Driving overall development of Xinjiang's pharmaceutical industry

Li Ke'ao, a member of the Xinjiang Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and vice-general manager of New CICON, a pharmaceutical company based in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, shares insights into the...

The sixth meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Hungarian Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in Ashgabat.

01 October 2025 118 The sixth meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Hungarian Commission on Economic Cooperation was held in Ashgabat. The sixth regular meeting of the Intergovernmental Turkmen-Hungarian Commission on Economic Cooperation was...

Editor’s Note–October 2025

While no one would describe any prosthesis as simple, the general requirements of a lower-limb prosthesis are fairly straightforward—enable weight bearing, provide stability, and restore mobility for the user. Upper-limb prostheses, however, are...

The Human Factor in Upper-Limb OI

While upper-limb osseointegration (OI) offers an expanding menu of benefits as research progresses, some with upper-limb loss may not consider it a desirable option. Brooke O’Steen, OTR, upper extremity clinical and educational specialist,...

M&A Picks Up, Walmsley Moves On, Pfizer’s MFN Deal and Hope for Huntington’s

> Listen on Spotify > Listen on Apple Products > Listen on Amazon Music > Listen on iHeart Genmab closed out a busy third quarter for M&A in biopharma, picking up cancer biotech Merus for $8 billion. This deal—the year’s fifth largest—came just a...

Indegene announces acquisition of BioPharm to Expand AI-Driven Marketing and AdTech for Global Pharma

Indegene announced the strategic acquisition of BioPharm, a Pennsylvania-based specialized marketing services agency and part of Omnicom Health Group. This acquisition by ILSL Inc., a subsidiary of Indegene Limited, strengthens Indegene's...

Bristol Myers, Takeda to pool data for AI-based drug discovery

By Sneha S K (Reuters) -Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY), Takeda Pharmaceuticals (TEVA) and Astex Pharmaceuticals (TEVA) are coming together to share proprietary data for training an artificial intelligence model to assist drug discovery and...

Tools & Techniques to Mitigate Pain Associated With Upper-Limb Loss

Prosthetics providers and their patients are all too familiar with the persistent types of pain experienced by more than half a million Americans with upper-limb loss—a number that is projected to double by 2050.1 In a cross-sectional survey of...

Understanding Medical Necessity: Elevating the Role of Clinical Documentation

Medical necessity is a term frequently encountered in O&P—particularly in the context of insurance coverage, audits, and appeals. Yet despite its ubiquity, it remains widely misunderstood. A common misconception persists, that reimbursement...

How to Develop a New Body-Powered Terminal Device: A Story of Opportunities and Challenges

The Utah Terminal Device (UTD) project began in 1978 at a University of Utah lab, the Center for Engineering Design, known for bionic arms and cutting-edge technology in robotics and other medical areas. At the time, the standard for...

An Upper-Limb Osseointegration Conversation With Dr. Rickard Brånemark

In The O&P EDGE, October 2025, Rickard Brånemark, MD, PhD, founder and board member of Integrum AB, shared his ideas about current research concerning upper-limb osseointegration and the progress of his own clinical trials with the new e-OPRA...

Sensation and Feelings—TSR in Upper-Limb Osseointegration

While life is all about feelings, adding the extra value of targeted sensory reinnervation (TSR) brings more complexities to the osseointegration (OI) upper-limb mix than one might imagine. The Role of Sensation “Nerves are a two-way street that...

Upper-Limb Osseointegration: Connections on a Higher Plane

That differences exist between lower- and upper-limb osseointegration (OI) processes surprises no one. Although by definition upper- and lower-limb OI systems both attach the prosthesis directly to the bone, avoiding the use of a socket, weight...

Using Medical Ethics to Prevent Burnout in O&P

In my 40-year O&P career, I practiced in several hospital-based and private facilities. Some of those years overlapped with my 20 years as an adjunct instructor of philosophy where I taught medical ethics. I recently read an article that touched...

Pharmacies can test & treat flu cases immediately this flu season, NC Department of Health says

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesady issued standing orders allowing pharmacists to test and treat influenza. According to the order, pharmacists will be able to evaluate people 5 years old and older who are...

Pfizer Reaches Deal on Most-Favored Nation Drug Pricing; Other Pharmas Expected to Follow

Pfizer is the first big pharmaceutical company to reach an agreement with the Trump administration over most-favored nation drug pricing, a deal that lowers U.S. prices of certain medications and makes them available directly to patients through...

New Jersey is Poised to Become a Life Sciences Leader

Sponsored content brought to you by When you think of New Jersey, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Bruce Springsteen? The Sopranos? How about a leader in life sciences research and innovation? The state has become deeply rooted in life...

Moderna opens new vaccine facility in boost for UK pharmaceutical industry

Child deaths reported in MP allegedly due to contaminated cough syrup, experts initiate probe

At least six children succumbed to death in Chhindwara city of Madhya Pradesh owing to kidney failure and the district authorities suspect a link to the role of allegedly contaminated cough syrup in the tragedy. The authorities allege that the...

RFK Jr. Pushes Back on Vaccine Life-Saving Claims

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said deaths from infectious disease had already fallen before vaccines were introduced, challenging charts presented in Congress that credit vaccines alone with preventing millions of deaths. By yourNEWS...