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Takeover will create UK leader in pulmonary products

November 29, 2006 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Pulmonary product development in the UK has received a boost following the takeover by biotech company Vectura of the drug …
News

Merck looks to traditional medicine in cancer research

November 20, 2006 Research and Development

Merck is to collaborate with traditional medicine company Chi-Med to develop new small molecule anti-cancer drugs from natural products.Chi-Med, based …
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Sanofi-Aventis to collaborate with French biotech company on Alzheimer’s disease

November 20, 2006 Research and Development

Pharma company Sanofi-Aventis has entered into a research agreement with a major French biotech firm to study the role of …
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Future global R&D for Bayer Schering defined

November 17, 2006 Research and Development

Following the merger deal between German pharma companies Bayer and Schering earlier this year, the new corporation has unveiled radical …
News

UK biotech comes to market

November 10, 2006 Research and Development biotech, investment

At last, the signals are getting stronger that the biotechnology industry is poised and ready to tackle the publicly quoted …
Feature

Sepsis drug put back at least two years

November 9, 2006 Research and Development

 AstraZeneca is being forced to conduct a second phase II trial on its sepsis drug, CytoFab.This follows discussions with US, …
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‘Pulsed’ vitamin D drug could transform advanced prostate cancer treatment

November 9, 2006 Research and Development

American biotech company Novacea says it could be on the brink of revolutionising the prostate cancer market if phase III …
News

Novartis to be first pharma to conduct R&D in China

November 7, 2006 Research and Development Asia, China, Novartis, em

Novartis is to open a major, new pharmaceutical research and development centre in China, becoming the first company in the …
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New clinical trials agreement to improve UK research

November 3, 2006 Research and Development

The Department of Health has revised its routine contract for industry-funded NHS clinical trials as a way of improving their …
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GSK suffers pipeline setbacks

November 1, 2006 Research and Development

 A series of problems with GlaxoSmithKline's late stage product pipeline has taken the shine off its third quarter figures.The company …
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Pharma’s evolving relationship with NICE

November 1, 2006 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, approval process, fast track, healthcare

Back when New Labour was only halfway through its first term of office and when the Millennium Bug was feared …
Feature

Modified mice could speed safe drug discoveries

October 27, 2006 Research and Development

 CXR Biosciences, based in Scotland, and Artemis Pharmaceuticals in Germany, have been granted licences to sell their genetically modified mice, …
News

Cerovive failure another blow for AstraZeneca

October 26, 2006 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cerovive, neuroscience

 A drug which had held out the promise of reducing the disabling effects of stroke on patients will be abandoned …
News

Lilly underlines its position as major biotech company

October 25, 2006 Research and Development

Eli Lilly has opened the first phase of a $560 million expansion to its US biotech research complex.The news comes …
News

Pfizer buys British vaccine company PowderMed

October 12, 2006 Research and Development Pfizer, Powdermed, vaccines

Pfizer will gain entry into the fast-growing vaccines market by buying PowderMed, the British company developing next generation products in …
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