Articles Published in 2012

EMD Millipore opens GMP bioproduction facility in France

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 12:02 PM

EMD Millipore, the Billerica, Mass.-based life science division of Merck, has opened its advanced GMP bioproduction facility in Martillac, France, offering a full, single-use process train to speed a molecule’s journey to the clinic.

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BMS, Vanderbilt University to develop novel treatments for Parkinson's

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 11:28 AM

Vanderbilt University of Nashville, Tenn., and global biopharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) have signed a collaboration agreement for the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapies acting on the mGluR4 glutamate receptor, known as positive allosteric modulators or PAMs, for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.

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Valeant acquires Visudyne from QLT

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 10:57 AM

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, a multinational specialty pharmaceutical company, has acquired Visudyne, used to treat abnormal growth of leaky blood vessels in the eye caused by wet age-related macular degeneration, from QLT.

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Mallinckrodt to acquire CNS Therapeutics

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 10:31 AM

Mallinckrodt, the pharmaceuticals business of Covidien, a global healthcare products company, has agreed to acquire CNS Therapeutics, a St. Paul, Minn.-based specialty pharmaceutical company focused on neurological disorders and intractable chronic pain.

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Novo Nordisk to expand R&D center in China

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 09:58 AM

Novo Nordisk, a Denmark-based biopharmaceutical company and the first multinational company to open a research center in China in 1997, is reaffirming its long-term commitment to the country by investing an additional $100 million to expand its state-of-the-art science facilities in Beijing.

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Clinipace Worldwide acquires Paragon Biomedical

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 07:00 AM

Clinipace Worldwide, a global digital contract research organization (dCRO), and Paragon Biomedical, a global, full-service CRO, have jointly announced a definitive merger agreement under which Morrisville, N.C.-based Clinipace Worldwide has acquired all outstanding shares of privately-held, Irvine, Calif.-based Paragon and its subsidiaries.

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Sanofi, TB Alliance collaborate to accelerate new treatments for TB

Monday, September 24, 2012 08:00 AM

Global healthcare company Sanofi and the not-for-profit organization Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance) have formed a new research collaboration agreement to accelerate the discovery and development of novel compounds against tuberculosis (TB).

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GNS Healthcare, Covance to enable more efficient, cost-effective drug development

Friday, September 21, 2012 02:31 PM

GNS Healthcare, a Cambridge, Mass.-based healthcare data analytics company focused on enabling personalized medicine, has entered into a collaboration with global CRO Covance to develop novel data-driven models that will assist pharmaceutical companies in optimizing the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of drug development activities.

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Progenics undergoes restructuring, cuts 26% of workforce

Friday, September 21, 2012 02:15 PM

Progenics Pharmaceuticals, a Tarrytown, N.Y.-based biopharmaceutical company focused on cancer and related conditions, has announced companywide restructuring, including a reduction of its workforce. The company will continue to focus its resources and efforts on its oncology programs, particularly an upcoming phase II study of PSMA ADC in prostate cancer patients.

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Lundbeck files for EMA approval of vortioxetine for depression

Friday, September 21, 2012 01:34 PM

H. Lundbeck, an international pharmaceutical company, has submitted a marketing authorization application (MAA) to the EMA for the approval of the investigational multimodal antidepressant vortioxetine (Lu AA21004), and the dossier has been accepted for review.

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