Articles Published in 2012

Insmed names Will Lewis president and CEO

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 11:19 AM

Monmouth Junction, N.J.-based Insmed, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel inhalation therapeutics for patients suffering from serious orphan lung diseases, has appointed Will Lewis president and CEO, effective immediately.

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Annovation Biopharma raises $8M to develop novel anesthetics

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 08:00 AM

Annovation Biopharma, a biotech focused on safer therapies for anesthesia, has raised $8 million in a Series A financing led by Atlas Venture, Partners Innovation Fund (PIF) and new strategic investor The Medicines Company. 

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ViroPharma expands in PA, creates 151 jobs

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 08:00 AM

ViroPharma, a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on rare diseases, will expand its operations in Exton, Penn., and create 151 new, high-paying jobs.

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Report: Investment in social media analytics software and services growing rapidly

Monday, September 10, 2012 03:06 PM

IDC Health Insights released a new IDC MarketScape report which helps end users evaluate the top nine leading social media analytics software and service vendors that currently address the pharmaceutical industry.

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Omeros files IND application for lead compound in schizophrenia program

Monday, September 10, 2012 11:54 AM

Omeros, a Seattle-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has filed an Investigational New Drug Application (IND) with the FDA to initiate clinical trials evaluating OMS824, the company's lead compound from its phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10) program for schizophrenia and other cognitive disorders.

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Abbott, Astellas collaborate on CMV vaccine trial

Monday, September 10, 2012 11:03 AM

Abbott has signed an agreement to collaborate with Astellas Pharma Global Development in a phase III clinical trial for ASP0113 (TransVax), an investigational vaccine licensed from Vical for preventing cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation in transplant patients.

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MedImmune, WuXi AppTec form joint venture to develop novel biologic for Chinese market

Monday, September 10, 2012 10:31 AM

MedImmune, the global biologics arm of AstraZeneca, and WuXi AppTec, an R&D outsourcing company, have formed a joint venture to develop and commercialize MEDI5117, a novel biologic for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, in China.

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CAP-ASCCP make recommendations to stadardize histopathologic terminology, guide optimal biomarker use

Monday, September 10, 2012 10:17 AM

A working group from the Lower Anogenital Squamous Terminology (LAST) Standardization Project, an interdisciplinary project led by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP), has published consensus recommendations to standardize the histopathologic terminology for squamous epithelial lesions of the lower anogenital tract associated with human papillomavirus and to guide optimal biomarker use, according to Ventana Medical Systems, a member of the Roche Group.

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Icon expands U.S. and U.K. bioanalytical labs

Monday, September 10, 2012 09:48 AM

Icon,a global provider of outsourced development services, is expanding its U.S. and U.K. bioanalytical facilities to meet the growing demand for biomarker and cell-based assay services.

Icon has increased its bioanalytical laboratories in Whitesboro, N.Y., and Manchester, U.K., by 7,000 and 4,000 square feet, respectively. The expansions allow Icon to house dedicated immunoassay laboratories at each facility for biomarker testing and cell-based assays.

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New executive committee named to CTTI

Friday, September 7, 2012 02:08 PM

The Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI) has named a 14-member executive committee, resetting CTTI’s strategic direction and ensuring that the organization informs and facilitates meaningful improvements to clinical trial design and conduct.

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