FarmaKology Newsletter - Issue #27

Jan 10, 2020

Today's Startup

AiCure

AiCure is an AI and advanced data analytics company targeting the healthcare industry. Our proprietary intelligent software captures and understands video, audio, and behavioral data to establish the link between patients, disease and treatment.

News

Hikma and Arecor announce exclusive agreement to develop and commercialise ready-to-use medicine using Arestat™ technology

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC , the multinational generic pharmaceutical company, and Arecor Ltd, the biopharmaceutical company advancing today’s therapies to enable healthier lives, today announce they have entered into an exclusive agreement to co-develop a new, ready-to-use injectable medicine in the US through Hikma’s affiliate, Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.

Texas woman hospitalized for mercury poisoning linked to cosmetic products purchased in Mexico

The Texas Department of State Health Services is warning consumers after a woman was hospitalized with mercury poisoning after using a cosmetic product from Mexico.The Texas woman was hospitalized after a pharmacy in Mexico mixed a face cream, apparently adding mercury to a name brand product, according to the DSHS.

'Remote' pharmacies bill OK'd by Michigan Legislature

People could pick up prescriptions at Michigan pharmacies that are not staffed by an on-site pharmacist under a bill that cleared the Legislature on Wednesday and will go to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for her signature.The measure would allow for "remote" pharmacies, which proponents support as a way to expand access to pharmacy services and improve health outcomes in rural and underserved areas.