Research and Development

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Power to the project manager

July 14, 2010 Research and Development Les Rose, project management

It’s an interesting exercise to peruse the job ads these days, even if you are not actually looking for a …

Amgen’s Marc de Garidel elected EBE president

July 14, 2010 Research and Development Amgen, European Biopharmaceutical Enterprises, appointment, research and development

Brussels-based industry association the European Biopharmaceutical Enterprises has elected Amgen’s Marc de Garidel as its new president. He will serve …

ClinTec appoints Susan Pavone

July 14, 2010 Research and Development ClinTec, appointment, research and development

ClinTec International has appointed Susan Pavone as associate director of US business operations as part of moves to expand its …

AstraZeneca extends siRNA collaboration

July 14, 2010 Research and Development AstraZeneca, RNA, Silence Therapeutics

AstraZeneca has agreed a one-year extension on its siRNA development collaboration with London-based Silence Therapeutics. Silence is a specialist in …

Stem cell trial for osteoarthritis launched

July 13, 2010 Research and Development Arthritis Research UK, Stem cells, osteoarthritis

Stem cell therapy is to be used to treat patients with osteoarthritis in a new UK clinical trial. Medical research …

Contract research news in brief

July 13, 2010 Research and Development Charles River Laboratories, ClinTec, ICON, Quintiles, Synexus, Technical Resources International, WuXi

Charles River places its proposal to merge with China’s WuXi PharmaTech in front of its shareholders, while ClinTec and Synexus …

Merck names manufacturing and R&D sites slated for closure

July 12, 2010 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Merck, job cuts, manufacturing, research and development

Merck & Co has taken an axe to its network of manufacturing and R&D sites around the world, closing down …
UK Biobank

Milestone for UK Biobank

July 8, 2010 Research and Development DNA, MRC, UK Biobank, Wellcome

Medical research initiative the UK Biobank has collected DNA samples from its 500,000th volunteer, marking a major milestone in its …

Dr Eliseo Salinas joins Elan

July 8, 2010 Research and Development Elan, appointment, research and development

Elan has appointed Dr Eliseo Oreste Salinas as executive VP and chief medical officer with responsibility for leading the company’s …
GSK alli iPhone app

Digital Pharma: Big pharma’s iPhone apps (part three)

July 7, 2010 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Apple, Digital Pharma blog, app, ipad, iphone

In the first two parts of Big Pharma’s iPhone Apps I looked at apps produced by 11 of the largest …

Roche submits new version of Herceptin for US approval

July 7, 2010 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Herceptin, Roche, breast cancer

Roche has submitted a new version of its blockbuster Herceptin (trastuzumab) to US regulators for approval to treat advanced breast …
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George Scangos to head up Biogen

July 7, 2010 Research and Development Biogen, appointment, research and development

Biogen Idec has appointed George Scangos chief executive officer, with effect from 15 July. Scangos will join the company from …

Bind Biosciences appoints Dr Ed Schnipper

July 6, 2010 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Bind Bioscience, appointment, manufacturing and production, research and development

US biopharmaceutical company Bind Biosciences has appointed Dr Ed Schnipper as chief medical officer. Dr Schnipper joins the company with …
Roche BioOncology iPhone app

Digital Pharma: Big pharma’s iPhone apps (part two)

July 5, 2010 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Apple, Digital Pharma blog, app, ipad, iphone

Part one of Big Pharma’s iPhone Apps covered apps produced by Pfizer, Merck & Co, GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi-Aventis and Novartis and …

AstraZeneca collaborates on compound library

July 5, 2010 Research and Development AstraZeneca, MRC

AstraZeneca and the UK’s Medical Research Council are to share access to their compounds to improve their efforts to find …
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