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US and UK partnership to fund the fight against superbugs

March 31, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development CARB-X, Wellcome Trust

The cross-Atlantic partnership CARB-X, Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator, has announced that it would be funding 11 biotech companies …

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New drugs to utilise DNA damage response to kill cancer cells

July 26, 2016
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, Wellcome Trust, chemotherapy, dna damage response, university of sussex

The University of Sussex is set to produce a portfolio of new cancer drugs which exploit our DNA damage response …

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AstraZeneca to sequence genomes to develop new drugs

April 22, 2016
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Finland, Wellcome Trust, collaboration, genome, genomics, human longevity, institute for molecular medicine, sanger institute

AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN) has announced an integrated genomics initiative that aims to transform the drug discovery and development across is …

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GSK launches Ebola Phase III trial in Liberia

January 23, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, Ebola, GSK, US National Institutes of Health, WHO, Wellcome Trust, liberia, newlink

A shipment of GSK’s potential vaccine against the Ebola virus disease is on its way to Liberia ready to be …

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UK government and partners pay £230m for disease research

October 23, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Arthritis Research UK, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, London, MRC, Osborne, UK, Wellcome Trust, dementia, research

A new partnership led by the Medical Research Council and the UK government will invest over £230 million in a …

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Ian Read

Science left behind in Pfizer-AstraZeneca saga

May 18, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, MPs, Pfizer, Wellcome Trust, science

With all the posturing, debates and endless comment on the commercial aspects of a $106 billion deal between Pfizer and …

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AZ ‘consulted first’ by UK government after Pfizer bid

May 12, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, George Osborne, Pfizer, Wellcome Trust, david cameron

UK prime minister David Cameron has rejected claims that his government is prioritising discussions with Pfizer over its proposed acquisition …

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Wellcome Trust makes $100m from Twitter shares

December 20, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Francis Crick Institute, Twitter, University College London, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Wellcome Trust

The Wellcome Trust has walked away with a profit of more than $100 million from a previously undisclosed investment in …

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Cancer mutations mapped in major study

August 21, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CRUK, Cancer, Wellcome Trust, cancer mapping

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Cambridge University gains stem cell centre funding

August 9, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cambridge, MRC, Wellcome Trust, stem cell

The Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council are investing £8 million into a new stem cell research centre. The …

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Wellcome Trust appoints UK chief scientific adviser

July 3, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing UK government, Wellcome Trust

The director of the Wellcome Trust since 2003 Sir Mark Walport has been appointed to succeed Sir John Beddington as …

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British biotech industry gains £200m boost

March 21, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Wellcome Trust, biotech, fund

The Wellcome Trust is to launch a £200 million business that will invest in emerging healthcare and life sciences firms. …

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Call to share public health research more openly

January 12, 2011
Research and Development Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust, data sharing, public health

The only way that pressing needs in global public health can be met is for research to be shared more …

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