Companies and People News for June 2012

Companies and People News Archive

Waters breaks ground on new mass spectrometry HQ in Wilmslow, UK Waters breaks ground on new mass spectrometry HQ in Wilmslow, UK

Waters® Corporation held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Mass Spectrometry Headquarters planned for completion in 2014.

University of Cambridge launches Open Innovation drug discovery initiative with GSK University of Cambridge launches Open Innovation drug discovery initiative with GSK

The University of Cambridge is embarking on a programme of scientific open collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) that will involve working alongside GSK scientists and other partner organizations, to advance drug discovery and the development of new medicines.

World Anti-Counterfeiting Day 2012: ESM progress in seeking to protect European patients from counterfeit medicines World Anti-Counterfeiting Day 2012: ESM progress in seeking to protect European patients from counterfeit medicines

On the occasion of World Anti-Counterfeiting Day, EAEPC, EFPIA, GIRP and PGEU are pleased to announce significant progress on their proposed European Stakeholder Model (ESM), a European medicines verification project aimed at preventing falsified medicines from entering the European supply chain and improving patient safety.

“I fear for the future of UK medical research”, says head of the UK pharmaceutical industry “I fear for the future of UK medical research”, says head of the UK pharmaceutical industry

The Government is too focused on encouraging ‘breakthrough drugs’ at the expense of significant gains for patients from incremental innovation in medicines, warned Stephen Whitehead, Chief Executive of the ABPI. Stephen Whitehead warned that this approach threatens the future of pharmaceutical medical research in the UK.

BMS launches global collaboration with academia to advance immuno-oncology BMS launches global collaboration with academia to advance immuno-oncology

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today announced the formation of the International Immuno-Oncology Network (II-ON), a global collaboration between industry and academia that aims to further the scientific understanding of immuno-oncology.