> Yet another medical school is distancing itself from industry influence. This time, it's Johns Hopkins Medical School, whose new policy on "Interaction with Industry" will ban gifts and meals from drugmakers--and limit its doctors' speaking and consulting deals with pharma, too. FiercePharma
> A researcher who accidentally pricked herself with a needle used to infect animals with the deadly ebola virus has now become the focus of an impromptu human trial of an experimental vaccine. FierceVaccines
> La Jolla Pharmaceuticals is on the edge of the abyss after announcing in February that it's lupus drug Riquent was a bust. Not long after that the company cut an unspecified number of jobs and said it would evaluate its strategic options. FierceBiotech
And Finally... Talk about an overreaction! How about just lighting a match? Article