21.04.2015
- ChemoCentryx, Inc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on autoimmune diseases, inflammatory disorders and cancer, has begun enrolling patients with non-resectable...
17.04.2015
- Private labs in the US are said to have found significant residues of the glyphosate weed-killer, marketed by agrochemicals giant Monsanto as Roundup, in samples of honey, soy...
11.03.2015
- Merck Serono, the biopharmaceutical business of Germany's Merck KGaA, and US biotechnology company Illumina, based at San Diego, California, plan to collaborate on expanding the...
01.02.2015
- A jury in Baton Rouge, Louisiana has issued a verdict favouring DuPont in a whistleblower suit alleging leaks of cancer-causing gas at the company's sulfuric acid plant in Burnside...
23.01.2015
- Chemicals "known to be carcinogens," such as benzene and formaldehyde, being used in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for shale gas in South Africa's Karoo basin, could lead to an...
16.09.2014
- Roche's cancer drug Avastin as a cheaper treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD), a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, does not appear to increase deaths...
12.09.2014
- Calico, an investment firm founded by Google to fund projects aimed at delaying the human aging process, is partnering with US drugmaker AbbVie to develop therapies for age-related...
13.06.2014
- Germany's Merck and compatriot biotech firm MorphoSys have agreed to cooperate on discovering and developing therapeutic antibodies against undisclosed immune checkpoints, that is...
