Research and Development

A week after the devastating earthquake in Haiti the number pharma companies sending aid to the stricken country continues to …

Cambridge, UK-based Crescendo Biologics has appointed Clive Dix as chairman. He will work closely with chief scientific officer Mike Romanos …

GlaxoSmithKline has announced a series of measures to help improve medical treatment in poor countries. It has set up an …

A new US-based collaborative research programme to study the effects of medication on mothers and their babies has been launched. …

Dr Kai Lindevall has been re-appointed chief executive of contract research organisation (CRO) Encorium, having held the post in 2008 …

Scottish marine biotechnology company Aquapharm Biodiscovery has appointed Dr Lloyd Payne as its new research director. He joins Aquapharm from …

The University of Cambridge is to join Eli Lilly’s ‘Open Innovation Drug Discovery’ project. Lilly first launched its online portal …

Boehringer Ingelheim has signed a worldwide deal with Munich-based pharma firm Priaxon to find novel treatments for cancer. The firms …

Our round-up of developments in the world of outsourced R&D includes job losses at Charles River, India’s SIRO Clinpharma buying …

A promising new diabetes treatment which can be taken as a pill instead of as an injection has just begun …

Irish contract research organisation ICON has appointed Bruce Given chairman.He succeeds out-going chairman John Climax who co-founded the company in 1990 …

A microdose study is performed at an early stage of development in order to obtain preliminary pharmacokinetic or distribution data …

Pfizer is to co-develop its monoclonal antibody treatment for advanced melanoma with Swiss company Debiopharm. The companies will conduct phase …

AstraZeneca has signed another licensing deal to bolster its anti-infectives business, this time signing a deal with Korean company CrystalGenomics …

Canadian clinical research firm MDS has appointed Steve West chief executive. He was formerly president of MDS Nordion and chief …