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MedImmune to close vaccines sites in California

Tuesday, July 17, 2012 02:55 PM

Gaithersburg, Md.-based MedImmune, the global biologics arm of AstraZeneca, is restructuring its infectious disease and vaccines research, development and operations, closing its Mountain View, Calif., and Santa Clara, Calif., sites and consolidating its infectious disease and vaccines R&D to other existing sites. The changes are expected to be completed in 2014.

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AstraZeneca acquires neuroscience assets from Link Medicine

Friday, July 13, 2012 03:20 PM

AstraZeneca has acquired a portfolio of neuroscience assets from Link Medicine, a privately held biopharmaceutical company based in Massachusetts. Link Medicine has focused its R&D efforts in the field of autophagy, an intracellular process that clears and recycles misfolded proteins, and has been developing potential new treatments for a range of neurodegenerative diseases.

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AstraZeneca in A5 alliance for Alzheimer’s

Friday, July 13, 2012 03:14 PM

AstraZeneca and Dr. Steven Paul of Weill Cornell Medical College have announced a first of its kind research alliance that brings four leading academic research laboratories together with AstraZeneca to study a major risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, the apolipoprotein E4 genotype (ApoE).

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BMS acquires Amylin Pharmaceuticals, expands diabetes alliance with AstraZeneca

Monday, July 2, 2012 09:59 AM

Global biopharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) has agreed to acquire Amylin Pharmaceuticals of San Diego for $31.00 per share in cash, pursuant to a cash tender offer and second step merger, or an aggregate purchase price of approximately $5.3 billion.

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AstraZeneca, Karolinska Institutet collaborate on molecular imaging research

Thursday, June 21, 2012 04:29 PM

Global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and Karolinska Institutet, a medical university in Sweden, have entered into a three year collaborative research agreement that will apply state-of-the-art molecular imaging technologies to generate novel diagnostic imaging tools and further the development of AstraZeneca’s neuroscience R&D pipeline.

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AstraZeneca, Rigel ink worldwide license for new asthma treatment

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 11:26 AM

Biopharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca and Rigel Pharmaceuticals have signed an exclusive worldwide license agreement for the global development and commercialization of R256, Rigel's inhaled JAK inhibitor shown to inhibit IL-13 and IL-4 signaling being investigated as a treatment for moderate to severe chronic asthma. 

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Innovative public-private collaboration to tackle antibiotic research

Friday, May 25, 2012 01:05 PM

AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKlinehas welcomed the launch of a pioneering approach to antibiotic research in Europe that will see pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies working alongside public partners to tackle the rising threat from antibiotic resistance and address some of the key barriers to the development of effective antibiotics.

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AMRI names new president for AMRI Europe

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 12:05 PM

AMRI, a global contract research and manufacturing organization, has appointed Ian Shott as president of AMRI Europe.

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Creabilis appoints Simon Russell as chief business officer

Friday, May 4, 2012 04:43 PM

Creabilis, a European biotech specializing in the development of treatments for dermatology, inflammation and pain, has appointed Simon Russell as chief business officer.

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NIH launches collaborative program to spur therapeutic development

Friday, May 4, 2012 08:02 AM

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has unveiled a collaborative program, Discovering New Therapeutic Uses for Existing Molecules, that will match researchers with a selection of pharmaceutical industry compounds to help scientists explore new treatments for patients.

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