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ABPI's Richard Barker

The Pharmafocus Interview: Richard Barker

June 9, 2011 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Dr Richard Barker, vita

Dr Richard Barker has been at the helm of the UK pharma industry for over six years, but is now …
Feature

Free webinar on An Introduction to Scientific Advice in the EU

June 8, 2011 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Following the success of the recent pharmacovigilance webinars delivered, Wainwright Associates are offering a webinar on An Introduction to Scientific …
News
Press release
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Oxford BioMedica appoints Alex Lewis to strategy role

June 8, 2011 Research and Development appointment, research and development

Oxford, UK-based gene therapy company Oxford BioMedica has appointed Dr Alex Lewis as director of corporate activities and strategy, and …
Appointment
Pfizer OAB clinical trial

Digital Pharma: Pfizer’s mobile-powered ‘virtual’ clinical trial

June 8, 2011 Research and Development Digital Pharma blog, Pfizer, clinical trials

In an industry first Pfizer is to use mobile phone and web-based technology to collect study data for pharma’s first …
News

Roche and Merck collaborate on personalised cancer tests

June 8, 2011 Research and Development Merck, Roche, personalised medicine

Roche has signed a deal to develop diagnostic tests for products in Merck’s oncology pipeline, in a bid to make …
News

Promoting UK biotech’s voice and mission

June 8, 2011 Research and Development ERBI, One Nucleus, biotech

One Nucleus is a new organisation formed from the merger of two of England’s regional networks – ERBI (Eastern Region …
Feature

Merck plans cancer drug submissions later this year

June 7, 2011 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck & Co, ridaforolimus

Merck & Co is to submit its oral investigational cancer drug ridaforolimus to European and US regulators later this year …
News
Merck Serono headquarters

Erbitux meets gold standard in rectal cancer

June 7, 2011 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Erbitux, Merck Serono, rectal cancer

Studies of Merck Serono’s Erbitux in rectal cancer have shown improved overall survival, a gold standard measure in oncology trials. …
News
Roche

Roche impresses at ASCO with vemurafenib

June 6, 2011 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, Roche, skin cancer, vemurafenib

Roche’s vemurafenib has proven one of the stars of the ASCO cancer conference by increasing overall survival in skin cancer …
News
Pfizer

Pfizer simplifies contract research with Parexel and Icon

May 27, 2011 Research and Development ICON, Parexel, Pfizer, cros

Parexel and Icon have been chosen as Pfizer’s two long-term partners, in a move by the US pharma company to …
News

J&J aims for Japanese pharma expansion

May 27, 2011 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing J&J, JJ

Johnson & Johnson has identified Japan as a key growth market for its pharma business as it outlines its strategic …
News

British biotech: rebuilding momentum

May 26, 2011 Research and Development UK, biotech, biotech funding

Since biotech first emerged in the UK in the late 1980s, the dream has always been for the country to …
Feature

Elan signs $20m research deal with Proteostasis

May 25, 2011 Research and Development Elan, Proteostasis, neurodegenerative diseases

Elan Corporation has signed a deal with US small molecule drug specialist Proteostasis Therapeutics to develop products for conditions such …
News

Eisai extends neuroscience partnership with UCL

May 25, 2011 Research and Development Eisai, UCL, academic alliance, academic research, neurodegenerative diseases

Eisai and University College London are to extend their partnership in neuroscience research. The Japanese company’s Neuroscience Product Creation Unit …
News

Contract research news in brief

May 25, 2011 Research and Development contract research, contract research news

Mergers and acquisitions abound in our latest round-up of contract research sector news, as players try to achieve the global …
News
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