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Beer goes flat for Kirin, splashes cash on 'ultimate cancer warrior' instead

New high-res structure will boost AIDS, cancer drug development

Illumina halves the cost of miRNA expression profiling

Sigma-Aldrich helps siRNA N-TER cells

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Inyx Pharma gets new life; Ashton awaits fate

 
 
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Beer goes flat for Kirin, splashes cash on 'ultimate cancer warrior' instead
Japan's Kirin Holdings, best-known in the West as a beer maker, will acquire a controlling stake in Kyowa Hakko, and thus get its hands on what Kyowa claims are 'the ultimate antibody warriors' against cancer... Read


New high-res structure will boost AIDS, cancer drug development
By solving the structure of a mammalian heat shock protein (HSP90) for the first time, a US scientist may have unlocked the door to better drugs to fight a myriad of diseases, such as AIDS, sepsis, certain cancers and Alzheimer's... Read


Illumina halves the cost of miRNA expression profiling
Illumina has released a new microRNA (miRNA) assay for gene expression profiling at a cost that the company believes is less than half that of other commercially available systems... Read


Sigma-Aldrich helps siRNA N-TER cells
Sigma-Aldrich has continued its push into siRNA delivery with the release of its N-TER nanoparticle system for hard-to-transfect cell lines... Read


Preclinical services news in brief
In this week's review of activity within the preclinical research services arena, new deals have emerged involving Cato Research, Genoway, Caliper Life Sciences and Rules-Based Medicine... Read


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DepoDur gets the nod for Australia
Pacira Pharmaceutical's modified-release formulation of morphine has been approved for marketing in Australia by the Therapeutic Goods Administration... Read


Inhalers failing asthmatics
Complicated inhaler devices are failing patients according to a recent report, with tricky mechanisms and techniques resulting in low drug delivery and poor disease management... Read


Vitamin B12 the key to oral insulin?
Pfizer may have given up on its non-injectable insulin, but researchers in the US think they may have cracked a way to deliver the hormone orally, linking it up to vitamin B12 to protect it through the digestive... Read


Inyx Pharma gets new life; Ashton awaits fate
Inyx Pharma has been given a new lease on life after it was bought by another UK firm, finally bringing relief after it was dragged into administration when its US parent company Inyx Inc. ran aground financially... Read

Weekly Comment

'We are not anti-Asia' says EU chemicals body

There have been more calls this month to tighten regulations on pharmaceutical ingredient suppliers in the wake of the recent safety concerns emanating from low-cost regions such as China and India.  However, despite having recently established a dedicated 'China Taskforce', a major EU chemicals consortium insists that it has nothing against the region or its manufacturers. Read



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Pfizer partners in shock after surprise Exubera exit
We've all cringed at stories of people dumping their partners via text message but in the world of business, Pfizer seems to have taken things to a new level when its Exubera partners were allegedly left to find... Read


Keeping sugar-free key to neuron health
Scientists have discovered how neurons keep themselves sugar-free and healthy, a process that must be upheld to prevent the onset of several neurodegenerative diseases, including a fatal form of epilepsy... Read


EU drug regulations not good enough, says report
The European Medicines Agency is prejudiced in favour of big pharma and EU drug regulations need an overhaul, a new report says... Read


Promega speeds up DNA-protein interaction analysis
Promega has launched a new method of isolating the DNA sequences that bind to proteins that removes the need to generate specific antibodies used in traditional ChIP experiments... Read


Viagra could cause hearing loss
The earth may move and the heavens may shake but drug regulators now think Viagra could also make you go deaf... Read

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