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Global leaders gather at the NFCR Summit to drive breakthroughs in cancer care

News Medical Health Sciences

The 2024 National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) Global Summit and Award Ceremonies for Cancer Research & Entrepreneurship, co-hosted with the AIM-HI Accelerator Fund, convened the world's top experts across cancer research, biotech entrepreneurship, pharmaceuticals, investment, and patient advocacy.

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SPH Plugs In: Our Favorites This Fall

BU School of Public Health Blog

Eddie Lai Eddie Lai (SPH’19), who studied healthcare management and pharmaceutical development, delivery, and access while a student at SPH, recommends the podcast Freakonomics M.D. Freakonomics M.D. with Bapu Jena, a health economist, practicing internal medicine physician, and professor of health care policy.

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Drugmaker shares drop after RFK Jr. tapped to lead HHS

The Hill

Shares in several pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies have fallen since President-elect Trump announced Thursday that he had tapped vaccine skeptic Robert F. The SPDR S&P Biotech ETF, which tracks the biotech sector, has dropped 3.7 Shares in major pharmaceutical companies are down as well: Pfizer has fallen 4.6