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MedImmune Ventures appoints Ron Laufer

June 18, 2010 Research and Development AstraZeneca, MedImmune, appointment, research and development

Ron Laufer has joined MedImmune’s venture capital arm as senior managing director. The company, which is the worldwide biologics unit …
Appointment

Bayer signs cancer stem cell research deal

June 18, 2010 Research and Development Bayer Schering Pharma, Cancer, OncoMed, Stem cells

Bayer Schering Pharma has teamed up with a US oncology specialist to develop novel antibodies, protein therapeutics and small molecules …
News

Trials of cancer vaccine Stimuvax can resume

June 17, 2010 Research and Development Merck Serono, Stimuvax, cancer vaccine, vaccines

Merck Serono has been given clearance to resume part of its clinical trials of its cancer vaccine Stimuvax. Trials of …
News

UCB’s new lupus treatment promising

June 17, 2010 Research and Development Benlysta, Lupus, UCB, epratuzumab

A new monoclonal antibody treatment for lupus has shown promise in phase II trials, according to UCB. The biopharmaceutical company …
News

ABPI appoints former AZ innovation head

June 17, 2010 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, appointment, research and development, sales and marketing

UK industry association the ABPI has appointed Carol Blount as its new head of commercial affairs. Carol has more than …
Appointment
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Reinventing Management

June 17, 2010 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing management

The investment banking industry officially ceased to exist on September 21, 2008. That was the day the last two remaining …
Feature

FDA to make safety reviews public

June 16, 2010 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, drug safety

The US medicines regulator is to make safety reviews of recently approved prescription medicines more readily available to the public. …
News

Former FDA and MHRA regulators join Parexel Consulting

June 16, 2010 Research and Development CRO, Parexel, appointment, research and development

Parexel Consulting has appointed former regulators Toby Silverman, M.D. and Keith Watson, Ph.D. as principal consultants. The company is a …
News

R&D: a new world order

June 16, 2010 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development industry, job cuts, research, research and development

Big pharma is today demolishing the in-house drug discovery and research structures built up over the last decade, and is …
Feature

Novavax makes manufacturing promotions

June 16, 2010 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Novavax, appointment, manufacturing and production, research and development

US biotech company Novavax has made a brace of manufacturing management promotions. It has appointed John Madsen as head of …
Appointment

Nexavar fails in lung cancer trial

June 15, 2010 Research and Development Bayer, NSCLC, Nexavar, Onyx

Bayer and Onyx Pharmaceutical’s oncology drug Nexavar has failed to meet its primary endpoint in a phase III study for …
News

Pfizer forms rare diseases unit

June 15, 2010 Research and Development Orphan, Pfizer

Pfizer is seeking to boost its coverage of research into orphan conditions with the creation of a new unit focused …
News

Early halt for successful apixaban trial

June 14, 2010 Research and Development apixaban, atrial fibrilation

Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s atrial fibrillation treatment apixaban has performed so well in a phase III trial that it has …
News

Pharma pools trial data for brain disorder research

June 14, 2010 Research and Development Alzheimer's, Huntington's, Parkinson's, clinical trials, partnerships

Leading pharma companies have come together for a major new research collaboration aimed at improving clinical trials for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, …
News

GSK-funded project will print APIs onto tablets

June 14, 2010 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development GlaxoSmithKline, manufacturing, production, tablets

Researchers at GlaxoSmithKline and two UK universities are working on a technology that could allow active pharmaceutical ingredients to be …
News
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