Pharmaceutical industry – Page 57
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BusinessHDL drug class struggling after latest flop
The failure of another ‘good’ cholesterol-raising drug and a new genetic study casts shadow over HDL hypothesis
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BusinessDrug watchdogs mark out global territory
US and European regulatory agencies are leading worldwide collaborations to ensure drugs from outside their borders are safe
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Pharma firms see mixed fortunes in Quebec
Canada’s pharmaceutical and life sciences hub hit by cutbacks as effects of global slowdown continue to be felt
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Ranbaxy launches new anti-malarial Synriam
India is still waiting for its first fully home grown drug as firm commercialises molecule discovered by charitable venture
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BusinessAstraZeneca seeks to refill dry pipeline with gout drug
UK pharma giant splashes out $1.26 billion on US gout specialist Ardea Biosciences
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Seroquel patent row continues
The legal tug of war over the right to sell generic versions of Seroquel (quetiapine) tablets continues
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US approves new anaemia drug
US authorities have approved Omontys (peginesatide) injections for treating anaemia in dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease
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PCSK9 inhibitors against cholesterol problems perform well
Sanofi has reported Phase II data for a new drug candidate for lowering cholesterol levels in patients already taking statins
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$500m for Ista
US eye drug company Bausch & Lomb has signed a cash deal to buy US drugmaker Ista Pharmaceuticals for $9.10 per share, equivalent to $500 million
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Court throws out patent covering drug dosing
The US Supreme Court has said that medical tests that rely on correlations between drug doses and treatment cannot be patented
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AbbVie emerges from Abbott split
US healthcare giant Abbott has renamed the branded drugs part of its business
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Business
GSK to build £350m factory in UK
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced £350 million plans to build its first new UK production plant for almost 40 years in Ulverston, Cumbria
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GSK to build £350 million factory in UK
Tax breaks in the UK budget have prompted GSK to reaffirm its commitment
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India green lights production of patented cancer drug
For the first time India has invoked a ‘compulsory licence’ clause to cut the cost of a patented anti-cancer drug
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CareersThe future of medicine
A medicinal chemistry course that’s giving students a real taste of pharma - failure, frustration and all
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OpinionThe elements of drug design
Drug discovery requires experimentation, says Derek Lowe. But chemists can be reluctant to stray from the elements they know and love
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Opinion
The language of the lab
Derek Lowe wonders what the lab lingua franca might be in the years to come
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Opinion
Rewards of repurposing
Derek Lowe discusses how companies are increasingly trying to do more with the compounds they already know a lot about
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