Keyword: R&D

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Pharma Management Radar survey 2016: Escaping the complexity trap

12.05.2016 - The good old days are gone — at least with regard to simplicity in business life. This is particularly true for life sciences companies affected by trends increasing the complexity...

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BASF to Begin Plant Science Job Cuts in June

06.05.2016 - In a mass layoff notice filed with the US state of North Carolina, BASF Bioscience Research said it could eliminate as many as 190 jobs at its Research Triangle Park Plant Science...

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Drugmakers Find Canine Cancer Candidate

04.05.2016 - An R&D collaboration between Dublin, Ireland-based Nexvet Biopharma, a veterinary biologics developer, and Japanese animal health company Zenoaqa claims to have found fully...

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Clariant Seeks Enhanced China Presence

02.05.2016 - Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant has unveiled a new strategy for upgrading its presence in the Greater China market. In a talk at the recent Chinaplas exhibition in...

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Sanofi Offers $9 Billion for Medivation

29.04.2016 - As expected, French drugmaker Sanofi has made an unsolicited all cash, non-binding proposal bid to acquire US biopharmaceuticals firm Medivation. In a letter to the board of the...

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Valent and Rizobacter in Rhizosphere Pact

28.04.2016 - Sumitomo Chemical’s wholly owned subsidiary Valent BioSciences (VBC) has signed a long-term agreement with Argentina’s Rizobacter for R&D collaboration in biorational rhizosphere...

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AstraZeneca Initiates Broad Genomics Project

28.04.2016 - As part of a newly announced collaboration with non-profit scientific institutes and high-tech companies, British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca and its global biologics research...

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Advent Takes Mexico’s Viakem

27.04.2016 - Private equity investor Advent International has agreed to buy Mexican fine chemicals producer Viakem for an undisclosed sum. Family-owned Viakem is Latin America’s sole custom and...