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UK-based biotechnology firm Biotica Technology and the University of Cambridge have secured funding for a collaborative research initiative into new expression systems for the production of polyketides.
Pfizer is to acquire Idun Pharmaceuticals in an agreement, which includes a new technology platform with potential applications in liver disease, inflammation and cancer.
Pharmacogenomics will alter the balance of power in the way drugs are developed, tested, marketed and prescribed during the next decade, and the blockbuster business model of big pharmaceutical companies will eventually give way to a more targeted...
Japan's Chugai Pharmaceutical is planning to slash the number of manufacturing plants it operates in Japan in the wake of its alliance with Switzerland's Roche in 2002.
Hamilton Life Science Robotics has taken Invitrogen's Gateway Technology one step further by creating an automated cloning system that monitors and tracks each plate undergoing various processes. The system aims to further refine the drug development...
Having opted to hang onto its pharmaceutical packaging business instead of selling it off, Denmark's Superfos has now expanded the production capacity of the unit 'to extend its position as one of the leading suppliers in the market'.
The rumours of a marriage between Japanese drugmakers Sankyo and Daiichi Pharmaceutical were confirmed on Friday, when the two companies officially announced their intention to merge in a stock deal valued at around Y 813.0 billion yen (€5.88bn).