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Time to get back to our scientific basics

August 23, 2006 Research and Development biotech, drug safety, industry reputation

Recently I was wandering through the local market, and found myself in front of a stall selling therapeutic magnets. I …
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New broom Kindler sweeps away Pfizer bureaucracy

August 21, 2006 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Pfizer's new chief executive Jeffery Kindler has unveiled changes to the company's senior management structure just days into his new …
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Head-to-head: Nice and the SMC

August 16, 2006 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NICE, SMC, healthcare

The announcements on NHS budget deficits and the debates surrounding the prescribing of costly drugs, such as in the  Herceptin …
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Vernalis takes diabetes pain drug into phase II

August 15, 2006 Research and Development Vernalis

UK biotech company Vernalis has started enrolment into a phase II trial of V3381, a drug designed for patients with …
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NHS research could face

August 11, 2006 Research and Development

The British Medical Association is questioning the government over a possible 300 million pound drop in funding available for medical …
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MDS named top clinical research company in Europe

August 1, 2006 Research and Development

MDS Pharma Services has been named Europe's best provider of clinical research services in a survey of trial investigators.Conducted by …
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Tighter safeguards proposed for high-risk clinical trials

July 26, 2006 Research and Development

The expert group set up by the MHRA in the wake of the disastrous Northwick Park clinical trial has made …
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Use your intelligence to watch the competition

July 25, 2006 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing market research

One of the reasons the executives of ill-fated US energy group Enron were for a while 'the smartest guys in …
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Work progressing on Scotland’s ‘unique’ biotech campus

July 7, 2006 Research and Development

Plans to make Scotland a major centre for innovative biotech and pharmaceutical research are progressing, with a major new centre …
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Venomous snail provides Eisai with new painkiller

July 7, 2006 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Patients suffering severe chronic pain have new hope of relief thanks to a venomous sea snail found off the coast …
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Gene therapy: the tailor-made treatment

June 28, 2006 Research and Development drug development, gene therapy

 At the risk of boring my audience, I really can't help beginning with yet another attack of nostalgia ,or rather …
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Novartis buys Manchester-based biotech and superbug drugs

June 21, 2006 Research and Development

UK biotech NeuTec is to be acquired by Swiss pharma giant Novartis which says the company's two anti-infective drug candidates …
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Cancer vaccine continues to show encouraging results

June 14, 2006 Research and Development

Oxford BioMedica, the UK gene therapy specialist, has reported encouraging results from five phase II studies of TroVax, its leading …
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Blockbuster potential for diabetes vision drug

June 13, 2006 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Lilly says new phase III data on its drug Arxxant shows it can stop diabetes patients losing their sight.Data from …
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Phytopharm looks for licensing partner for Alzheimer drug

May 24, 2006 Research and Development

Specialist pharma company Phytopharm says it is confident of finding a partner to develop and market one of its lead …
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