14.04.2016
- With immediate effect, Merck KGaA has appointed Maya Martinez-Davis (46) as global head of oncology for its biopharma business, succeeding Andrew Schiermeier. She will be based in...
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...
17.02.2016
- Germany’s Merck KGaA has signed a new framework agreement with Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science, extending their partnership for another three years with the option for...
14.01.2016
- French drugmaker Sanofi has simultaneously announced collaborations with two biotechnology firms, together worth up to €1.2 billion. The first link-up, worth $750 million (€690...
06.11.2015
- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is expecting to file 20 new drugs by 2020, with another 20 to follow in the following five years. In a presentation to investors in New York, CEO Andrew Witty...
05.11.2015
- French pharmaceutical producer Sanofi and German biotech firm BioNTech have agreed a multi-year exclusive collaboration and license agreement aimed at leveraging their respective...
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...
09.09.2015
- Australia’s Starpharma has signed a licensing agreement with AstraZeneca, giving the Anglo-Swedish company commercialization rights for oncology compounds directed at a defined...
