The Netherlands is a leader in the life sciences and biotech industry, ranked as No.4 worldwide for medical technology patent applications and No. 9 worldwide for biotechnology patent applications. More than 2,500 life sciences, medical technology companies and research organisations call the country home, and the region has attracted major multinational companies, including Johnson &…
Belarus Ambulance Doctors: Underpaid And Overworked, by Vadzim Smok, Posted on BelarusDigest Leading up to New Year’s Eve and throughout the first week of 2014, employees of the Minsk municipal ambulance service launched a protest. They are demanding a raise in salaries and improved labour conditions. The healthcare sector in Belarus remains financed by the state and has…
Another Roche move against biosimilars: Kadcyla now approved in EU, Posted on Biosilimar News Roche today announced that Kadcyla (trastuzumab emtansine or T-DM1), the latest targeted medicine from its HER2 franchise and its first antibody-drug conjugate, has been approved by the European Commission for people with previously treated HER2-positive advanced breast cancer. Specifically, Kadcyla is indicated as a…
