By: Anton Bespalov

Commentary: What if … 
December 23, 2024

Several years ago we discussed potential scenarios related to the outcome of Cassava’s Phase 3 program. To remind our readers, concerns…

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Intentional misconduct or too busy to oversee the lab? 
December 23, 2024

The recent scientific misconduct in the laboratories of Eliezer Masliah is not the first such case and will unfortunately most likely…

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Upcoming symposium: Assessment of benefit of animal research 
December 23, 2024

It is generally recognized that, to produce robust and reliable data, research must be protected against bias. There are various measures…

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Imagine…
December 23, 2024

… you go to a supermarket or a grocery store, buy everything you need, pay at the cashier’s but leave all…

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Webinar: Financing of biomedical innovation: Learning to separate the wheat from the chaff 
December 23, 2024

The misconduct case of Eliezer Masliah highlights once again existing challenges in allocating capital to projects with the most robust and…

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Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater
December 22, 2023

 The pressure to replace animal research with non-animal methods is growing. Earlier this year, NIH has issued a “Request for Information…

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“Home inspections” for life sciences companies going public before clinical proof of concept
December 22, 2023

For over a decade, there is a trend of less specialized investment firms and public equity investors betting on life sciences…

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Sex as a biological variable in preclinical research:  Unforeseen and abused degree of freedom 
December 21, 2023

In many fields of biomedical research, in vivo studies traditionally involved the use of male subjects.  The situation recently started to…

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R script: Sex as a biological variable in preclinical research
December 21, 2023

This is the script which is mentioned in the article HERE.

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“The customer is king!” 
November 2, 2022

Once during our vacation in Greece, our children asked for ice cream after having dinner.  When the waiter was asked about…

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