Pharma news

05/08-10 kl. 06:00 World / Pharma

Copenhagen obesity guru pushes up share prices

The effects of an editorial by University of Copenhagen weight-loss researcher Arne Astrup can be felt on the US stock market

See also:: Weight loss hero or sweet-toothed villain?

20/07-10 kl. 14:24 World / Pharma

Philosopher fights for fair drug prices

The University Post meets Thomas Pogge, a philosopher with a utopian yet pragmatic plan to make life-saving drugs against the »diseases of poverty« available to all, at the lowest possible price

See also:: Comment: Making malaria pills profitable

16/07-10 kl. 06:00 Campus / Pharma

Internationals flock to new pharma MSc

Almost half the students starting on the new MSc in Pharmaceutical Science are from abroad

12/05-10 kl. 06:00 Campus / Pharma

Bosnia-network converges on the study of drugs

A large group of students from Bosnia have made the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences their home

See also:: Lobbying in Copenhagen for EU membership

10/04-10 kl. 06:00 Politics / Pharma

Cuts force pharma to shed 4,200 teaching hours

The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences is to cut 4,200 teaching hours in the coming academic year. This raises concerns among students and business

07/04-10 kl. 11:38 Research / Pharma

Programme predicts the effects of medicine

Danish scientists have developed a computer programme which predicts how drugs are absorbed in the body

20/07-10 kl. 14:00 Debate / Pharma

Comment: Making malaria pills profitable

A Health Impact Fund would encourage research into neglected diseases such as malaria, by making cures for the diseases of the poor as lucrative as new hair loss remedies, writes philosopher Thomas Pogge

See also:: Philosopher fights for fair drug prices

25/03-10 kl. 12:45 Research / Pharma

Researchers dispute breast screening study

New study shows that breast cancer screening has no effect on mortality rates. University of Copenhagen researchers disagree, calling the data 'polluted'

24/02-10 kl. 17:00 Research / Pharma

Beyond the code

Nature can only get you so far: Kristian Strømgaard and his team are now taking the next step

See also:: Quest for the genetics of obesity and diabetes

19/02-10 kl. 07:00 Research / Pharma

Scientists set off fruit juice worries

High levels of antimony, which may cause cancer, have been found in fruit juices. Maybe a health risk for consumers, say University of Copenhagen chemists

Protests against job losses at the the university

03/02-10 kl. 13:15 Politics / Pharma / Life Science / Science / Health Science

Firing at home, hiring abroad

The University of Copenhagen is firing its own staff while actively seeking international PhDs. This apparent paradox has a simple explanation, according to the Faculty Director of Life Sciences

03/02-10 kl. 13:01 Politics / Pharma / Life Science / Science / Health Science

82 employees named for layoffs

Rector Ralf Hemmingsen has informed the university board of the exact number of University of Copenhagen employees to be fired. This was at a board meeting yesterday Tuesday

21/01-10 kl. 12:43 Debate / Pharma / Life Science / Science / Social Science

University of Copenhagen, constantly in the red?

For the second year in a row, the University of Copenhagen has had to let staff go because of a bad economy. Leif Søndergaard, staff representative for academic employees at the university, comments on the effects of repeated rounds of cutbacks