Research and Development

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WuXi posts buoyant increases in revenue and profit

May 13, 2010 Research and Development CRO, Charles River, Charles River Laboratories, WuXi

China’s WuXi PharmaTech has given would-be purchaser Charles River Laboratories a lift after posting buoyant increases in both revenues and …

Phillipe Lutz joins Telormedix

May 13, 2010 Research and Development appointment, research and development, telormedix

Swiss clinical stage biopharmaceutical company Telormedix has appointed Phillipe Lutz chief financial officer. He joins the company from Synosia Therapeutics, …

Kendle operating income slumps

May 13, 2010 Research and Development CRO, Kendle

US contract research organisation Kendle posted a 17% drop in revenues in the first quarter of 2010 to $90 million, …

Emerging markets key for Merck’s long-term performance

May 13, 2010 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck & Co, em

Merck & Co has highlighted emerging markets such as China and Latin America as a major driver for its success …
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GSK appoints Patrick Vallance

May 12, 2010 Research and Development GSK, appointment, research and development

Patrick Vallance has been appointed as senior vice president, medicines discovery and development at GlaxoSmithKline, and as a member of …

Synexus appoints Germany and Poland managers

May 11, 2010 Research and Development CRO, Synexus, appointment, research and development

Synexus has appointed Dr Helena Sigal as country manager for Germany and Radoslaw Janiak as country manager for Poland. Helena …

Calls for changes to trial publication process

May 11, 2010 Medical Communications, Research and Development industry relations, industry reputation, publication

Clinical trial publishing has not kept pace with changes in the way pharma carries out its research, according to a …

Crucell malaria vaccine starts trials in Africa

May 11, 2010 Research and Development Crucell, malaria

Dutch biopharma firm Crucell has started a phase I trial of its AdVac-based malaria vaccine in Burkina Faso, West Africa. …

Bayer colon cancer drug moves into phase III

May 11, 2010 Research and Development Bayer, colorectal cancer, regorafenib

Bayer Schering Pharma will shortly begin phase III tests of its investigational compound regorafenib for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.  …

Merck gains rights to cancer treatment

May 10, 2010 Research and Development Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Merck & Co, NSCLC

Merck has acquired an exclusive license for a new cancer drug that’s in trials for a number of different forms …

Professor Sander van Deventer appointed to AMT supervisory board

May 10, 2010 Research and Development AMT, Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics, appointment, research and development

Dutch human gene therapy company Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics has appointed Professor Sander van Deventer to its supervisory board. One of …

Boehringer signs antibody myeloma R&D deal

May 10, 2010 Research and Development Boehringer, Cancer, Micromet, myeloma

Boehringer Ingelheim and US biotech company Micromet are to research and develop a new BiTE antibody to treat multiple myeloma. …

Mixed fortunes for major CROs in Q1

May 7, 2010 Research and Development CRO, Covance, ICON, PPD, Parexel, contact research, contract research, contract research organisation

Leading contract research organisations (CROs) reported a mixed bag of financial results for the first three months of 2010, although …

AZ signs tuberculosis drug discovery deal

May 6, 2010 Research and Development AstraZeneca, India, TB, tuberculosis

AstraZeneca and the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development are to collaborate on the discovery and development of drugs to treat tuberculosis.The two …

Sanofi signs Indian pain drug development deal

May 5, 2010 Research and Development Glenmark, Sanofi-Aventis, chronic pain, pain therapeutics

Sanofi-Aventis has signed an agreement with Indian firm Glenmark Pharmaceuticals to develop novel agents for the treatment of chronic pain. …
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