Novo Nordisk to switch to 100% renewable electricity
Novo Nordisk plans to switch all its production plants worldwide to renewable energy, including wind, by 2020.
Archives for November 26, 2015
Teva tackles migraine through potential $400m Heptares collaboration
Teva has teamed with Heptares to develop and commercialise easily-deliverable small-molecule calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGPR) antagonists to treat migraine.
Happy Thefts-giving: Drugmakers need to be extra vigilant during the holidays says expert
The number of pharmaceutical cargo thefts has fallen in recent years, but manufacturers still need to be vigilant according to an expert who says the holidays are a risky period.
Bigger in Japan: Biopta CEO predicts preclinical CRO business growth under new owners
Preclinical CRO Biopta will add stem cell programming tech to its offering, expand in Japan and nearly double its workforce under new owner, Reprocell.
PCT Europe 2015
Big Pharma; Big bureaucracy; Big trial delays, says PCT panel
Big Pharma bureaucracy makes trials less efficient but listening to CRO partners can help reverse this, say experts from Pfizer, Bayer and Grunenthal.
Acquired Sigma-Aldrich businesses part of Merck's Africa growth plan
New acquisition Sigma Aldrich will play a part in African growth plans in addition to giving it a presence in the preclinical services sector says Merck*.