Research and Development

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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 …
Tom McKillop and Fred Goodwin

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

Chiltern Launches Collaborative Technologies

June 11, 2010 Research and Development

Glenn Kerkhof, Chiltern CEO, commented, “A key benefit of Collaborative Technologies is the immediate access to current study information which …

Zactima promising in rare thyroid cancer

June 11, 2010 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, thyroid cancer, zactima

AstraZeneca’s Zactima (vandetanib) will be filed with regulators later this year as a treatment for thyroid cancer after promising results. …

Stem cells and patents: a potent mix

June 10, 2010 Research and Development Stem cells, stem cell

In recent years, there has been much debate about whether or not the use of stem cells in medical research …
Genzyme

Genzyme and Icahn agree compromise deal

June 10, 2010 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Genzyme

Carl Icahn has won his battle with Genzyme to have his associates given a place on the company’s board.The US …
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