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> While the Big Pharma CEO club may still be all-male, women are fast becoming contenders for the job. This week our sister publication, FiercePharma spolights 15 of the women burning up the executive track. FiercePharma
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> A UCLA engineering professor has created a piece of software and a small sensing device - built from $10 of off-the-shelf hardware - that effectively turns a cell phone into a microscope for lab testing in the field. FierceMobileHealthcare
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