East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet" Rudyard Kipling famously wrote, but a recent high level international conference in Frankfurt, Germany, is determined to prove him wrong, at least with regards healthcare, by ...
The Human Genome Project was completed in 2003, mapping out all of the genes of the human genome. When the first draft of results were published many were surprised that we had only 24,000 genes. This seemed like an unremarkable amount ...
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In research that could ultimately lead to many new medicines, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a potentially general approach to design drugs from genome sequence. As a proof of ...
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Furiex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: FURX) today announced top-line results indicating the company's two pivotal Phase III clinical trials evaluating the efficacy and safety of eluxadoline in the treatment of diarrhea-predominant irritable ...
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Astellas and IBL Concludes Co-Research Agreement Regarding Pharmaceutical Applications of Recombinant Human Proteins Made Using transgenic Silkworms Tokyo, December 25, 2013 - Astellas Pharma Inc. ("Astellas") and Immuno-Biological ...
US-based life sciences venture capital firm Versant Ventures is expanding its operations into Canada in order to invest in early-stage drug discovery programs. The company has established an office in Vancouver this year and created a new ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to Conatus Pharmaceuticals' drug candidate emricasan for the treatment of liver transplant patients with reestablished fibrosis to delay the progression to ...
US-based TransCelerate BioPharma is launching three new global initiatives to further advance efficiency in clinical trials and accelerate the development of new medicines: creation of common clinical trial protocol templates, development ...
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Netherland-based injectable drug delivery products producer InnoCore Pharmaceuticals has signed an exclusive license and collaboration agreement with Allergan (AGN), to develop new medicines for ophthalmic diseases. The deal will see the ...
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ViiV Healthcare, HIV company established by GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer, has announced the FDA approval of an integrase inhibitor, Tivicay (dolutegravir) 50mg tablets, for the treatment of HIV-1. Tivicay is indicated for use in combination ...
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Specialty life-science investment company Torrey Pines Investment (TPI) has signed a multi-million dollar joint investment framework agreement with BioMotiv, a biotech accelerator associated with The Harrington Project for Discovery & ...
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Ensemble Therapeutics has entered into two-part research and development collaboration with Novartis for oral, macrocyclic inflammatory cytokine IL-17 antagonists and additional disease targets. The collaboration will leverage Ensemble's ...
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Eli Lilly and Company has reported 31% increase in net income to $1.21bn, or $1.11 per diluted share, for the second quarter ended on 30 July 2013, compared to $923.6m, or $0.83, for the same period last year. Increase in net income and ...
For the first time, SCHOTT Pharmaceutical Systems will be exhibiting at Interphex Japan as an expert on high-quality pharmaceutical tubing. With around 1,000 exhibitors, Interphex is one of the biggest trade shows worldwide for the ...
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WuXi AppTec (WuXi), a supplier of R&D services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries, has selected Instem, a provider of IT solutions to the global early development healthcare market, for Provantis Portal ...
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