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Targeted Genetics restarts trial after death

Paediatric drugs and testing highlighted

Exploring protein interactions in 'technicolour'

Pharma should keep outsourcing in mind

Preclinical services news in brief

 
   
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MHRA launches new action plan to combat UK counterfeit hub

Schott takes aim at Russia

Regulators slate Roche 'lack of knowledge and understanding' in Viracept contamination case

GSK buys Reliant for cardiovascular drugs

 
 

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Targeted Genetics restarts trial after death
The US Food and Drug Administration has allowed Targeted Genetics to restart testing its arthritis gene therapy after deciding the drug wasn't at fault when one person died in the original clinical trial... Read


Paediatric drugs and testing highlighted
The importance of paediatric drug formulations and clinical trials in children was highlighted at this month's American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) conference in San Diego... Read


Exploring protein interactions in 'technicolour'
A triple-colour bioluminescent assay has been developed that promises to speed-up high content screening (HCS) analysis by enabling multiple-target monitoring... Read


Pharma should keep outsourcing in mind
The pharmaceutical industry is backward when it comes to outsourcing, industry experts said at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) conference in San Diego last week... Read


Preclinical services news in brief
In this week's review of activity within the preclinical research services arena, news has emerged involving ChemDiv, SRI International, ShangPharma, Ranbaxy and Xceleron... Read


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MHRA launches new action plan to combat UK counterfeit hub
The UK has become an unlikely hub for drug counterfeiters, with the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) last week launching its new three-year action plan to tackle the recent surge in... Read


Schott takes aim at Russia
Pharmaceutical packaging specialist Schott has announced plans to head to Russia and establish its first pharma production site in the country... Read


Regulators slate Roche 'lack of knowledge and understanding' in Viracept contamination case
The official report into good manufacturing practice (GMP) failures that caused dangerous contamination and a Europe-wide recall of Roche's HIV drug Viracept (nelfinavir) claims the firm simply did not understand... Read


GSK buys Reliant for cardiovascular drugs
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has acquired Reliant Pharmaceuticals for $1.65bn in a bid to improve its cardiovascular therapy portfolio... Read

Weekly Comment

South Africa 'underutilised' for clinical trials

While India, the Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe and Latin America are all gaining recognition as potential new hot spots, South Africa remains 'underutilised as a clinical trial destination,' according to a prominent industry figure. Read



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Merck, Vertex halt aurora kinase cancer trial
Merck & Co. and its partner Vertex Pharmaceuticals have stopped enrolling cancer patients to the clinical trial of its aurora kinase trial after one patient suffered heart problems... Read


Mr Gene designs and orders constructs in minutes
Geneart has launched the first fully on-line gene construct design and ordering system, dubbed Mr Gene, which is targeting the emerging 'low-price' segment of the synthetic biology market... Read


Take off immune system brake to improve cancer vaccines
The discovery of a new molecule that can act as a brake for the immune system could lead to new therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases such as diabetes... Read


Drugs moving into the clinic: 36
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


New research offers CRO market snapshot
New research from Frost & Sullivan provides a snapshot of biopharma spending trends on contract research organisations (CROs), along with forecasts for industry growth... Read

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