Alzheimer’s drug is one critical clinical trial away from getting approval

number 1CHICAGO: It’s incredibly difficult to bring a new pharmaceutical drug to market – about 95% of drugs in clinical trials never get approval. For Alzheimer’s disease, that percentage changes to 99%.

But Vivek Ramaswamy, a 29-year-old former Wall Street hedge fund manager, told investors at Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophyNEW YORK: The six hundred and thirty-eighth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.

Places for People, one of the largest housing associations, manages 48,000 homes. Last year, it had a turnover of £485 million and made profits of £28 million. Read More »

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3D printing set to reduce cost of seniors housing construction

helmetNEW YORK: What Michael Fuller pulls from his briefcase looks like a small piece of plumbing – like something that catches hairballs – but it may well represent a levelling of the playing field in manufacturing. “Because it costs the same to make here as it Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeSAN FRANCISCO: Retirement communities and skilled nursing homes imply a level of elevated safety in their commercial pitch to prospective customers.

But evidence is mounting that age-apartheid compounds are increasingly becoming soft crime targets and the care sector is trashing its reputation by doing nothing to effectively Read More »

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