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WuXi PharmaTech makes its first acquisition

India can dominate global pharma landscape

Drug industry spend twice as much on marketing as on R&D

Warding off the generic attack

Preclinical services news in brief

 
   
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New drug target leaves lung cancer cells alone, lonely and dying

A drug cocktail to bust brain tumours

Mapping the 'human embryome' in BioTime

Pfizer buys CovX to bulk biologics pipeline

 
 

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WuXi PharmaTech makes its first acquisition
WuXi PharmaTech, China's contract research titan, has orchestrated its first acquisition, gaining biologics capabilities and a base in the US... Read


India can dominate global pharma landscape
Although India 'has carved out a significant portion of the world pharma pie', an enormous change in mindset is needed if the country is to become a global pharmaceutical hub, according to a new report from KPMG... Read


Drug industry spend twice as much on marketing as on R&D
The pharma industry spends almost twice as much promoting its drugs as it does trying to develop them, according to a new study... Read


Warding off the generic attack
A recent report has detailed the challenges facing the pharma industry as the generic flood gates open, with the constant advice to start planning early still apparently not heeded by a bewildering number of firms... Read


Preclinical services news in brief
In this week's review of activity within the preclinical research services arena, news has emerged involving Commonwealth Biotechnologies and Stem Cell Sciences... Read


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New drug target leaves lung cancer cells alone, lonely and dying
It seems even tumour cells can get lonely; scientists have discovered that by cutting off a key gene, lung cancer tumour cells are left 'homeless' and they can't survive on their own... Read


A drug cocktail to bust brain tumours
A team of US researchers have uncovered a cocktail of three drugs that could be effective at treating every patient with a particular type of brain cancer that typically has a dismal prognosis... Read


Mapping the 'human embryome' in BioTime
BioTimes' subsidiary, Embryome Sciences, is planning to build a relational database that will help identify the hundreds of cell types that can be made from human and mouse embryonic stem cells... Read


Pfizer buys CovX to bulk biologics pipeline
Pfizer, the world's largest pharma firm, has reached into its pockets to buy CovX, a privately-held US biotech that specialises in combining the strengths of peptides and antibodies into new drugs... Read

Annual round up of all drugs entering Phase I

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Galapagos scores first oncology contract
Galapagos' services arm has scored another lucrative contract from big pharma - its first in the field of oncology - as it continues to broaden its experience... Read


New China:US preclinical partnership formed
US-based MPI Research and China's Shanghai Medicilon have formed a joint venture in preclinical services, as they position themselves to cash in on what is a budding market sector in China... Read


More pharmas implicated in Iraq bribery probe
While GSK, AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly have hit the headlines in the UK Serious Fraud Office's (SFO) investigation into illegal bribes paid to Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime, many more pharma firms are on the organisation's... Read


IDM Pharma will cut jobs after Sanofi scraps melanoma collaboration
Sanofi-Aventis has decided to pull out of its skin cancer collaboration with IDM Pharma, leaving the Californian biopharma firm considering job cuts as a way to lower costs... Read


Fine Foods extends within pharma
Italy's Fine Foods has purchased a domestic contract manufacturer operating in the pharmaceutical arena, extending its presence in this industry... Read

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