Research and Development

Clinical trials need to be managed to rigorous standards in order to secure the quality and integrity of every aspect …

Roche has said it will submit its new breast cancer drug trastuzumab for regulatory review in the US and Europe …

Merck has announced the appointment of Michael Holston as chief ethics and compliance officer. Holston is to succeed Richard Bowles, …

Inovio Pharmaceuticals has announced that Dr Adel Mahmoud has been appointed to its Board of Directors.  Mahmoud, a global infectious …

Prostate cancer treatment MDV3100 has been shown to extend life by nearly five months in men with advanced disease who …

GlaxoSmithKline has settled a long-running patent dispute over its cancer treatment ofatumumab.  The US patents, which relate to recombinant antibody …

Sanofi and Amgen have posted results for their new injectable cholesterol drugs within 24 hours of each other.  Both drugs …

Cetero files for bankruptcy after FDA admonishments, AMRI shutters Hungarian facility and inVentiv Health buys Kforce; also updates from Particle …

HPI has strengthened its presence in the healthcare and pharma sectors with the appointment of Marianne MacDonell. She will head …

UCB has nominated Harriet Edelman and Charles-Antoine Janssen to become new members of UCB’s board of directors. The new nominations …

The last ten years has seen our understanding of rare diseases move ahead rapidly, often thanks to greater understanding of …

Shire is to develop and commercialise a novel adenosine A2A antagonist discovered by Heptares currently in pre-clinical development.UK-based Heptares discovers and …

GlaxoSmithKline and Janssen are among the key investors in a venture capital fund aimed solely at identifying promising pharma start-ups.  …

 Mike Crooks became general manager of Astellas Pharma in December 2011. He joined Astellas in 2007 as marketing director, becoming …

GlaxoSmithKline has announced the long-awaited decision on the location of its biopharmaceutical plant in the UK, with Ulverston in Cumbria …