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ONGLYZA

Onglyza™ US label update provides further evidence regarding use in renally impaired adults with type 2 diabetes

23 February 2011
The FDA has approved the inclusion of data from two clinical studies...

Votrient

New treatment choice for advanced kidney cancer patients as Votrient®▼ made available on the NHS

23 February 2011
Patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, can access Votrient® on the NHS...

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Gilead Sciences to acquire Calistoga Pharmaceuticals for $375 million

22 February 2011
Gilead Sciences, Inc. & Calistoga Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced the signing of a definitive agreement pursuant to which Gilead will acquire Calistoga for $375 million...

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ERT announces the appointment of Eric Schwartz as Chief Legal Officer

22 February 2011
ERT announced the appointment of Eric Ian Schwartz as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer effective February 22...

Huber PR17 - Atex

HUBER offer ATEX rated solutions for the Unistat® range of high precision temperature control systems

22 February 2011
ATEX solutions for zones 1 & 2, offer two options to address application complexities...

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Sigma® Life Science launches oncology disease model cell lines

21 February 2011
New cell lines offer cellular models of cancer that are expected to enhance development of drugs for personalised medicine...

Anirvan Ghosh

Anirvan Ghosh named Head of Discovery for Roche’s CNS

21 February 2011
Role will focus on disorders such as schizophrenia, neurodegeneration, treatment-resistant depression & neurodevelopment...

AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca to invest $150m in Russian plant

21 February 2011
AstraZeneca joins rivals looking to sidestep tougher rules on imported medicines as Russia drives to support domestic industry...

Kieran Murphy GE Healthcare Life-Sciences CEO

GE Healthcare appoints Kieran Murphy as Life Sciences CEO

18 February 2011
Kieran Murphy succeeds retiring Peter Ehrenheicurrent as Life Sciences President and CEO on 31 July 2011...

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Sigma Life Science adds OligoArchitect for qPCR to online portfolio of scientific tools

17 February 2011
Sigma Life Science, today announced the release of OligoArchitect™...

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Novartis appoints Naomi Kelman as new Head of the Novartis OTC division

17 February 2011
Novartis announced that effective March 2, Naomi Kelman is appointed Head of the Novartis OTC Division...

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Roche initiates study into infusion-free administration of MabThera

16 February 2011
The phase III study will investigate a subcutaneous formulation of MabThera for patients with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma...