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Novartis hires Merck president to lead oncology

June 3, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bruno Strigini, MSD, Merck, Novartis, oncology

Novartis has hired Merck’s president of Europe and Canada Bruno Strigini to be its president of oncology.  The role was …

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GSK signs Adaptimmune deal

June 3, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AZ, Adaptimmune, BMS, Cancer, GSK, oncology

GlaxoSmithKline has signed a deal to develop and commercialise biotech firm Adaptimmune’s lead clinical cancer programme with T-cell receptors (TCRs), …

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BMS signs cancer deal

May 28, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, AstraZeneca, BMS, Cancer, Merck, Roche, cytomx, oncology

Bristol-Myers Squibb has partnered with CytomX Therapeutics to discover and develop new immuno-oncology candidates using the latter’s Probody Platform technology. …

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Roche gets oncology boost with cancer vaccine

May 16, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, Roche, bladder cancer, oncology

Roche’s most advanced experimental cancer immunotherapy has had impressive results in a small Phase I trial, reducing tumour size in …

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MedImmune signs Incyte oncology deal

May 15, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, Incyte, MedImmune, oncology

MedImmune, the global biologics R&D arm of AstraZeneca, is to put one of its oncology immunotherapies into development in combination …

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Mekinist shown green light by CHMP

April 28, 2014
Sales and Marketing CHMP, Cancer, GSK, mekinist, oncology, trametinib

GlaxoSmithKline’s melanoma drug Mekinist is virtually nailed on to be given approval in the European Union following a positive opinion …

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Pfizer breast cancer drug combo aces trial

April 7, 2014
Femera, Pfizer, breast cancer, oncology, palbociclib

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Breaking into the oncology market

March 10, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, Cancer, NSCLC, edwards, gilotrif, oncology

In many ways, the US approval of Boehringer’s Gilotrif for patients with late-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) last year …

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Cobra agrees oncology deal with BioCancell

March 4, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development BC-821, Cobra, biocancell, oncology

Contract manufacturing organisation Cobra Biologics has signed a deal with specialist oncology biopharma firm BioCancell to manufacture an investigational cancer …

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AbbVie expands into Singapore

February 10, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Abbott, Asia, Cancer, Singapore, oncology

AbbVie is expanding its manufacturing operation into Asia for the first time with a $320 million investment in a new …

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AbbVie advances oncology drug

January 21, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, DNA, oncology, veliparib

AbbVie has begun a Phase III trial of its investigational compound veliparib in women with early-stage, triple-negative breast cancer.  This …

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AstraZeneca strikes cancer vaccine pact

January 8, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, MedImmune, oncology

AstraZeneca’s biologics arm MedImmune has struck an oncology research deal with UK biotech company Immunocore. The deal, which could be …

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Bayer in $2.9 billion Algeta deal

December 19, 2013
Sales and Marketing Algeta, Bayer, oncology, xofigo

Bayer and Algeta have decided to avoid the usual M&A dance, opting instead to agree a business deal with little …

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GSK launches cancer ‘consortium’

December 6, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, GSK, octc, oncology, research

GlaxoSmithKline has formed a consortium of cancer research organisations in North America and Europe in a bid to accelerate the …

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Bayer targets Norway’s Algeta

November 27, 2013
Sales and Marketing Algeta, Bayer, oncology, xofigo

Bayer HealthCare is in the market to buy Norwegian oncology specialist Algeta. The German pharma group has made a bid …

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