Research and Development

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Biotech company Amgen has abandoned its late-stage trial of a new drug for one of the most hard-to-treat of all …

The Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council are investing £8 million into a new stem cell research centre. The …

Further Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) managing directors have been announced by the NHS Board Authority.

The ABPI has announced the team which will represent the pharma industry in negotiations with the government to agree the …

AstraZeneca’s pipeline has suffered another blow with the troubled company halting development of an investigational sepsis drug following poor Phase …

The company set up by the government to manage all the ex-PCT estate not transferred to providers (NHS Property Services), …

Horizon Discovery has announced the appointment of Richard Vellacott as chief financial officer. The firm which is a provider of …

Pfizer and Janssen have decided to drop their investigational Alzheimer’s drug bapineuzumab after it failed a second late-stage study. The …

Novartis and the University of Pennsylvania have joined forces to investigate a method of treating cancer which encourages patients’ immune …

Life sciences recruitment firm Talentmark has appointed Ian Broadway as director of Managed Services. Broadway is an experienced life science …

A £180 million government fund to help small businesses and academics come up with healthcare solutions has made its first …

Teva has announced the appointments of Dr Carlo De Notaristefani as president and chief executive of Global Operations, and Aharon …

The Sandwich Discovery Park in Kent has found new owners, 18 months after Pfizer decided to pull out from the …

Bristol-Myers Squibb has halted a mid-stage trial of a new Hepatitis C drug due to major safety concerns. In a …