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Genentech Returns Cancer Drug Rights to NewLink

16.06.2017 - US biotechnology group Genentech, part of Roche, is handing back rights to NewLink Genetics’ IDO inhibitor GDC-0919 (navoximod), an investigational cancer treatment. Genentech...

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Drug Patent Losses Worth Billions Seen in 2017

03.05.2017 - Major pharmaceutical producers threaten to lose $26.5 billion in annual sales this year, as 18 branded drugs are due to expire, analysts for investment bank Bernstein said in a...

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FDA Drug Approvals up Sharply in Q1

24.04.2017 - After a major slowdown in 2016, new drug approvals by the US Food and Drug Administration rose sharply in the first quarter of 2017, according to a report by EP Vantage. Up to mid...

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BASF Buys Swiss Photalignment Specialist Rolic

10.02.2017 - To further brighten its prospects as a supplier of the electronics industry, BASF has acquired privately owned photoalignment specialist Rolic, headquartered at Allschwil...

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Merck KGaA Expands Roche Reagents Pact

06.12.2016 - Germany’s Merck KGaA has expanded its distribution alliance with Swiss drugmaker Roche to include the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) enzyme...

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Pharma Shares Rise on Trump Victory

10.11.2016 - Shares in major globally active pharmaceutical producers rose by as much as 11% on the news that Donald Trump had won the Nov. 8 election as president of the United States. The...

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Lonza Opens Drug Product Services Labs in Basel

09.11.2016 - In the presence of journalists and dignitaries, Swiss specialty chemicals and biologics producer Lonza last week celebrated the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art...

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Roche Appoints Christiane Hamacher as APAC Head

03.11.2016 - Roche Pharmaceuticals Asia Pacific has appointed Dr. Christiane Hamacher as Head of Asia Pacific (APAC). She succeeds Alexander Hardy who was appointed Head of Global Product...