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Big Pharma
Held during Boston’s week-long Biotech festival, BioPharm America promises its 4,500 delegates excellent knowledge, networking, and deal opportunities, says Guadalupe Rodriguez of EBD Group. 10 September 2019
Americas
IP services company Clarivate Analytics has acquired patent sequence information provider SequenceBase to expand its search and analysis capabilities for the life sciences IP market. 9 September 2019
Americas
Innovative Medicines Canada, an association that represents drugmakers in Canada, has challenged the overhaul of Canada’s drug-pricing regime. 9 September 2019
Big Pharma
Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis has united with BenevolentAI to aid in the discovery and development of new treatments. 9 September 2019
Americas
State sovereignty principles don’t give the Board of Regents of the University of Texas the right to bring a lawsuit in an improper venue, according to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 6 September 2019
Americas
Americans now hold less regard for big pharma than any other industry, according to a poll from US analytics company Gallup. 5 September 2019
Asia
Indian drugmaker Lupin and German pharma company Boehringer Ingelheim have formed an alliance to develop a therapy for patients with difficult-to-treat cancers. 5 September 2019
Big Pharma
CAR-T cells have achieved hugely-positive outcomes in treating forms of cancer that are otherwise difficult to treat. 5 September 2019
Americas
US-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals has announced it will pay $950 million to acquire Semma Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focused on researching a cure for Type 1 diabetes. 4 September 2019
Big Pharma
Leaving the EU without a deal in place could “irreparably” harm the UK’s National Health Service and lead to delays in new products being bought to market in the country, according to the British Medical Association. 3 September 2019