Pharma News

Looking out for latest news on Pharma Magazine?
Check out the latest Pharma news, Top news in Pharma Magazine, Leading Magazine in Pharma industry. Daily news updates pertinent to the industrial sectors we are engaged with are depicted on the news section of Pharma industry which we operate.

Apple and Google stake a claim to big pharma’s turf

Monday, March 23, 2015

Within hours of Apple launching its platform for health research this month tens of thousands of iPhone users had signed up to take part in five inaugural studies involving some of the USs most respected medical institutions A Harvardaffiliated canc...

Eli Lilly to Collaborate with Hanmi Pharmaceutical on Autoimmune Treatment

Friday, March 20, 2015

Eli Lilly Co agreed to collaborate with Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co to develop Hanmis treatment for autoimmune diseases The companies will investigate whether the treatment called HM is effective at treating conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and l...

Cyprus pharmaceutical firm to set up $16mn manufacturing plant in southern Vietnam

Friday, March 20, 2015

A pharmaceutical company from the Republic of Cyprus has broken ground on a costly new plant in southern Vietnam that meets WHO standards Newswire Vietnamplus reported on Tuesday that Medochemie headquartered in Limassol will open its second manufac...

Genetic analysis can predict bleeding risk in warfarin users

Friday, March 20, 2015

A study has shown how to identify which patients are sensitive to warfarin based on the variation and combination of two genes Genetic analysis can point to patients who are at increased risk of suffering from bleeding during treatment with the bloo...

AbbVie announced $30 million expansion of plant in Puerto Rico

Thursday, March 19, 2015

US biopharmaceutical company AbbVie is planning a million expansion at one of its three plants in Puerto Rico Government officials say in a statement issued Wednesday that the Chicagobased company will expand its facilities in the north coastal tow...

Concert Pharmaceuticals initiates phase 1 clinical study to evaluate Deuterated Ivacaftor for treating cystic fibrosis

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Clinical stage Concert Pharmaceuticals Inc has initiated a phase clinical study to evaluate a deuteriummodified version of ivacaftor as a potential therapy for cystic fibrosis CF The company is planning on studying the drug that is commercialized un...

Kite Pharma acquires Netherlands-based biotechnology company, T-Cell Factory

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Kite Pharma Inc KITE announced the acquisition of a privately held Netherlandsbased biotechnology company TCell Factory BV TCF TCF located in Amsterdam has been renamed as Kite Pharma EU and established as the companys European headquarters Terms of...

Valeant pharma acquires Salix for $11.1 billion

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Valeant Pharmaceuticals beat out Endo International in a battle to take over Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd NASDAQSLXP in a deal valued at billion Valeant had originally agreed to pay per share of Salix but increased the offer to per share Valeant offe...

Framingham start-up Berg uses Artificial Intelligence to find Cancer Drugs

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Its called BPM Its one of many cancer drugs being developed in Massachusetts but its different BPM may be the first drug candidate that did not come from a scientist running experiments based on a hypothesis Instead it came from artificial intelli...

Cloud Pharmaceuticals teams up with University of Florida to pursue 'in silico' approach in developing new cancer drugs

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Could be the beginnings of a win to the in silico approach to drug development Cloud Pharmaceuticals is working with University of Florida to develop new cancer drugs that are conceived on a computer The Research Triangle Parkbased startup will shar...