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EFPIA hails joint action on counterfeit drugs
The pan-European medicines verification system uses an anti-tampering device together with 2D barcoding to verify the authenticity of medicinal products and is currently being implemented...
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Pfizer establishes gene therapy unit for rare disease research
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, US, have reported preliminary data from a small clinical trial of a new breast cancer...
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Washington University-developed new breast cancer vaccine shows promise
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, US, have reported preliminary data from a small clinical trial of a new breast cancer...
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Japan’s Otsuka to acquire Avanir for $3.5bn
Japan-based Otsuka Pharmaceutical has signed an agreement to acquire US-based Avanir Pharmaceuticals for $3.5bn. Otsuka, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Otsuka America,...
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Daiichi and UCB Biopharma partner to introduce epilepsy treatment...
Japan-based Daiichi Sankyo has signed an agreement with UCB Biopharma to jointly commercialise Lacosamide for the treatment of patients with epilepsy in Japan. ...
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AstraZeneca and Cancer Research UK collaborate for new cancer...
British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide drug discovery facilities for Cancer Research UK at its new MRC...
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Hilleman signs MoU with Bangladesh firms to develop oral...
Hilleman Laboratories, a joint venture of Merck and Wellcome Trust, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bangladesh-based icddr,b and Incepta Vaccine to develop...
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