Pharmaceuticals

Gennaro D'Urso
How One Scientist-Turned-Founder Is Bridging Drug Discovery With Blockchain
Genetic Networks founder Gennaro D'Urso is exploring the ways in which DAOs can benefit the drug discovery industry.
Gennaro D'Urso

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Decentralizing Big Purpose Ideas: Drug Discovery and Health
How DAOs and Blockchain Technology Can Affect Medical Treatments.
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Large pharmaceutical companies focus on fighting the most common (and therefore profitable) disorders. A new DAO wants to restructure incentives and boost research into rarer diseases. (Morsa/Getty Images)
A DAO for Diseases: How Vibe Bio Plans to Retool Biotech Funding
Vibe Bio’s founder wasn’t passionate about creating a DAO – but decentralizing drug research could fix a thorny, tragic problem.
Large pharmaceutical companies focus on fighting the most common (and therefore profitable) disorders. A new DAO wants to restructure incentives and boost research into rarer diseases. (Morsa/Getty Images)

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Martin Shkreli Is Back. He Loves Crypto
The flawed former hedge fund manager is looking to reinvent himself as a crypto entrepreneur. Buyer beware.
Martin Shkreli acknowledging the public. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Merck, IBM, KPMG and Walmart built their drug tracking trial on Hyperledger Fabric. (Credit: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock)
IBM, Merck Declare FDA-Backed Drug Tracing Blockchain a Success
IBM, Merck, Walmart and KPMG’s drug-tracing blockchain pilot exceeded the interoperability benchmarks set by the Food and Drug Administration, the group said.
Merck, IBM, KPMG and Walmart built their drug tracking trial on Hyperledger Fabric. (Credit: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock)

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Kadena Blockchain Taps Healthcare Data Firm to Track Medical Cannabis Product
The first application on Kadena's public blockchain is a tracking platform for CBD oil.
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A Solution to China's Pharma Woes Might Be a Blockchain Away
Could blockchain help China avoid its next vaccine scandal – or at the very least, allow for more conversation about such issues?
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Vaccine
Pharma Scandal Prompts Calls to Put Vaccine Data on a Blockchain
Blockchain technology could help track vaccine data and help avoid safety scandals like the one currently causing uproar in China.
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Online Research Marketplace Adds Blockchain Verification Service
Online research marketplace Scientist.com has launched a blockchain-based data verification platform for the biopharma industry.
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Big Pharma Seeks DLT Solution for Drug Costs
Pharma heavyweights open up about how they envision a blockchain system improving the research and development process of new drugs.
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