Keyword: research

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GSK and Regeneron Back UK Biobank Project

29.03.2017 - UK drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and US biotech Regeneron Pharmaceuticals are investing in a gene sequencing project that uses anonymous patient data held by the UK Biobank. The...

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Allergan and Editas Medicine in Eye Disease Pact

20.03.2017 - Allergan has secured exclusive access to Editas Medicine’s genome-editing ocular programs under a strategic research and development agreement. The deal covers early stage, first...

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BASF Inaugurates Indian Innovation Campus

14.03.2017 - BASF has inaugurated its new Innovation Campus Asia Pacific in Mumbai, India its largest R&D investment in South Asia to date. The €50 million investment is said to “significantly...

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Tusk in UK Cancer Collaboration

16.02.2017 - The UK’s Tusk Therapeutics is joining Cancer Research Technology (CRT) and University College London (UCL) to research, develop and commercialize an antibody-based therapeutic...

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McKinsey Says Digitization Offers Gains for Chemicals

14.02.2017 - Digitization could offer chemical companies the opportunity to unlock more than $200 billion of new value, according to new research by global management consultant McKinsey. With...

Markets & Companies

A Visible Turning Point for Oxea

07.02.2017 - Ten years ago, in March 2007, oxo chemicals producer Oxea was established as a buyout led by private-equity firm Advent International of oxo derivatives and oxo intermediates...

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Novo Nordisk Invests in UK Research Center

01.02.2017 - Novo Nordisk has announced plans to invest 1 billion Danish kroner ($145 million) over 10 years in a new research center at the University of Oxford, giving a major boost to the UK...

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Avalon and Bern University Research Formaldehyde Alternative

01.02.2017 - Switzerland’s Avalon Industries and the Institute for Materials and Wood Technology at the Bern University of Applied Sciences are collaborating on a research project to develop an...