Keyword: Roche

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EU Commissions Backs New GSK Asthma Drug

25.09.2015 - Following the green light from health regulator European Medicines Agency, the European Commission is expected to decide on a final approval for GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) injectable...

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UK Health Agency Blesses Merck Cancer Drug

10.09.2015 - UK drug cost-effectiveness agency National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, NICE, has approved the use of US drugmaker Merck’s Keytruda for treatment of certain cases of...

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Roche Agrees to Buy Kapa Biosystems to Boost Next-generation Portfolio

20.08.2015 - Swiss drugmaker Roche has signed an agreement to acquire Kapa Biosystems, a provider of genomic tools in the life sciences sector that uses proprietary technologies to optimize...

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Pfizer Ranked Top Foreign Firm in UK Academic Research

22.07.2015 - US drugmaker Pfizer has more collaborations with British universities than any other foreign company, according to the newly published Dowling Review conducted by Ann Dowling...

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Drugs Industry Battered by Currency and Competition

13.03.2015 - Both European and US pharmaceutical industry players are highly research-oriented and possess very diversified portfolios. While each country has its national champions, Swiss...

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Welsh Biotech Start-up Raises Nearly £700,000

09.02.2015 - Welsh start-up biotech company Cell Therapy, whose board of directors includes a former UK trade minister, has raised £691,000 through a crowd funding effort it claims is the...

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Roche Alzheimer and Breast Cancer Drugs Hit Snags

22.12.2014 - Swiss pharmaceutical producer group Roche said it would discontinue a late-stage study of investigational anti-amyloid medicine gantenerumab in pre-dementia Alzheimer's disease...

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Bayer Fails to Block Cancer Generic in India

16.12.2014 - Bayer has failed in the last round of its effort to block the sale of a cheap generic version of its cancer drug Nexavar in India. In a Dec. 12 decision, the country's Supreme...