"This study shows that, among different subtypes of animal influenza viruses, the EA H1N1 swine influenza virus has the highest potential to cause the next human influenza pandemic."
Hualan Chen, a virologist in the State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Harbin, and lead researcher, in a study by Chinese virologists who have discovered that following a lengthy evolutionary period in pigs, Eurasian H1N1 avian-like swine influenza viruses have acquired the ability to transmit effectively in humans

"It will also eliminate or reduce the competitive pressure they exert on the high- and mid-priced segments and will lead to increasing dependence on the multinational corporation. Undue price pressure will tend to compromise both quality and GMP standards adversely, affecting the public interest."
Dilip Shah, secretary general of Indian Pharmaceutical Association, on India's revision to its National List of Essential Medicines, including some new drugs and knocking others off to raise the total number of medicines to 376

"We are actively working in musculoskeletal disease, in fibrosis, in immuno-oncology and in autoimmune disease. This is really a fundamental approach to supracellular activation that, I think, can be applied to a wide variety of growth factors and will be broadly applicable to a wide variety of therapeutic areas."
Nagesh Mahanthappa, president and CEO of Scholar Rock Inc., discussing the company's progress leading up to its $36 million series B