Keyword: Cancer research

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Merck KGaA and iOnctura in new JV

05.07.2017 - Merck Ventures, the strategic investment arm of German pharmaceuticals and life sciences group Merck KGaA, has created immuno-oncology company iOnctura. Based in Geneva...

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Cancer Research UK and HitGen in Pact

03.03.2017 - Cancer Research UK, its commercial arm Cancer Research Technology (CRT) and Chinese life science company HitGen have entered into a license agreement to develop a novel class of...

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Tusk in UK Cancer Collaboration

16.02.2017 - The UK’s Tusk Therapeutics is joining Cancer Research Technology (CRT) and University College London (UCL) to research, develop and commercialize an antibody-based therapeutic...

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UK Groups Plan Life Sciences Investment Firm

08.11.2016 - Cancer Research UK is aligning with the Wellcome Trust and investment groups Syncona and BACIT to create a new company with assets of up to £1 billion that will invest in life...

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Sanofi Seals two Oncology Partnerships

14.01.2016 - French drugmaker Sanofi has simultaneously announced collaborations with two biotechnology firms, together worth up to €1.2 billion. The first link-up, worth $750 million (€690...

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AstraZeneca Signs Up First Cambridge Partners In Cancer Research

10.07.2013 - British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has agreed its first research partnerships in Cambridge for cancer treatments ahead of its relocation to the university city by 2016. The...

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Britain to Fund Prostate Cancer Pill in U-turn

16.05.2012 - Britain's drug watchdog has reversed a controversial decision not to fund a new prostate cancer pill that was developed in the country after maker Johnson & Johnson agreed a new...

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Genome Study Brings Blood Cancer Into Sharp Focus

24.03.2011 - Scientists have mapped out the full genetic code of 38 people with multiple myeloma, uncovering never-before suspected genes that play a role in the blood cancer and showing that a...