Keyword: Pharmaceuticals

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Codexis Seals Wave 1 of Technology Transfer to US Merck

23.10.2015 - US protein engineering company Codexis has completed wave 1 of the transfer of its proprietary CodeEvolver platform technology to compatriot drug maker Merck. Under the agreement...

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Drugmakers Launch UK Dementia Fund

22.10.2015 - Six international drugmakers, led by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and including Johnson & Johnson, Biogen, Eli Lilly, Pfizer and Takeda, have joined forces with the UK Department of...

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Lilly Discontinues Potential Blockbuster

19.10.2015 - US drug maker Eli Lilly has discontinued clinical trials with evacetrapib, a potential blockbuster medicine it had hoped to recommend for treatment of high-risk atherosclerotic...

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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...

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Easy Access for Customers

07.10.2015 - In late June, Johnson Matthey announced that it will divest its Alfa Aesar Research Chemicals business to Thermo Fisher Scientific. Following the divestment the company has...

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Pharma Players Mostly Lift 2015 Guidance

07.10.2015 - After a challenging second quarter and first half 2015 – once again marked by foreign exchange turbulence and the impact of acquisitions and divestments – the international...

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US Now Top Market for German Chemicals

07.10.2015 - The United States has become the most important export market for the German chemical industry, displacing The Netherlands says the producers’ association Verband der Chemischen...

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Oxea in Detailed Engineering for US Propanol Unit

06.10.2015 - Germany-based Oxea has begun detailed engineering on its new propanol plant at Bay City, Texas, in the US, which is scheduled to go on stream at the end of 2017. The company said...