Pharmaceuticals

MEPs call for closer scrutiny of EU’s €6B health emergency authority

EU health commissioner downplays concerns of ‘democratic deficiencies’ in the setup of HERA, as the European Parliament demands more transparency and a greater say in how the authority operates

07 Oct 2021

News

Pharma industry launches $1 billion initiative to find new antibiotics

AMR Action Fund will support biotechs working on later stages of clinical development, with the aim of delivering 2 - 4 new antibiotics by 2030

09 Jul 2020

News

Novartis announces new leader of Pharmaceuticals Business Unit

07 Jun 2019

Network Updates

GE Healthcare and Uppsala BIO form a new partnership

GE Healthcare Life Sciences continues to invest in Uppsala. The company signs a two-year collaboration agreement with Uppsala BIO

18 May 2016

Network Updates

TET signs rights to gene expression patents

09 Dec 2009

News

Merck Serono to invest €150 M in Chinese R&D centre

Merck Serono is to establish a global R&D centre in Beijing, investing more than €150 million over the next four years.

25 Nov 2009

News

Commission’s antitrust probe in pharma goes on

The European Commission’s probe into suspected anti-trust activity in the pharmaceutical sector is rumbling on, with further dawn raids earlier this week.

07 Oct 2009

News

Eli Lilly launches new approach to Open Innovation

The US pharma company Eli Lilly has launched a new model of open innovation devised to get over the drug industry’s productivity problems.

24 Jun 2009

News

Commission threatens antitrust cases to end drug patents abuse

The Commission and the European Patent office are taking action to eradicate underhand tactics for keeping generic drugs off the market.

09 Dec 2008

News

More money than sense

Cash-rich pharma is dropping any pretence they are buying cash-strapped biotech for access to innovative technology. What it wants is products. Let’s hope it doesn’t suffocate the feedstock of innovation in the process.

15 Oct 2008

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