Kelly Creighton will be responsible for the global strategic regulatory and manufacturing development plans for Cranford-based company's five pipeline programs.
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Pfizer says experimental COVID pill reduces death, hospitalization risk 89%
The company said it will submit its findings to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency approval “as soon as possible.”
Read More »Forbes’ 1st ‘female-friendly’ workplace list cites 3 from NJ
Compiled in conjunction with Statista Inc., the ranking shines a light on employers that strive to promote and support women within, and outside of, their workforces.
Read More »Virtua Health: ‘Here to Serve’ military health needs
A new, multidisciplinary program from the system features a personal health navigator to coordinate care for both veterans and active-duty members, with a particular focus on those stationed at Burlington County's Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
Read More »GenScript opens automated gene synthesis facility
The launch of the more than 50,000-square-foot facility marks a significant expansion of the company's capabilities in the sector.
Read More »HMH, St. Joseph’s to expand rehab center in Passaic County
The nationally ranked JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute has been based out of JFK Medical Center in Edison for 50 years.
Read More »Murphy: NJ ‘ready to hit start’ on vaccines for kids 11 and younger
Having pre-ordered 205,000 pediatric doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 inoculation, and with a sprawling county and local health care infrastructure in place, the governor assured the state would be able to rapidly activate its system for vaccinating children in this age group.
Read More »A new condition
As requirements for the COVID-19 vaccine and now the booster shots become more the widespread in New Jersey and across the nation, unions and their leaders are faced with a dilemma: Should they simply comply with a mandate designed to protect members’ health, or protect members’ rights to negotiate a new condition of employment?
Read More »Honoring products with a purpose
Founder Paige Brattin recognized the need to fill a spot in the market, improve an experience and give back in the process, leading her to develop See Worthy Patches to improve the lives of children with amblyopia.
Read More »3 physicians file age discrimination suit against Hackensack Meridian
Doctors Usha Avva, Nina Gold and Kathleen Reichard were the oldest full-time pediatricians employed in Hackensack University Medical Center's emergency department when they were the terminated and escorted off property on Feb. 17, according to a complaint filed in Essex County Superior Court.
Read More »Virtua successfully implants new defibrillator in heart patient
The Lead Evaluation for Defibrillation and Reliability is being tested at 47 hospitals worldwide. It's meant to treat those with ventricular tachycardia, which causes irregular and potentially life-threatening heartbeats.
Read More »University Hospital first in NJ to require COVID boosters
So far, only those who have received the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine will have to get another inoculation, and those employees have until Dec. 24 to do so.
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