Keyword: Drug Development

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Novo Bets on High-Price Niche for Obesity Drug

11.12.2012 - Denmark's Novo Nordisk is sizing up a high-price niche market for its drug liraglutide as a weight-loss treatment, with the United States the prime opportunity. The premium-price...

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Drug Industry Treading Water on R&D Productivity

04.12.2012 - Drug companies are becoming more efficient in hunting for new treatments, though this has yet to be reflected in improved investment returns, according to a report on Tuesday. Low...

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Human Stool Treatment Upends Race to Treat Colon Germ

30.11.2012 - Drugmakers racing to develop medicines and vaccines to combat a germ that ravages the gut and kills thousands have a new challenger: the human stool. For patients hit hardest by...

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White House Said to Be Frustrating US Drug Companies in Asia Trade Talks

06.10.2012 - The Obama administration's reluctance to push for 12 years of data protection on "biologic" medicines in free-trade talks is a growing concern for U.S. drug manufacturers who...

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Clinilabs Opens Phase I Unit in New Jersey

25.05.2012 - Clinilabs, an early phase and specialty CRO that provides clinical drug development services to the pharmaceutical industry, today announced that they have opened a second Phase I...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

China: Sourcing Partnerships

07.03.2012 - Role of China - China's importance to the global pharmaceutical sourcing industry is no longer in question. Now the issue is how to materialize China's potential value via...

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ViroPharma Licenses Rights from Intellect Neurosciences for Friedreich's Ataxia

30.09.2011 - ViroPharma announced the license of worldwide rights from Intellect Neurosciences to its clinical stage drug candidate, OX1, being developed for the treatment of Friedreich's...

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Bristol-Myers Squibb Completes Amira Acquisition

09.09.2011 - Bristol-Myers Squibb said Thursday that it has completed its acquisition of privately held Amira Pharmaceuticals, a small-molecule pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery...