GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline sells brands, plant to Aspen Group

Monday, September 30, 2013 02:50 PM

GlaxoSmithKline has reached agreement to sell its thrombosis brands, Arixtra and Fraxiparine, and the Notre-Dame de Bondeville (NDB) manufacturing site to the Aspen Group, a South African pharmaceuticals company, for $1.13 billion in cash, of which $161.9 million relates to inventory. 

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Global Health Investment Fund launched for late-stage vaccines

Friday, September 27, 2013 10:59 AM

A new investment fund structured by JPMorgan Chase and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will, for the first time, allow individual and institutional investors the opportunity to finance late-stage global health technologies that have the potential to save millions of lives in low-income countries.

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GSK inks agreement with BARDA to supply anthrax treatment

Friday, September 20, 2013 11:32 AM

GlaxoSmithKline has signed a new four-year contract with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), for the provision of its inhalation anthrax treatment, raxibacumab. The U.S. government is purchasing the medicine as a counter measure against a potential bioterrorist attack.

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Celtaxsys restructures, enhances operational focus

Monday, September 16, 2013 08:43 AM

Celtaxsys, an Atlanta-based pharmaceutical discovery and development company, has restructured its management and operations to focus on development of its lead clinical stage drug candidate, CTX-4430, for treatment of Cystic Fibrosis.

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GSK launches Action Potential Venture Capital for R&D

Friday, August 9, 2013 01:11 PM

GlaxoSmithKline has announced the launch of Cambridge, Mass.-based Action Potential Venture Capital (APVC), a $50 million strategic venture capital fund that will invest in companies that pioneer bioelectronic medicines and technologies.

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Biogen Idec, Adimab expand collaboration

Friday, July 26, 2013 03:05 PM

Adimab, a provider of an integrated antibody discovery and optimization platform, has expanded its collaboration with Biogen Idec for the discovery of antibody-based therapeutics. 

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Verified Clinical Trials partners with SAFE-BioPharma

Friday, July 26, 2013 09:00 AM

Verified Clinical Trials, whose technology helps eliminate multiple enrollments by clinical trial volunteers and provides Medicare Secondary Payer Law compliance strategies, will offer its services with SAFE-BioPharma, a global digital identity management and signature standard used by many of the world’s largest biopharmaceutical companies. The company also has joined the SAFE-BioPharma Vendor Partner program, providing it with direct access to decision-makers in SAFE-BioPharma’s member companies.

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Immunocore, GlaxoSmithKline sign research and licensing agreement

Wednesday, July 10, 2013 12:26 PM

Immunocore, an Oxford-based biotechnology company developing novel biological drugs called ImmTACs to treat cancer and viral disease, has entered into a partnership with GlaxoSmithKline for multiple novel targets not addressable using antibody-based technologies. This is Immunocore's second major partnership this year.

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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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Pfizer, GSK, Siemens and A*STAR form R&D consortium

Monday, June 24, 2013 03:13 PM

Pfizer Asia Pacific, GlaxoSmithKline and Siemens are founding members of the A*STAR R&D consortium program Innovative Processing of Specialties and Pharmaceuticals (iPSP). Launched by A*STAR's Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES), the consortium is a platform for pharmaceutical and specialty chemicals industry companies to address costs, regulatory compliance and responsiveness in production and processes to bring drugs to markets.

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