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Did Pfizer overpay in Icagen deal?

Amgen admits job cuts on way after anaemia drugs debacle

Agilent expands microarray offering with FFPE sample labelling kit

Blockbuster potential for Actelion insomnia drug

No lack of innovation in pharma, says Wyeth

 
   
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Pfizer pipped to the post by biologics plant announcement

eClinical big players struggle

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US-Russian CRO pact inked

 
 

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Did Pfizer overpay in Icagen deal?
Pfizer has penned a discovery-stage deal with Icagen aimed at finding potential pain alleviating drugs, but has forked out over twice the industry average... Read


Amgen admits job cuts on way after anaemia drugs debacle
Amgen has finally put an end to weeks of rumours and speculations by admitting its plans to slash 12-14 per cent of its workforce to offset the recent difficulties it has been facing with the sales of its anaemia... Read


Agilent expands microarray offering with FFPE sample labelling kit
Using technology recently licensed from Kreatech, Agilent has launched a kit to enable researchers to more easily access genetic information from formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) samples... Read


Blockbuster potential for Actelion insomnia drug
Analysts are waiting with baited breath for the latest clinical data on Actelion's first-in-class insomnia drug, pointing to its blockbuster potential and deriding current insomnia drugs as 'shockingly limited'... Read


No lack of innovation in pharma, says Wyeth
The often cited decline in R&D productivity and dwindling innovation within the pharma industry is actually a thing of the past, according to Wyeth's head of business development... Read


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Pfizer pipped to the post by biologics plant announcement
Pfizer was taken by surprise this week as a US engineering firm announced that it had been awarded a contract to manage construction of the firm's proposed biotech production plant in Ireland, before the plant... Read


eClinical big players struggle
etrials and Clinphone, two big players in the eclinical industry are struggling to keep their heads above water as both companies' recent woes have impacted their bottom line... Read


Genzyme shells out $64m to quash lawsuit
Genzyme's pocket is $64m (€47m) lighter after the top ten biopharma firm agreed to shell out the cash to settle a legal dispute... Read


US-Russian CRO pact inked
Russian contract research organisation (CRO) Synergy Research Group has hooked up with a US-based CRO in a bid to expand its services to North America... Read

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Speculation on gene therapy trial death 'premature'

Targeted Genetics said it was 'premature as well as irresponsible' to draw any conclusions on what caused the death of a patient who participated in a clinical trial testing the safety of the firm's new gene therapy. Read



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DNA vaccine for MS passes Phase I
A new DNA vaccine has passed a Phase I trial in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and is set to enter the next development stage, according to researchers... Read


Antibody rival drawing investors to Molecular Partners
An award-winning therapeutic protein technology, touted as superior to antibodies, has attracted venture capitalist investment for its owners, the Swiss biotech Molecular Partners... Read


First 3D images of living cell a 'dream'
A US scientist says he has fulfilled his dream by creating the first 3D images of a living cell, finally allowing researchers to study them in their natural state... Read


Big pharma's wish list
Some of the world's largest pharma firms have set out what therapeutic areas and specific mechanisms are becoming more important to them, and which will be left by the wayside... Read


Preclinical services news in brief
In this week's review of activity within the preclinical research services arena, new deals have emerged involving GVK Biosciences, Lab Research, GATC Biotech and Bridge Pharmaceuticals... Read

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