AstraZeneca

Vivus board appoints new chairman, CEO

Wednesday, July 24, 2013 03:00 PM

Biopharmaceutical company Vivus’ board of directors has appointed Michael Astrue chairman and Anthony Zook chief executive officer.

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AstraZeneca, Tufts collaborate on neuroscience research

Thursday, July 18, 2013 09:00 AM

AstraZeneca, Tufts University's School of Medicine and Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences are collaborating to establish a team of postdoctoral researchers who will work to advance understanding of diseases and disorders of the brain, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, neurodevelopmental and autism spectrum disorders. As part of a three-year agreement, the new team will conduct laboratory research into biological targets of interest in neuroscience.

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Loxo Oncology, Array BioPharma in license, collaboration agreement

Thursday, July 11, 2013 09:10 AM

Loxo Oncology, a biopharmaceutical company established and funded by Aisling Capital, and Array BioPharma have announced a multi-year license and collaboration agreement for an Array-invented preclinical development candidate and related intellectual property. In addition, Loxo and Array will collaborate to discover and develop small molecule drugs for mutually agreed upon novel oncology targets. 

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AstraZeneca inks cancer collaboration

Wednesday, July 10, 2013 12:27 PM

AstraZeneca has entered into an agreement with the University of Cambridge and Cancer Research U.K. for a two-year collaboration on three preclinical and clinical oncology projects. This agreement aims to advance cancer research through the study of tumor mutations and new investigational therapies in prostate, pancreatic and potentially other cancers.

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Blackfield signs fourth pharmaceutical partnership

Wednesday, July 10, 2013 12:09 PM

Germany-based researcher Blackfield is collaborating with AstraZeneca. Blackfield will apply its genomics technologies and computational biology capabilities to validate preclinical models to support one of AZ’s oncology drug development programs.

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Optibrium, AstraZeneca sign deal for global software license

Tuesday, July 9, 2013 11:29 AM

AstraZeneca has signed an agreement to license software developer Optibrium's StarDrop software. StarDrop and the ADME-QSAR and Auto-Modeller modules will be deployed globally to AstraZeneca's researchers.

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Roche, AstraZeneca launch early research data-sharing consortium

Tuesday, July 2, 2013 01:24 PM

Roche and AstraZeneca are collaborating to share early research data related to drug design to further accelerate discovery of high-quality compounds with an increased chance of clinical success.

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Sarah Cannon, AstraZeneca partner for oncology

Tuesday, July 2, 2013 12:53 PM

Sarah Cannon Research Institute (SCRI) and AstraZeneca will collaborate to develop new AstraZeneca oncology compounds. The companies will work on molecular profiling to classify tissue based on genetic profiles for the purpose of treating cancers and predicting response to therapy.

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InnovoCommerce, SAFE-BioPharma collaborate

Friday, June 28, 2013 02:02 PM

The global SAFE-BioPharma digital identity and signature standard is being incorporated into the InnovoCommerce eClinical product suite used by pharmaceutical companies for their enterprise and investigator portal initiatives. InnovoCommerce is a source of eClinical collaboration products and solutions. It also has joined SAFE-BioPharma Association’s Vendor Partner program.

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Astellas Pharma joins SAFE-BioPharma

Friday, June 21, 2013 01:21 PM

Astellas Pharma has joined the SAFE-BioPharma Association, a nonprofit industry coalition responsible for the ongoing development and implementation of the global SAFE-BioPharma digital identity and signature standard. As a member, Astellas is able to utilize the SAFE-BioPharma standard. It is the first Japanese pharmaceutical company to become a member.

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