biotech
AstraZeneca loses two senior executives as biotechs appoint new CEOs
January 7, 2019Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, CEO, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, biotech, immunocore
Two of AstraZeneca’s senior executives have been poached by the biotech firms Ironwood Pharmaceuticals and Immunocore, as the two biotechnology …
$400 billion in healthcare M&A deals expected for 2019
January 7, 2019Sales and Marketing Hong Kong, M&A, MA, biotech, deals pharma, law, mergers
The coming year is set to see mergers and acquisitions in the healthcare sector worth more than $400 billion, according …
Sanofi will pay Regeneron $582m in deal restructuring
January 7, 2019Sales and Marketing Deals, Regeneron, Sanofi, biotech, pharma
French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi will pay US biotech Regeneron $582 million, as part of a restructuring of an earlier deal …
York-based biotech expands premises after $2.2 million investment
December 14, 2018Medical Communications UK, aptamer, biotech, funding, investment, york science park
The York-based Aptamer Group is set to expand its premises after securing $2.2 million in overseas investment in June of …
EU rules may be stifling Britain’s biotech industry
November 19, 2018Sales and Marketing EU, biotech, britain, funding, grants, industry
EU rules are stifling Britain’s biotech industry, according to companies who talked to British newspaper The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper …
Pharma stocks soar after US midterm elections
November 8, 2018Business Services, Manufacturing and Production Shares, Stock, Trump, biotech, pharma, stock market
Despite the threat of a bipartisan pricing plan, pharma stocks have soared after the announcement of the results of the …
New US trade policy may limit foreign investment into biotechs
October 11, 2018Research and Development CIFUS, Trump, america, biotech, capital, foreign investment
The US Trump Administration have issued new rules, which will put foreign investment into companies involved in the development and …
The value of measuring biotech Board performance
October 4, 2018Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing RSA Group, biotech, board, life sciences, opinion, pharma
Nick Stephens of The RSA Group discusses the importance of stopping to quantify the effectiveness of board members within life …
GE Healthcare set to open biotech hub in Uppsala, Sweden
August 23, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development GE Healthcare, Sweden, Testa Centre, Uppsala, biotech
The American multinational GE Healthcare is opening a 27,000-sq-ft innovation centre in Uppsala, Sweden in an effort to boost the …
Amgen announces resignation of two top executives
July 27, 2018Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amgen, Anthony C Cooper, R&D, biotech, retire, sean harper
Amgen’s head of R&D, Dr Sean Harper, has announced that he is retiring from his current position as Executive Vice …
Chinese premier slams drug maker after vaccine scandal
July 23, 2018Sales and Marketing CCP, China, biotech, scandal, vaccines
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has spoken out against drug maker Changsheng Biotechnology after the Chinese firm was found to have …
PTC Therapeutics’ results in SMA has Biogen nervous
June 19, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Biogen, PTC Therapeutics, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
Biogen currently has the only product on the market approved to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), in Spinraza, and that …
Roche buys out rest of Foundation Medicine for $2.4bn
June 19, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Foundation Medicine, Roche, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
Roche has clearly seen significant potential in Foundation Medicine’s work in genomics to pay $2.4 billion to take complete ownership …
Theranos founder charged with fraud
June 18, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications Theranos, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
Going from the youngest female self-made billionaire in the world to being charged with engaging in schemes to defraud investors …
Maintaining control: The rising challenges of clinical data management
June 18, 2018Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
From breach scandals to GDPR, data is becoming a more prominent part of our everyday lives. This holds great potential …
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