Research and Development

A Cancer Research UK study out today reveals that nearly half of all cancers in England are diagnosed at an …

UK-based medical tech business IXICO has appointed Susan Lowther to its board as a chief financial officer.  Lowther was previously …

There has been a phenomenal rise in the use and scale of social media over the past decade, from the …

China has fined Britain’s largest pharma firm GlaxoSmithKline $490 million (£297m) for corruption after a year-long investigation into claims it …

Boehringer is hoping to expand its oncology pipeline with a new multi-million dollar pact for an investigational cancer vaccine. The …

Referrals for testing for breast cancer risk more than doubled across the UK, after Oscar-winning American actress Angelina Jolie announced …

German chemical and pharma giant Merck KGaA has promoted Stefan Oschmann to the position of deputy chief executive and vice …

The United Kingdom remains united today as Scotland  narrowly voted against breaking up the 307-year-old union. The ‘No, Better Together’ …

Astellas has hired Christy Noland to be its new director of business communications and advocacy for its urology unit in …

Creative comms agency PAN has appointed a new managing director in Eric Hansen who replaces the recently-departed Jon Linscott.Reporting in …

A new type of cell therapy for cancer has become the first to be deemed by the UK government as …

San Diego-based cancer diagnostics firm Epic Sciences has appointed Glen Paul Freiberg as its vice president of regulatory affairs and …

Canadian biotech MedGenesis has entered into an agreement with Pfizer to develop potential treatments for Parkinson’s disease. The privately-held biotech …

AstraZeneca and US rival Lilly have signed an agreement to develop a new and experimental pill for the treatment of …

Digital strategies in the pharma industry have predominately been a red herring, focussing too much on the novelty of digital …