That is the vision Menelas Pangalos, executive vice president of innovative medicines at Astrazeneca plc, outlined as he discussed the announcement that the company's new £330 million (US$514 million) global R&D center and corporate headquarters is to be built on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus

A third Conatus co-founder, Charles Cashion, senior vice president of finance, chief financial officer and secretary, also held similar roles at Idun...Meanwhile, Gary Burgess, senior vice president of clinical research and chief medical officer, joined Conatus in 2011 from Pfizer, where he oversaw the assimilation of Idun, including data integration, clinical oversight of ongoing Phase II studies, development of clinical plans and registration strategies for emricasan

We don't spend time arguing about forecasts," said Michael D. Step, senior vice president of corporate development at Santarus Inc., of San Diego...We wanted them to compete on the back end of the deal to prove their interest," McDavid Stilwell, Orexigen's vice president of corporate communications and business development, told the audience

Called "Demystifying Product Development in China," the hour-long panel sought to make clearer the regulatory landscape there, and along with Zeldis, speakers included RuiPing Dong, head of emerging markets for Merck Research Laboratories, and Kent Thoelke, vice president of scientific and medical affairs for the contract research organization PRA International

Curis Inc., of Lexington, Mass., named Mani Mohindru vice president of corporate strategy and investor relations...Mirna Therapeutics Inc., of Austin, Texas, appointed Sinil Kim vice president of oncology and chief medical officer

The intention is to move forward and get that triple combination into development quickly," said Lyn Baranowski, Pearl's vice president of business development

Hans-Peter Grau, vice president for business development and key account management for Asia, contract manufacturing biopharmaceuticals at Boehringer Ingelheim Biopharmaceuticals GmbH, reminded the audience of the rapid transformation the agency has been facing

The proof of the pudding will come with mature OS data, which are not likely to report until the end of the year, according to David Chang, Amgen's vice president of global development

Why adapt the sample size, for instance, when it "isn't recognized as an explanation as to why we're failing in Phase III studies," Vladimir Dragalin, senior vice president of software development & consulting at Aptiv Solutions, a CRO specializing in adaptive designs, told BioWorld Insight

Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc., of New Haven, Conn., appointed David Apelian executive vice president and chief medical officer

Negotiating Medicare drug prices could save the federal government $230 billion to $541 billion by 2022, according to a Center for Economic and Policy Research report released earlier this year. (See BioWorld Today, Feb. 19, 2013.) Negotiations are already part of the script, testified Richard Smith, executive vice president of policy and research for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA

Negotiating Medicare drug prices could save the federal government $230 billion to $541 billion by 2022, according to a Center for Economic and Policy Research report released earlier this year. (See BioWorld Today, Feb. 19, 2013.) Negotiations are already part of the script, testified Richard Smith, executive vice president of policy and research for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA

The study includes a planned follow-up of up to five years," Dixie Esseltine, vice president of global clinical development for Takeda, told BioWorld Today, adding that MLN9708 is differentiated from competitors in three ways

Chris Peetz, vice president of corporate development at privately held Jennerex, said the financing will extend the company's runway into the first half of 2014, following the release of Phase IIb data at the end of this year

We believe this combination of using a high potency topical steroid with a delivery formulation that covers both UP and UPS would be a valuable addition to the available therapies for these patients," said Bill Forbes, executive vice president of medical, research and development and chief development officer

Siegfried Reich, senior vice president of drug discovery...Kevin Eastwood, senior vice president of business development

Co-founders included inventor Akseli Hemminki, a professor and founder of the Cancer Gene Therapy Group at the University of Helsinki, Antti Vuolanto, now vice president of manufacturing, and founding CEO Pekka Simula, who now serves as the company's chief operating officer