Takeda will cut 2,800 jobs to integrate Nycomed
Takeda has announced it will cut 2,800 jobs by 2015 as part of its integration of Nycomed.
Archives for January 18, 2012
Quintiles invests £3m in biomarker R&D firm; establishes BPO centre in China
Quintiles has invested £3m ($4.6m) in a new UK-based biomarker R&D company in a continuation of its efforts to build in the field of personalised medicines.
NSF moves into medical device trial training
Training and consultancy firm NSF Health Sciences (NSF-DBA) has acquired Pink Associates in a bid to broaden its service offering.
Air can be used as barrier for controlled drug release, say scientists
A new study has found a way to use air as a barrier for controlled drug release.
Patient derived tumours can take candidate selection to a 'new level', says VivoPharm
VivoPharm says its new agreement with primary patient-derived tumour creators EPO-GmbH will bring drug candidate selection to a “new level” for US drug researchers.
US DoD awards CMO Paragon Bioservices $15m vaccine deal
CMO Paragon Bioservices has won a $15m DoD contract to develop a large-scale mammalian process for a trivalent filovirus vaccine.
Sigma-Aldrich looks to HPAPIs as generic sector heats up
Sigma-Aldrich is prioritising HPAPIs as it seeks to grow its custom pharma business in the face of low-cost competition.
German firms partner to bring biocatalysis to fine chemicals
Enzymicals and Herbrand PharmaChemicals have partnered to incorporate biocatalytic processes into fine chemical manufacturing.
CRAs spend less than half their time in on-site monitoring tasks, says Tufts
Clinical research associates (CRAs) spend less than half of their time conducting ‘on site’ monitoring with training, travel and admin taking up the majority of their time according to new research