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Merck takes aim at neglected tropical diseases

June 25, 2009 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, Merck, Orphan

Merck & Co is participating in two projects designed to help improve healthcare in Africa. The pharma giant will join …
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GSK signs arthritis drug development collaboration

June 25, 2009 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Deals, GSK

GlaxoSmithKline and Oxford-based Chroma Therapeutics are linking up to identify small molecule therapeutics in a bid to combat conditions like …
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NICE rejects Erbitux in head and neck cancer

June 24, 2009 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Erbitux, Merck Serono, NICE

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Astellas signs European deal in pain management

June 23, 2009 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astellas

Astellas has struck a deal with Californian company NeurogesX to market in Europe a treatment for pain linked to peripheral …
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Merck Serono breast cancer vaccine enters phase III

June 22, 2009 Research and Development Cancer, Merck Serono, Stimuvax, vaccines

Merck Serono is to begin a global phase III study for its therapeutic cancer vaccine Stimuvax in patients with advanced, …
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Swiss CRO moves into Indian clinical trials market

June 22, 2009 Research and Development CRO, Switzerland

Switzerland-based contract research organisation PFC Pharma Focus has set up an Indian subsidiary with the help of Excel Life Sciences, …
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Sanofi to donate millions of flu vaccines for developing world

June 18, 2009 Research and Development Sanofi-Aventis, h1n1, vaccines

Sanofi-Aventis is to set aside 100 million flu vaccine doses for the developing world in order to fight the emerging …
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Boehringer collaboration targets Alzheimer’s

June 18, 2009 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, CNS

Boehringer Ingelheim and Pennsylvania-based Vitae Pharmaceuticals have signed a global agreement to develop novel treatments for Alzheimer's. The disease currently …
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Don’t pick on medicines in health service downturn, says ABPI’s Barker

June 18, 2009 Research and Development ASCO, Cancer

The UK's health service is heading for a severe financial shortfall and will have to consider limiting spending, including on …
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Indian pharma meets Big pharma

June 17, 2009 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing India, business models, clinical trials, pharma

 
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Lilly invites researchers to submit novel compounds online

June 16, 2009 Medical Communications, Research and Development digi, lilly

Lilly is launching a new web portal which it hopes will attract drug discovery researchers with promising new compounds. The …
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Scaling up the UK’s research ambition

June 15, 2009 Research and Development NHS, clinical trials, healthcare, patients

The UK has always been one of the world's leaders in drug discovery, with around half of all major medicines …
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NICE defies pressure and keeps restrictions on Alzheimer’s

June 15, 2009 Research and Development Alzheimer's, NICE

Patients with early stage Alzheimer's disease will still be denied access to drug treatment after NICE decided to retain its …
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Battle ahead for US industry over biologics patents

June 12, 2009 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing PhRMA, US, generics, industry, reform

Moves to make it easier for biosimilars to be approved in the US are gaining momentum.The pharma industry has conceded …
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Genentech forms type I diabetes collaboration

June 11, 2009 Research and Development Roche, diabetes

 The deal gives the Roche-owned biotech development and marketing rights to Bayhill’s molecule BHT-3021, which is currently in phase I/II …
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