U.K.’s voluntary drug price agreement possibly in peril getty The U.K. has a “voluntary scheme for branded medicines, pricing, and access” or VPAS, which sets a limit on annual spending on single source prescription drugs by the National Health Service (NHS). Companies who participate in the VPAS must refund any excess sales revenue over this […]

quantum computing background concept getty In 2021, Booz Allen Hamilton analysts surmised that China will surpass Europe and the US in quantum-related research and development and that Chinese hackers could soon target heavily encrypted datasets such as weapon designs or details of undercover intelligence officers with a view to unlocking them at a later date […]

Remote work is not a career killer. But it requires rethinking career paths. getty In the classic movie Office Space, Mr. Lumbergh comes ambling around the employees’ cubicles, only to find the film’s protagonist, a programmer named Peter, habitually absent from his desk. But upon the advice of consultants, Peter still gets promoted anyway. In […]

The World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland was this week and both Metaverse and AI were among the hot topics discussed by industry’s most senior executives, world government officials, and think tanks like the World Economic Forum. John Kerry, US special presidential envoy for climate, during a panel session on day two of the … […]