Research and Development

GlaxoSmithKline has handed Swiss contract manufacturer Lonza a contract to produce clinical trial batches of five monoclonal antibodies that are …

A European initiative aimed at fostering new medical research is neglecting its public partners in favour of its private ones, …

The number of animals used in scientific experiments will be reduced under new EU legislation agreed by the European Parliament …

Protalix BioTherapeutics has appointed Tzvi Palash to the newly-created position of chief operating officer. He will be responsible for overseeing …

 Bristol-Myers Squibb is to acquire biopharma company ZymoGenetics for $885 million to add to its ‘string of pearls’of small biotech …

How did you find your way into your most current role? I’ve been at Napp for four years now having …

Judith Teall has been appointed director of patient recruitment at clinical trial technology company Exco InTouch. She has spent more …

Pfizer has dropped its experimental brain cancer vaccine rindopepimut, handing back worldwide rights to Celldex Therapeutics from November. Rindopepimut targets …

Roche has signed a deal with Belgian biotech reMYND to develop new treatments for patients with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. …

Merck & Co has postponed the planned closure of the former Organon facility in Oss, the Netherlands, after weeks of …

A Novartis-led collaboration has discovered a novel anti-malarial candidate that could become the first new treatment for the disease in …

New data has intensified the competition between three rival would-be cardiology blockbusters. Boehringer Ingelheim’s Pradaxa (dabigatran) and Bayer’s Xarelto (rivaroxaban) …

Roche has confirmed it will take wide-ranging steps to reduce costs, following local reports the Swiss pharma firm was poised …

Cellzome’s president and chief executive Tim Edwards has been elected chairman of the BioIndustry Association. Commenting on his election he …

A round-up of recent news from the CRO sector, featuring updates from Cyprotex, INC Research, Laxai Pharma, Asuragen, Jubilant Organosys …