mentors

Medsembly launches digital mentorship platform for students entering the healthcare field

Medsembly, an Atlanta-based startup that connects students who want to get into healthcare with working professionals in their prospective careers, launched an interactive digital mentoring platform. The platform allows students to connect with healthcare professionals who can give them advice on things like how to get into medical school, how to land a residency and what day-to-day activities they can expect in their prospective career.

By Katie Adams

BioPharma

Who taught you what it means to be an entrepreneur?

At the Idea Fest this fall, Roger Newton, founder of Esperion Therapeutics started his talk by thanking his mentors. He started in college with the person who taught him bench science and named individuals who have helped him during his entire career. Thanking people is often reserved for the end – of a book or […]

A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma

A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.

By PurpleLab