Research and Development

The worldwide cost of medicine prescriptions will for the first time hit $1 trillion next year as drugs get more …

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has deepened its partnership with the European network for Health Technology Assessment (EUnetHTA) as it …

Professor Rory Shaw has been hired as the medical director of Healthcare UK to lead the newly-established NHS International Development …

Merck has posted impressive results for its new melanoma vaccine MK-3475 as it looks to vie for a place in …

Oxford-based biotech firm Immunocore has appointed Dr Jonathan Knowles as the new executive chairman of its Board of directors. Knowles …

Sanofi has scrapped its regulatory filing plans and late-stage trials for rare bone marrow cancer treatment fedratinib. The reason given …

A method to take the DNA fingerprint of individual cancer cells is uncovering the true extent of cancer’s genetic diversity …

A new advisory group for the UK drugs regulator wants Europe to follow the lead of the US by introducing …

BMS has made several modifications to its senior management team with appointments and role shuffles being the order of the …

A total of 16 months have passed since Jeremy Hunt took over as health secretary from Andrew Lansley, and in …

Biopharma firm Questcor Pharmaceuticals has appointed Elan’s president and chief executive G. Kelly Martin to its Board of directors. Martin has …

Roche is to pay German biotech company immatics $17 million to collaborate on the search for vaccines in various cancers, …

Staff from pharma companies on the ground in the Philippines appear to have escaped the worst following the typhoon which …

The European Medicines Agency has delayed its much-trailed plan to launch a clear policy on making clinical trial data publically …

The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering which is the world’s largest not-for-profit association, has appointed former Boehringer head Dr Thomas …