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Product Development Update

April 12, 2007 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Product news round-up from Datamonitor ChemGenex begins CML trialChemGenex Pharmaceutical has treated the first patient in a new phase II/III clinical …

Pfizer’s torcetrapib results cast doubt on CETP inhibitors

March 30, 2007 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pfizer, lipid

New data on Pfizer's ill-fated torcetrapib suggest the drug doesn't reduce arterial plaque, casting doubt on other drugs in the …

Post-Northwick Park European guidelines out for consultation

March 26, 2007 Research and Development phase I

European regulators have produced draft guidance for phase I research, designed to minimise the risk of a repeat of the …

HIV market: collaborative combinations

March 26, 2007 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing HIV, drug development, marketing

Two new HIV drugs, from Tibotec and Gilead, have been shown to be viable late-stage pipeline candidates. However, both TMC278 …

AstraZeneca’s pipeline suffers another blow

March 23, 2007 Research and Development

AstraZeneca seems likely to abandon another of its drug projects in what is the latest major late-stage failure to have …

BMS expands Indian biotech collaboration

March 21, 2007 Research and Development BMS, India

Bristol-Myers Squibb will establish a new integrated drug development facility in Bangalore as part of an expansion of its R&D …

Pharmafocus Europe

March 12, 2007 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Europe, Pharmafocus

Pharmafocus Europe is a new publication set to become an indispensable business tool for pharmaceutical industry executives with an interest …

Merck lung cancer vaccine enters phase III trials

March 7, 2007 Research and Development

A therapeutic vaccine for the most common form of lung cancer has enrolled its first patient into global phase III …

Work begins on Eisai’s Knowledge Centre

March 7, 2007 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Eisai is a step nearer to getting its £100 million European base up and running after it broke ground at …

Prime Minister opens Amgen European R&D centre

March 2, 2007 Research and Development

Prime Minister Tony Blair has opened Amgen's new European Development Centre in Uxbridge, London.The centre is the Californian biotech company's …

New clinical trials network to boost patient recruitment in UK

March 2, 2007 Research and Development

Thousands more patients are set to be enrolled on clinical trials in primary care in the UK, thanks to the …

Learning from Northwick Park

February 19, 2007 Research and Development UK, biotech, clinical trials, drug safety

In December 2006, the official report on the Northwick Park incident was published. Although not the end of the affair, …

New HIV therapy to be fast-tracked

February 15, 2007 Research and Development

A new treatment for HIV is to be fast-tracked in Europe and the US.Pfizer's new compound maraviroc is to receive …

UK biotech consortium wins major grant for cutting-edge gene therapy

February 14, 2007 Research and Development

The EU has granted London-based Ark Therapeutics £1.65 million to fund research into using insect-derived viruses for producing genetic medicines.Ark …

UK pharma and government launch new collaboration

February 14, 2007 Research and Development

A collaboration between GlaxoSmithKline, Boehringer Ingelheim, Pfizer and East Lincolnshire PCT has been heralded as the future of healthcare in …
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