Research and Development

Precious Cells Group, a UK-based provider of stem cell technologies including Biobanking services, has appointed Dr Salmaan Dalvi as its …

Roche’s blockbuster cancer treatment Avastin now has a new European licence to treat women with a certain type of ovarian …

Australia’s drug regulator says it will not be updating its safety advice for Boehringer’s Pradaxa despite mounting safety issues around …

Roche has launched a new injection formulation of its blood cancer drug MabThera (rituximab) to treat patients with follicular lymphoma, …

Roche will pay $450 million to acquire the RNA specialist firm Santaris Pharma in order to once again begin research …

Astellas has appointed industry veteran Moyra Knight as its new head of corporate and employee communications in the Americas region. …

The finalists for the 2014 PM Society digital media awards have been announced as pharma and med comms agencies get …

Jonathan Emms, the new president of the ABPI, is a man not shy about defending the rights of the UK …

British MP Norman Baker has called for an end to all animal testing in the UK and promised to increase …

A new funding stream aimed at helping British scientists map human DNA code will ‘revolutionise medicine’, according to prime minister …

AstraZeneca posted a set of healthy financial results today as key platforms performed well for the company. Revenue in the …

Proteus Digital Health has raised $172 million to help develop its new brand of smart pills that can help patients …

Scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding the cause of a rare childhood muscle cancer, called Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS). Around 60 …

Tonic Life Communications, the PR arm for Huntsworth Health, has added Tracey Carey as its new head of consumer and …