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Afrezza could breathe new life into inhaled insulin market

August 15, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing diabetes, inhaled insulin, insulin, research and development news

New trials for MannKind’s investigational inhaled insulin drug Afrezza have been given the go-ahead by the FDA, potentially breathing new …

Study shows new genetic risk factors for MS

August 15, 2011
Research and Development genes, multiple sclerosis, research and development news

New genetic links to the immune system have been identified as a possible trigger for multiple sclerosis. The exact causes …

Contract research news in brief

July 27, 2011
Research and Development research and development news

PPD plays down sell-off rumours, Icon sees a steep profit decline, plus updates from Beaufort, PharmaNet, ClinStar and Biofocus/IMD. PPD …

BMS makes $325m biotech acquisition

July 25, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, biotech, research and development news

Bristol-Myers Squibb is to plug gaps in its pipeline by buying private biotech company Amira Pharmaceuticals for $325 million in …

Eli Lilly & Co

Lilly presents data on failed Alzheimer’s candidate

July 21, 2011
Research and Development Alzheimer's disease, lilly, research and development news, semagacestat

Lilly has presented a review of data from semagacestat, the Alzheimer’s drug it dropped last year after disappointing results. Phase …

Future of AZ-BMS diabetes drug in doubt

July 20, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, BMS, dapagliflozin, diabetes, research and development news

A US advisory committee has rejected an investigational compound for type II diabetes sufferers, throwing its future into doubt. Dapagliflozin, …

Contract research news in brief

July 20, 2011
Research and Development research and development news

M&A abounds in the CRO sector with INC completing its purchase of Kendle, inVentiv snappig up Pharmanet and ICON buying …

France cleans up regulation – and restricts pharma role

July 14, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing France, Mediator, Servier, pharmacovigilance, research and development news

France has unveiled sweeping changes to how it regulates prescription medicines following the scandal surrounding Servier’s Médiator. Health minister Xavier …

Sanofi eyes phase III move for sarilumab in rheumatoid arthritis

July 13, 2011
Research and Development Regeneron, Sanofi, ankylosing spondylitis, research and development news, rheumatoid arthritis, sarilumab

Sanofi is poised to move sarilumab into phase III trials for rheumatoid arthritis after the monoclonal antibody showed positive results …

US Food and Drug Administration

Pharma regulators consult on drug development initiatives

July 13, 2011
Research and Development Companion Diagnostics, EMA, FDA, Pharmacogenomics, biomarkers, research and development news

Pharma regulators in the US and Europe have put out separate consultations on issues affecting how medicines are developed. The …

Amgen

Amgen collaborates on cancer antibody research

July 13, 2011
Research and Development Amgen, Cancer, TGF-beta monoclonal antibody, research and development news

Amgen has teamed up with German biotech Micromet to develop tumour-destroying antibodies in a two-year deal that could net Micromet …

Sanofi

Sanofi to research new types of antibiotics

July 6, 2011
Research and Development Antibiotics, Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Sanofi, research and development news

Sanofi has signed a research collaboration with Rib-X Pharmaceuticals to investigate new types of antibiotics. The French pharma company has …

Contract research news in brief

July 6, 2011
Research and Development CIToxLAB, Jubilant, PupPharma, Quintiles, Toxikon, research and development news

Quintiles helps fund Alzheimer’s drug programme, Toxikon starts building a new facility, plus updates from Jubilant, CIToxLAB and PupPharma. Quintiles …

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