Singapore's output down
Figures released today reveal a slow-down in Singapore's pharmaceutical manufacturing output compared to this time last year.
Archives for October 25, 2007
GSK to strip down through outsourcing and offshoring
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is planning to strip itself down closer to the bare bones of the business through further outsourcing and offshoring, with hopes of making itself into a lean, mean, pharma machine.
Wellcome boost for Alzheimer's research
The UK's largest charity, the Wellcome Trust, has awarded £1.3m (€1.9m) to fund the world's largest ever genome-wide association study to identify the genetic origins of Alzheimer's disease.
Let there be dark to see nature's cancer drugs
Scientists are hoping to see the dark amongst the light as they scour nature for its next anticancer drug 'gift'.
GSK axe begins to fall
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been swift in implementing its plant cuts, already announcing the first sites to be axed mere hours after revealing its restructuring plans.
Cholesterol-releasing enzyme to reduce heart disease?
US researchers have identified an enzyme that reduces the build up of heart-disease causing plaques by removing the cholesterol that causes them to form.
Gardasil vs Cervarix - winner gets UK supply contract
The race is on between cervical cancer vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix as they begin to battle it out to win a more than £100m a year supply contract with the UK Department of Health.