Sigma(R) Life Science Joins EMBL Advanced Training Centre Corporate Partnership Programme

Sigma(R) Life Science Joins EMBL Advanced Training Centre Corporate Partnership Programme
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Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces Initiation Of Phase 1 Clinical Trial Of APD916 For Narcolepsy And Cataplexy

Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces Initiation Of Phase 1 Clinical Trial Of APD916 For Narcolepsy And Cataplexy
Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARNA) announced the initiation of patient screening in a Phase 1 clinical trial of APD916, a novel oral drug candidate discovered by Arena that targets the histamine H3 receptor for the treatment of narcolepsy and cataplexy. “There is a need for better tolerated, more effective therapies for narcolepsy, especially narcolepsy with cataplexy,” said William R …

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GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer Will Supply 600M Doses Of Reduced-Price Pneumococcal Vaccines To Developing Countries Over 10 …

GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer Will Supply 600M Doses Of Reduced-Price Pneumococcal Vaccines To Developing Countries Over 10 …
The GAVI Alliance on Tuesday formally announced that drugmakers GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer had signed off on a “10-year deal … to supply 60 million doses a year of cut-price pneumococcal vaccines to developing nations,” Reuters reports. The agreement is under what’s “called an Advance Market Commitment (AMC) which guarantees a market for vaccines supplied to poor nations but sets a maximum …

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Vaccine deal signed – 47 developing countries to receive low priced vaccines by 2015

Vaccine deal signed – 47 developing countries to receive low priced vaccines by 2015
Pharmaceutical giants have signed a historical 10-year deal on Tuesday pledging the supply of 60 million doses a year of pneumococcal vaccines at cut-prices to developing nations.

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Orasi Medical close to inking major licensing deal(s) with Big Pharma

Orasi Medical close to inking major licensing deal(s) with Big Pharma
Orasi Medical Inc., the University of Minnesota spin-out developing software to speed drug trials, is close to signing a deal to license its technology to one or more major pharmaceutical companies. CEO Shawn Lyndon told MedCity News he expects to announce a deal in a month or so. Though Lyndon declined to specifically name companies, he [...]

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