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The High Court in the UK has granted an injunction to protect GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) shareholders against the recent threat posed by animal extremists, who contacted investors by mail warning them to sell their shares in the company.
According to a new study, efforts to increase R&D pipeline productivity have never been more aggressive, with clinical outsourcing being one strategy employed by big pharma to lift itself out of the doldrums.
Agilent has launched a new line of HPLC columns, which is set to deliver industry-leading separation performance for analytical, high-resolution and fast LC applications, including pharmaceutical, QA/QC, environmental and food-safety analysis.
Parexel has expanded its regulatory and clinical development services in the booming Latin American region, recently opening a new location in Mexico City.
PPD managed a 42 per cent jump in pre-tax profit to the tune of $63.8m (€50.1m) in the first quarter, fuelled by a strong growth in new clinical trials business and helped by a milestone payment in the discovery sciences segment.
A research team think that they have discovered a new mechanism that details the role of sugar in cell communication, which paves the way for the development of drugs for cancer and rheumatism.