Keyword: cancer

Markets & Companies

After Pharma’s Patent Cliff

04.04.2016 - Analysts love looking into the future, particularly when it comes to big pharma’s prospect for growth and earnings. The industry experts of Morningstar see slowing patent losses...

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Sanofi Appoints Dr. Yong-Jun Liu as Head of Global Research

29.03.2016 - French drug maker Sanofi has appointed Dr. Yong-Jun Liu, one of the world's most prolific researchers in immunology, as Head of Research, Global R&D, effective April 1, 2016. Dr...

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Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Clears Hurdle

24.02.2016 - Austrian biotech firm OncoQR ML has cleared an important hurdle toward producing a vaccine against pancreatic cancer. In a preclinical trial of what it termed “a highly relevant...

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AstraZeneca Cancer Drug Breakthrough

10.02.2016 - The combination of two cancer drugs from UK-Swedish drugs maker AstraZeneca and its biologics research and development arm MedImmune could be a potential breakthrough in treating a...

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Roche Agrees Cancer Partnership with SQZ Biotech

09.12.2015 - Roche and SQZ Biotech are working together to develop a cell therapy platform that would empower patients’ own immune cells to fight a broad range of cancers. SQZ’s pioneering...

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Monsanto Facing Fresh Roundup Litigation

14.10.2015 - US agriculture and GMO giant Monsanto is facing lawsuits from farm workers in connection with its Roundup herbicide. One case charging that glyphosate, the primary ingredient in...

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Merck-Pfizer Avelumab on FDA Fast Track

08.10.2015 - After previously receiving Orphan Drug status for avelumab, an investigational fully human anti-PD-L1 IgG1 monoclonal antibody to treat the rare and aggressive skin cancer Merkel...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Chances and Hurdles for Biosimilars

07.10.2015 - With biosimilars the pharmaceutical industry and health-care business move into a relatively young discipline with high sales potential. The follow-up drugs of biopharmaceuticals...