Monthly Archives: July 2015
Juno CEO: ‘Can our own T-cells eat a solid tumor? The answer is yes’
Juno CEO Hans Bishop went on CNBC Friday morning to talk about how immunotherapy works at a cellular level, and made it sound even more surreal. “If you ask the question, ‘Can our own T-cells eat a solid tumor?’ the answer is yes,” Bishop said.
California Nurses Association wins organizing vote at big Kaiser hospital in Los Angeles
The Oakland-based California Nurses Association won a big union-organizing vote Thursday night at Kaiser Permanente’s Los Angeles Medical Center, according to the union. The tally was 696 votes for CNA and 305 votes for a rival union, United Nurses Associations of California.
Overland Park-based Teva’s parent plans $40.5B deal
Teva Neuroscience Inc.’s parent company plans to acquire the generics unit ofAllergan for $40.5 billion, a deal that will vault Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. into the top ranks of global drug manufacturers, The Wall Street Journalreports.
‘Superbugs’ create new challenges for hospital supply chain
http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/superbugs-create-new-challenges-hospital-supply-chain
Though antibiotic-resistant bugs aren’t new, their rise in U.S. healthcare institutions is leading hospitals to stock up on supplies.
HENRY KOTULA 