy and diseased cells, and use that data to identify drugs gathering dust on pharmaceutical company shelves that could be repurposed as rare disease treatments.