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Sanofi swoops on Pfizer’s insulin plant

June 9, 2009 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Sanofi-Aventis

Sanofi-Aventis will pay 30 million euros (£26 million) for a manufacturing plant in Germany operated by Pfizer in a deal …
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AZ research collaboration targets cancer ‘chaperones’

June 8, 2009 Research and Development AZ, Academic

AstraZeneca is putting more than £4 million over the next three years into an oncology research project with two partners. …
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Time running out for biotech

June 5, 2009 Research and Development biotech

The funding crisis which is paralysing the global biotech sector sees no sign of abating, and more and more companies …
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Takeda delays diabetes drug in Europe

June 4, 2009 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Takeda, diabetes

Takeda is to delay seeking European approval of its key drug candidate alogliptin, and instead take another two years to …
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FDA to improve transparency

June 3, 2009 Research and Development FDA, US

The US medicines regulator is to boost the transparency around its decision-making, in connection with President Obama's aim to make …
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AstraZeneca and Merck launch early stage trial collaboration

June 3, 2009 Research and Development AZ, AstraZeneca, Cancer, Merck

Merck and AstraZeneca have begun an unprecedented collaboration to bring together the clinical trials of two early stage cancer medicines.The …
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Syntagon says China office will reduce sourcing costs

June 3, 2009 Research and Development CRO, Syntagon

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Contract research sector: news in brief

June 2, 2009 Research and Development CRO

Pharmafocus presents a round-up of developments in the contract research sector, including a merger between etrials and Merge, new contracts …
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INC snaps up MDS’ late-stage clinical ops

June 2, 2009 Research and Development mds

Canadian life sciences company MDS has offloaded part of its pharmaceutical services division to INC Research in a $50 million …
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The clinical data stream: locating the headwaters

June 2, 2009 Research and Development clinical trials, data

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Can European biotech stay afloat?

June 1, 2009 Research and Development biotech, economic climate, funding, investment

For the European biotech industry, the last few years have seen sustained growth across several fronts – much-needed progress after …
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NICE approves Erbitux for colon cancer

June 1, 2009 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Erbitux, NICE

NICE has approved Merck Serono's Erbitux, making it a first-line therapy for many patients with a certain type of metastatic …
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Companies poised for swine flu vaccine drive

May 29, 2009 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing US, h1n1, vaccines

Pharmaceutical manufacturers now have access to the swine flu seed virus that can be used to start full-blown production of …
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Sanofi adds to cancer pipeline with Exelixis deal

May 28, 2009 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi-Aventis

Sanofi-Aventis has signed a deal with oncology-focused biotech Exelixis to co-develop two new cancer treatments.The alliance will see Sanofi gain …
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Italian CRO Pierrel plans acquisitions

May 28, 2009 Research and Development Pierrel

Italian contract research and manufacturing company Pierrel has signed two separate deals to bolster its capabilities in the clinical research …
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