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Novartis to axe Horsham site
February 27, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Horsham, Novartis, closure, cuts, research, restructure
Novartis has confirmed that it will cease all of its pharmaceutical operations at its Horsham, West Sussex site this year. …
J&J chooses UK as a new hub to ‘listen’ for innovation
December 10, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing J&J, JJ, UK, innovation, research
Johnson & Johnson has chosen the UK as its formal European hub after announcing the creation of five new sites …
GSK launches cancer ‘consortium’
December 6, 2013Research 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 …
Patient involvement ‘increases public confidence’ in research
November 25, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing hra, mori, public, rec, research
A new study has shown that public confidence in health research studies can be increased by knowing that patients have …
Open access splits researchers
October 24, 2013Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMJ, open access, publishing, research
Small medical research charities are worried that the extra costs of open access publishing will have a significant impact on …
Alzheimer’s research ‘turning point’
October 11, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Alzheimer’s, MRC, research
There is new hope that Alzheimer’s disease could be cured, according to a discovery by scientists from the Medical Research …
Lilly and Roche back US research institute
May 31, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Roche, lilly, notre dame, research
Eli Lilly and Roche Diagnostics are among the key backers of a $360 million US life sciences research facility which …
J&J opens London hub
March 14, 2013Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing J&J, JJ, London, research
Johnson & Johnson has opened the doors to a new life sciences centre in London that forms part of a …
Survey shock for pharma
February 4, 2013Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, PACE, lilly, pharma, research
A survey released to tie in with today’s World Cancer Day finds that most people feel pharma companies see cancers …
Olympics to kick-start research ventures
August 1, 2012Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, London 2012, Olympics, research
London 2012 could provide a boost in the continuing search for personalised medicines for diabetes, heart disease and dementia as …
UCB signs £3.6m research deal with Oxford University
March 20, 2012Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Oxford University, UCB, collaboration, research
UCB Pharma and Oxford University have signed an R&D collaboration agreement covering immunology and neurology. The idea is to pool …
AstraZeneca to freely share drug compounds with UK groups
December 5, 2011Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, research
AstraZeneca will make 22 of its compounds available free of charge to UK academia next year as part of a …
New medicine approvals slumped to record low in 2010
June 29, 2011Research and Development, Sales and Marketing drug sales, new drug approvals, research
There was a major slide in medicine approvals last year, compounding a difficult and ominous period for the industry. Only …
Pharmacologists in the vanguard of pharma R&D
July 21, 2010Business Services, Research and Development BPS, Clinical Pharmacology, pharmacology, research
The British Pharmacology Society (BPS) is the primary UK learned society concerned with research into drugs and the way they …
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