Keyword: R&D

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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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Prof. Stefan Buchholz to head Evonik's R&D group Creavis

26.11.2012 - Prof. Stefan Buchholz (50) has assumed the position as head of Creavis, the strategic R&D unit of Evonik. Buchholz studied chemistry in Marburg, Germany and received his doctorate...

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German Research Points Way to Faster Flu Vaccines

26.11.2012 - An experimental vaccine based on a molecule related to DNA protects animals against influenza and may one day offer an ultra-rapid way to develop new shots for humans, German...

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EU Doctors Turn to Last-Ditch Antibiotics as Resistance Grows

16.11.2012 - Doctors are increasingly having to turn to last-ditch antibiotics due to growing drug-resistant superbug infections in Europe, EU health officials said on Friday. The problem is...

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Sanofi Lets Genzyme's Biotech Culture Call the Shots

16.11.2012 - When Sanofi boss Chris Viehbacher first met staff at Genzyme, the U.S. biotech he had just acquired after a long takeover battle, he told them he did not want "planeloads of people...

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BASF Constructs New Research Building in Ludwigshafen

08.11.2012 - BASF is constructing a new laboratory building that will combine research scientists from several specialties under one roof. The building is being created close to Gate 7 in the...

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BASF Opens Global R&D Center for Mining in Australia

31.10.2012 - The chemical company BASF today opened its global mining research and development center at the Australian Minerals Research Centre (AMRC) in Perth, WA. At the new facility, BASF...

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AstraZeneca Deepens Collaboration with Academia

31.10.2012 - British academic researchers have secured 7 million pounds ($11 million) of funding from the country's Medical Research Council (MRC) to investigate a range of potential new drugs...