Research and Development

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HRT – Too great a risk ?

November 4, 2003 Research and Development HRT, clinical trial

The last 15 months have seen the image of HRT change from a miraculous medicine to a risky range of …

Betaferon and Avonex in head-to-head MS trial

October 29, 2003 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Schering AG is to launch the largest ever therapeutic multiple sclerosis trial, comparing its drug Betaferon with Biogen's rival Avonex.The …

Aventis awards ClinPhone preferred supplier status

October 29, 2003 Research and Development

Aventis has made ClinPhone its preferred provider for data management of it clinical trials worldwide.Specialists in telephone and internet-based electronic …

New HRT study shows doubling of cancer risk

October 29, 2003 Research and Development

A new study of over one million UK women has confirmed an increased risk of breast cancer from all forms …

Merck expands into US proteomics

October 29, 2003 Research and Development

Merck KGaA has bought ProtoPlex, a US-based biotech company specialising in functional genomics and proteomics.Privately owned Protoplex will be integrated …

Genzyme buys SangStat for $600m

October 29, 2003 Research and Development

US biotech company Genzyme is to buy SangStat, a California-based company whose lead product Thymoglobulin is a $77 million-a-year treatment …

Pre-clinical marketing: understanding need

October 29, 2003 Research and Development marketing, pre-clinical

Since the modern pharmaceutical industry emerged, product development has been largely driven by science, with R&D seen almost exclusively as …

GSK pipeline fuelled by purchases

October 29, 2003 Research and Development

GlaxoSmithKline leads the industry in licensing in new drugs, buying the rights to nearly twice as many products as its …

Trial failure forces Xenova cutbacks

October 28, 2003 Research and Development

Xenova has halted phase III clinical trials of its lead product after an independent safety committee confirmed safety fears about …
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