Companies and People News for November 2010

Companies and People News Archive

NGP20 Opens Innovation NGP20 Opens Innovation

With the global economy remaining stagnant, Big Pharma companies are keen to develop blockbuster drugs that have a high financial ceiling. Rodger McMillan, VP of R&D at Astra Zeneca has said that “big pharma is a cash-rich industry – it has to be,” namely because of the huge costs in developing new drugs

London Genetics and Astrimmune collaborate on cancer vaccine London Genetics and Astrimmune collaborate on cancer vaccine

London Genetics Limited and Astrimmune have entered into a collaboration to plan a biomarker identification programme for Astrimmune's early-stage pancreatic cancer vaccine candidate.

A Quantum leap from Newcastle’s Tyne Bridge A Quantum leap from Newcastle’s Tyne Bridge

Twenty-two team members of Quantum Pharmaceutical took part in this year’s ‘Big Zip’ charity zip-wire jump last Saturday at Newcastle’s Tyne Bridge.