Biogen Inc.’s board of directors has appointed Christopher A. Viehbacher as president and CEO and a member of the board of directors. Viehbacher succeeds Michel Vounatsos, who has led the company since 2017. “It has been a privilege to lead this great company and work with so many outstanding people for nearly six years,” Vounatsos said. “With 30 […]

For more than 40 years, Michael Russell, a professor emeritus of microbiology and immunology at the University at Buffalo, New York, has studied the web of specialised cells and secretions that protect the body’s mucosal surfaces, including the upper respiratory tract. Yet, despite reams of evidence showing how important the mucosal immune system is, it […]

COVID-19 is not going away, and it is the latest in the world’s pandemics. Undoubtedly, another one will come, and what can scientists and medical professionals do to prepare vaccines for the next pandemic? Seth Lederman, MD, the CEO of Tonix Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company developing new vaccines for COVID-19, smallpox, and mpox (previously known […]