DUBLIN, Ireland – It has not been long since the first research programs got under way, but there is evidence already that projects undertaken by the €2 billion (US$2.4 billion) Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) are having an impact on the environment for drug development in Europe. Read More
LONDON – The process by which tumors spread around the body involves a crucial molecular interaction between tumor cells in the bloodstream and the cells that line the blood vessels, a new study suggested. Read More
Orphan Synergy Europe (OSE) Pharma SA came out of the starting gate with a Phase II candidate, in-licensing a therapeutic cancer vaccine discovered at San Diego-based Epimmune Inc. that had languished following that company's 2005 merger with Immuno-Designed Molecules (IDM) SA, of Paris. Read More
LONDON – RedX Pharma Ltd. is planning a £10.8 million (US$16.8 million) investment to extend the reach of its expertise in the structural modification of marketed drugs into antibiotics and antivirals. Read More
DUBLIN, Ireland – As a general science meeting, the Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) does a pretty good job of being all things to all men and all women. Read More
DUBLIN, Ireland – Small molecules may be hard enough to get through development and registration, but that is nothing like the challenge the industry is facing in attempts to get cell therapies to market. Read More
DUBLIN, Ireland – Dublin's undpredictable weather, a confounding blend of sunshine, wind and rain, was an apt metaphor for the mix of optimism, realism and disappointment that could be heard in the many scientific sessions during the first full day of the Euroscience Open Forum 2012 (ESOF 2012) meeting at the Convention Centre Dublin Thursday. Read More
• Ipsen SA, of Paris, said partner Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals Inc., of Cambridge, Mass., was notified that the FDA placed on hold both Phase III studies evaluating IB1001, an intravenous recombinant Factor IX therapy for the treatment and prevention of bleeding episodes in people with hemophilia B. Read More
