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Merck and Incyte to initiate Keytruda, epacadostat combo trial

October 15, 2015
Research and Development Incyte, Merck, R&D, melanoma, phase III, skin cancer

Merck and biopharma firm Incyte are to expand their clinical collaboration to include a Phase III study evaluating the combination …

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Mayor of London announces Takeda, UCL R&D partnership

October 14, 2015
Research and Development London, R&D, Takeda, UCL, neurology

Takeda is teaming up with researchers at University College London (UCL) to identify and validate novel target genes for the …

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Teva joins Watson Health in R&D link-up

October 14, 2015
Research and Development Big Data, R&D, Teva, Watson Health, ibm

Teva has partnered with the IBM Watson Health Cloud to create a global technology platform to aid its R&D efforts …

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Pharma ‘is getting better at drug R&D’

September 23, 2015
Research and Development R&D, drug development, market access, productivity

An investigation into pharma R&D data shows that drugmakers are becoming more successful at identifying the right candidates for drug …

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Medimmune and Cancer Research UK launch new drug discovery lab

September 11, 2015
Research and Development AstraZeneca, Cambridge, Cancer, Cancer Research UK, MedImmune, R&D, george freeman

MedImmune and the UK’s biggest cancer charity have opened a new laboratory for joint cancer research.Research at the laboratory, which …

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Pharma leaders urge UK Government not to cut spending

September 9, 2015
Research and Development Autumn spending review, George Osborne, R&D, government, research, research and development, research funding

Representatives of more than 200 life sciences organisations have urged the UK government to protect the sector from spending cuts. …

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How ‘deep reading’ of the scientific literature will benefit pharma

September 3, 2015
Research and Development Big Data, Cancer, Data Mining, R&D, literature search, oncology

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s $45 million ‘Big Mechanism’ initiative has an ambitious aim.It promises to “leapfrog …

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Nottingham receives go ahead for new £30m life science facility

August 19, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development BioCity Nottingham, R&D

Hundreds of pharma jobs are expected to be created in Nottingham after the construction of a new £30 million life …

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Cambridge collaboration to boost precision medicine research

July 29, 2015
Research and Development Brabaham Institute, Cambridge, R&D, collaboration

A new consortium has been launched to act as a ‘match-making’ service between pharma companies and R&D researchers to develop …

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Rising to meet the infectious disease challenge

July 27, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, R&D, antibiotic resistance, infectious disease

Antibiotic-resistant infections gather more headlines than most other infectious disease topics, and have typically been seen as a neglected area …

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GSK and the Francis Crick Institute collaborate on drug R&D

July 15, 2015
Research and Development Francis Crick Institute, GSK, R&D, The Crick, medical research

The UK’s largest pharma company and the UK’s newest biomedical research facility are partnering up to begin an innovation collaboration.The …

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Public Health England and Imperial Innovations boost UK life sciences sector

July 14, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Imperial Innovations, Public Health England, R&D, investment, life sciences, spin-puts

The Government has signed-off on the transfer of Public Health England’s drug development and production arm into a state-owned biopharma …

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Chancellor announces drug R&D funding boost in Catapult expansion

July 14, 2015
Research and Development Cambridge, Catapults, Chancellor, George Osborne, Northern Powerhouse, Precision Medicine, R&D, UK, alderley, economy

Chancellor George Osborne is giving UK drug R&D a £5 million vote of confidence, after promising new investment into two …

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Pharma companies look to Apple’s ResearchKit for R&D

July 13, 2015
Medical Communications Apple, GSK, Purdue Pharma, R&D, clinical trials, digital health, iOS, iphone, patient engagement, researchkit

Pharma companies are moving into a new area in drug R&D, by using Apple’s ResearchKit platform to gather data from …

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Pharma outsourcing: CROs, CMOs and external collaboration

July 2, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development CMOs, R&D, clinical trials, collaboration, cros, outsourcing

Thirty years ago pharma companies seemed to use external contractors as a sort of fire brigade, to be called in …

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