COVER STORY
Prophylactic and
Therapeutic Vaccines
A novel approach for
treatment of cancer
Despite progress on several preventive and therapeutic
fronts, cancer remains one of
the major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide.
According to the 2011
estimates, about 1.6 million...
Strategy
Metabolic Biomarker and Target Discovery in Obesity-Associated Comorbidities
Millions of adults are diagnosed as obese each year. Many of these people are at risk of developing additional diseases, such as diabetes mellitus.
The New Education for Future Pharma & Biotech Leaders
Specialized Master degree studies such as the “Master in Biotechnology Management” or “Master in Healthcare Management” are now available at some top European and US-American business schools.
Contract Research organisations
An Outlook
Contract research organisation is a place to reckon to address the dwindling research and development budgets of big pharmaceuticals; having skill, capabilities and potential to provide services at excellence. Success of these Organisations relies on their competency, human intellect, experience, leadership and business model.
Research and Development
Layer-by-Layer Micro and Nano Drug Encapsulation with Eolyelectrolytes
Progress and challenges
Layer-by-layer encapsulation gives a very stable fine dispersion, so fine that a dollar coin is visible when looked at through the clear dispersion.
Manufacturing
Similar Biologics
A golden bird to tame
Biologics are inherently different from chemicals drugs in terms of their source, structural complexity,...
Developing Robust Approaches to the Effective Characterisation of Biosimilars
Biosimilars can be proved to be analogous to a Reference Medicinal Product (RMP) by employing a set of robust analytical characterisation techniques...
Clinical Trials
Mobile Phones“Always There Always On”
Why not use It to enhance patient compliance, trial effectiveness and reduce trial cost
With rapid growth of mobile smart phones and discovery of remote diagnostics devices, there are enormous opportunities to use mobile technologies and integrated wireless devices during...
Information Technology
Emerging Trends in Functional Service Outsourcing
The IT outsourcing industry has laid down a solid foundation in terms of establishing and providing service and pricing model that can be ramped up...
e-Newsletter
Articles
Joining forces to beat cancer in Asia
Three of the world’s biggest pharma companies are joining forces to try and combat Asia’s ‘cancer epidemic’
The figures are startling: Asia-Pacific makes up about half of the world’s cancer deaths and the region is projected to log around 8.1 million new cases by 2020.
INTERVIEW
GE Healthcare Expands its Life Sciences Business
Peter Ehrenheim, President & CEO, Life Sciences, GE Healthcare, UK
Pharma Bookshelf
Advances in Bioactivation Research
This volume will provide researchers with recent information on bioactivation reactions of drugs and toxicants...
Research Insights
Functions of Paracrine PDGF Signaling in the Proangiogenic Tumor Stroma
We postulated that pharmacological targeting of putative stromal support functions, in particular those...
PHARMA PROJECTS
Unigene to set up pharmaceutical facility in china
Unigene plans to build pharmaceutical manufacturing plant and R&D centres in China.
Beike Biotech to open Jiangsu stem cell storage facility in China
Jiangsu Stem Cell Storage and processing facility is to be constructed in Jiangsu province, China.
Techno Trends
Striped Nanoparticles Improve Drug Delivery System
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have come up with the first fully synthetic...
New Technology to Monitor Crystal Formation
Researchers at the University of Leeds have come up with a technology that could help the pharmaceutical industry...
e-Book | Issue 15, 2011
White Papers
Better Wet Granulation: Development, Scale-up and Manufacture
By Tim Freeman, Freeman Technology
Wet granulation is a common unit operation in the pharmaceutical industry yet accurate endpoint detection remains a challenge.
Industry Updates
Pharma News
27 Jan, 2012
The Changing Face of Beauty
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25 Jan, 2012
Apexus Board Provides Challenge Grant to Support PSPC Alliance
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25 Jan, 2012
PuraMed BioScience, Inc. Announces LipiGesic®M, Their Unique Migraine
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Press Releases
26 Jan, 2012
Ipsen Acknowledges Tanakan® Delisting in France
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26 Jan, 2012
Seattle Genetics Announces Data from ADCETRIS™ in Cutaneous T-Cell Ly
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18 Jan, 2012
JSR Expands its Biomedical Business by Investing in BIA Separations' U
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Pharma Events
Jan 5 - Jan 6 2012
Drug Discovery Oxford 2012...
Jan 16 - Jan 17 2012
Biomarkers Summit...
Jan 18 - Jan 19 2012
DRUG / DEVICE & DEVICE / DRUG COMBINATIONS IN THE EU ...
Industry Reports
Pharma 2020: Virtual R&D
Which path will you take?
A Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers
Pharma is at a pivotal point in its evolution, particularly in relation to R&D.
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