Keyword: Drug Development

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Ending Drug Trial Secrecy Is a Boon for R&D, Says EU Agency

22.10.2013 - Europe's medicines regulator has come out fighting for greater transparency for clinical trials, arguing that its controversial policy to end data secrecy will be "a boon to drug...

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Swiss Visionary

11.09.2013 - Happy Birthday — If Siegfried were to actually light all of the candles on its birthday cake this year, the company might get a visit from plant fire department. The Swiss custom...

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Almac Announces Further Expansion

11.06.2013 - Craigavon-based pharmaceutical company Almac has announced a further commercial manufacturing expansion. Together with the recent completion of a new non-GMP drug development...

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GSK Bets on Chimp Virus with $321 Million Vaccines Buy

29.05.2013 - GlaxoSmithKline is betting on a new vaccine technology based on chimpanzee viruses by acquiring Swiss-based Okairos for €250 million ($321 million) - the latest bolt-on biotech buy...

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New J&J Anti-depressant Related to "Special K" Party Drug

23.05.2013 - Johnson & Johnson said it plans to seek approvals for 11 new drugs by 2017, including a new type of treatment for patients with depression that have failed to benefit from standard...

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Pfizer Takes its Shot at a Vaccine for Evasive Superbug

23.05.2013 - Kathrin Jansen is a microbiologist with at least two breakthrough vaccines to her name: she brought the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to market for Merck and helped develop the...

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U.S. Government Taps GlaxoSmithKline for New Antibiotic

22.05.2013 - The U.S. government has signed an antibiotics development deal worth up to $200 million with GlaxoSmithKline to tackle the dual threats of drug resistance and bioterrorism. The...

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Aesica Enters Research Collaboration with University of Nottingham

14.05.2013 - Aesica, the global contract manufacturing organisation (CMO), announces a partnership with the University of Nottingham for the commercial development of alternative methods in...