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Tricking People Into Drinking
With the smashing success of filtered cigarettes in the distant rearview, companies are working vigorously to get people to consume more alcohol than they desire.
Voodoo Scientific is working to create an enzyme that will eliminate the harsh “bite” people experience when consuming distilled alcoholic beverages. That bite, otherwise known as the body's will to live, is a real pain in the butt for brokers of booze.
Trying to trick people into destroying their health was not supposed to be one of biotech achievements.
Not News
Many biotech companies like to keep their websites fresh. One way is a newsfeed to keep all their dedicated readers abreast of new happenings. If nothing is happening, oh well, they need content.
So they could talk about an insignificant preclinical study that concluded exactly what everyone expected. Or they can talk about buying a new piece of equipment. Or if they're really desperate, they can talk about how they hired an intern.
Big news!
Team Roast From the Future
Never satisfied with putting pictures of people on their website and calling it a day, biotech companies never seem to exhaust ideas to make their team look ridiculous. This week's example is a sci-fi motif. Each individual has a weird face tattoo superimposed around their eye. (except one guy, where they seem to have just missed the eyeball)
Hovering over the image leads to a reversion to sanity, but this is some zany stuff.
Hotel New Jersey
Back in 1992, Merck moved their headquarters from Rahway, NJ to Whitehouse Station, NJ. They spent 23 years there and then moved to Kenilworth, NJ for the past eight. And now it is time to move again, but they weren't about to leave the Garden State. It's back to Rahway for round 2.
Drug Development
Usually, if you peruse a drug company website looking for information on what stage they're at in development, you could feel confident clicking something that says “Drug Development” to give you your answer.
Well, you wouldn’t be reading this if that’s what happens, now would you? How about instead you get a flow chart on how drug development itself works? And how about if it was the most comprehensive flowchart thingy you’d ever seen?
And can we talk about dimensions? The thing is labeled "Small Molecule 4D Map". Not only is it not sticking out of the screen at us, but it's also static. So, by our count, that's two dimensions.
Dimension inflation is real.
Fish Skin
One of the sushi elements that takes some getting used to is fish skin. Some people love it, most seem to hate it. (Put us in the hate category.) However, there is a better use for fish skin skin than eating: closing wounds. Kerecis has a product made of fish skin that does just that.
If you're curious, FAQ number 2 tells us it's from Icelandic Cod. And if you're really curious, FAQ number 5 indicates it's scale-free.
Really? People think they might just leave the scales on and have you walk around like that? We're betting a good portion of the people asking that question are pro-scale and highly disappointed by the response.
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