05.02.2014
- In a new survey published by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), chemical engineers have voted for what they consider to be the most important chemically engineered...
23.05.2013
- Kathrin Jansen is a microbiologist with at least two breakthrough vaccines to her name: she brought the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to market for Merck and helped develop the...
22.05.2013
- The U.S. government has signed an antibiotics development deal worth up to $200 million with GlaxoSmithKline to tackle the dual threats of drug resistance and bioterrorism. The...
03.04.2013
- Shares of Optimer Pharmaceuticals rose as much as 24% after a Bloomberg report said GlaxoSmithKline and Cubist Pharmaceuticals were among those interested in buying the antibiotic...
18.03.2013
- Thirty years ago, when the world faced the terrifying prospect of an untreatable disease known as AIDS, big drugmakers scented an opportunity and raced to develop new medicines...
16.11.2012
- Doctors are increasingly having to turn to last-ditch antibiotics due to growing drug-resistant superbug infections in Europe, EU health officials said on Friday. The problem is...
14.06.2012
- As companies continue to face ever-tightening budget constraints, many have turned to lower cost markets, such as China and India, as sources of active pharmaceutical ingredients...
