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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
07.10.2015
- The pharmaceutical industry is entering a period of sustained growth. Prescription drug sales are set to advance at almost 5% a year until 2020, while worldwide prescription drug...
07.10.2015
- Kemal Malik, board member for innovation at the German Bayer Group, sees many similarities in the genetic system of humans, animals and plants. This opens the door for synergies in...
