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New drug safety model unveiled as Merck shells out for Vioxx

WHO talks on research strategy for developing world diseases stall

Tripos lands Schering-Plough deal

China CRO attracts $30m US investment

BAC looks to enhance laboratory purification with new antibody toolkit

 
   
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Synexus agrees to private sale

$60m expansion for mystery pharma

Hefty price hike for BASF excipients

AstraZeneca axes packaging plant

 
 

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New drug safety model unveiled as Merck shells out for Vioxx
A new 3D model of the human liver that even has its own blood supply could pump new life into drug safety tests by predicting problems earlier and cut down on animal experiments... Read


WHO talks on research strategy for developing world diseases stall
Talks between the drug industry and World Health Organization (WHO) member states  over how narrow the health gap between rich and poor countries have stalled... Read


Tripos lands Schering-Plough deal
Tripos Discovery Research (TDR) has risen from the ashes surrounding the liquidation of its previous owners Tripos, Inc. to land a 'library enrichment' deal with Schering-Plough... Read


China CRO attracts $30m US investment
China's second largest contract research organisation (CRO) ShangPharma has attracted $30m (€21m) from US private investment firm TPG as the Asian pharma market continues to simmer... Read


BAC looks to enhance laboratory purification with new antibody toolkit
Bio Affinity Company (BAC) has launched a new antibody purification toolbox based on its successful industrial-scale technology to provide researchers with a simpler purification route... Read


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Synexus agrees to private sale
Management of publicly-traded Synexus have agreed to the £18.1m (€25.7m) sale of the company to a private equity firm that has promised to fund its global expansion ventures... Read


$60m expansion for mystery pharma
Swedish construction firm Skanska today announced that it has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to expand a pharmaceutical facility in the US, though the company is keeping the identity of its client... Read


Hefty price hike for BASF excipients
German chemicals firm BASF has announced a major price hike across its range of pharmaceutical excipients, upping price tags by as much as 9 per cent... Read


AstraZeneca axes packaging plant
AstraZeneca's axe has made its latest appearance in South Africa, with the sale of a packaging plant and the formation of an outsourcing deal with its new owners... Read


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With IMS Health's annual forecast for the pharma industry predicting slower approvals, more black box warnings and the continuation of the 'wave of genericization,' the shift by pharma firms to refocus and reinvent themselves will need to move on apace in order to secure their position in a changing market. Read



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Aveo strategy ups chances of cancer drug success
US-based Aveo Biopharmaceuticals is hoping to prove its R&D strategy can buck high industry failure rates when trying to design new cancer drugs and it seems to be working after its lead drug has passed a first-in-man... Read


Merck HIV vaccine failure puts cold virus on trial
Merck & Co's failed HIV vaccine may actually increase the risk of infection and the latest data raises questions over whether the cold virus used as a delivery technique was at fault... Read


Drugs moving into the clinic: 34
The latest in a series of periodic roundups of drugs that have moved from preclinical research into clinical testing via the announcement of a Phase I trial or an application for a trial to industry regulators... Read


'World's first' NanoImaging service centre opens
NanoImaging Services has opened what it claims is a first of its kind first fee-for-service imaging business to enable structural characterisation and validation of biological drugs throughout the development... Read


The sweet taste of analysing biological drugs
Researchers from Amgen have published results detailing a method that improves the analysis of the sugar groups attached to monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) and proteins... Read

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