FDA Grants Vertex Kidney Disease Drug Breakthrough Therapy Designation

The FDA granted breakthrough therapy designation to a Vertex Pharmaceuticals kidney disease drug.
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Unpacking Q2 Earnings: Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) In The Context Of Other Therapeutics Stocks

The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how therapeutics stocks fared in Q2, starting with Vertex ...
Archaeology

The World's Oldest Writing

SCRIBE STATUE. FOUND: Lagash, Iraq. CULTURE: Sumerian. DATE: ca. 2400 B.C. LANGUAGE: Sumerian. In early 2016, hundreds of media outlets around the world reported that a set of recently deciphered ...
IEEE

An Analytical Model for Capacitive Pressure Transducers With Circular Geometry

Abstract: This paper derives an analytical model of a capacitive pressure transducer based on equations for deflection and fundamental mode shape of a clamped circular plate. The derived model enables ...
IEEE

New Active Capacitor Voltage Balancing Method for Flying Capacitor Multicell Converter Based on Logic-Form-Equations

Abstract: This paper presents a new active capacitor voltage balancing control method for the flying capacitor multicell (FCM) converters which is fully implemented using logic-form equations. The ...
C&EN

Modeling Asphaltene Phase Behavior in Crude Oil Systems Using the Perturbed Chain Form of the Statistical Associating Fluid Theory (PC-SAFT) Equation of State†

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, and Data Quality Group, Schlumberger, Houston, Texas 77056 †Presented at the 9th International Conference on ...
American Bar Association

Law Student Tax Challenge

An alternative to traditional moot court competitions, the Law Student Tax Challenge (LSTC) is organized by the Section’s New Tax Practitioner Committee. The LSTC asks two-person teams of students to ...