04.12.2017
- AstraZeneca and GI Therapeutics, a US clinical-stage oncology company, are collaborating to test a new combination therapy for lung cancer. The parties will evaluate AstraZeneca’s...
21.11.2017
- European pharmaceutical industry heavyweights Novartis and Bayer are challenging a proposal by parts of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) to allow patients with wet age...
20.11.2017
- US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has won another victory in a string of lawsuits claiming its talc-based baby powder causes cancer. The jury in the state of California...
09.11.2017
- The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug developed by Eli Lilly to treat a common type of breast cancer. Verzenio is recommended both for women and men with HR...
23.10.2017
- In a deal that could lead to the development of five new cancer vaccines, US drugs giant Eli Lilly is investing in German biopharma CureVac. Lilly will make an equity investment of...
27.09.2017
- Pharmaceutical companies are experiencing numerous challenges such as increasing cost pressures, declining autonomy or protocol-driven care. The reaction has to go beyond...
18.09.2017
- An older version of a thyroid drug made by Merck Serono is planned to be reintroduced in France after more than 9,000 of the country's three million users complained of serious...
14.09.2017
- US drugmaker Merck has announced plans to acquire Germany-based Rigontec, regarded as a pioneer in accessing the retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I) pathway as a novel and...