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AstraZeneca axes packaging plant

China CRO attracts $30m US investment

Synexus agrees to private sale

Wacker expands further into biologics

Tripos lands Schering-Plough deal

 
   
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New drug safety model unveiled as Merck shells out for Vioxx

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P&G in shock nasal spray exit

AstraZeneca CEO hacks at pipeline to up profits

 
 

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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


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


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


Wacker expands further into biologics
Biopharmaceutical contract manufacturer Wacker will be expanding its German facility in Jena for €15m ($22m) as it meets demand for biologics... 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


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Baxter's contract services case study details the expedited transfer of a commercial launched lyophilized drug to a new production site. Their team designed solutions resulting in cost savings, yield improvement and cycle optimization... Click Here

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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


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


P&G in shock nasal spray exit
Procter & Gamble (P&G) has this week terminated an agreement with Nastech to develop a nasally delivered version of Eli Lilly's osteoporosis drug Forteo (teriparatide), leaving its partner with no explanation... Read


AstraZeneca CEO hacks at pipeline to up profits
AstraZeneca's CEO has said the company will stop research in a number of diseases as it continues to cut costs and restructure in the face of falling sales... Read

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Despite often attracting a barrage of negative publicity, particularly in regard to a perception of putting profits before people, big pharma firms are still capable of showing their human side in times of crisis. Read



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West unscathed by Exubera shot - for now
West Pharmaceutical Services, one of the two firms responsible for manufacturing Pfizer's failed Exubera device, recently turned in its third quarter financials, so far avoiding any major dent from the company's... Read


Pharmaceutical outsourcing: people on the move
INC Research, Quintiles, Bridge Pharmaceuticals, Charles River Laboratories and PharmaNet have all had people on the move in the world of pharmaceutical outsourcing... Read


Good news follows bad news for InVentiv
After losing a key Novartis contract and getting caught up in the Inyx collapse, Inventiv Health had good news this week when it reported its third quarter results... 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


CROs link arms to spread reach
This week two sets of contract research organisations (CROs) have announced plans to link arms in order to spread their reach further into this increasingly globalised marketplace... Read

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