Life Science Company News

02 February 2007 - 10,000 jobs to be shed at Pfizer

Pfizer restructuring will lead to 10,000 layoffs by 2008 Pfizer's chairman and chief executive officer Jeffrey B. Kindler announced plans to shake up the..  More >>

28 February 2006 - MorphoSys - strategy product development updated

New lead compound, MOR103, to go into the clinical development process for rheumatoid arthritis. MorphoSys AG has decided to focus its development..  More >>

25 November 2005 - Unither with Créapharm forging a powerful force in outsourced biopharma worth €75m pa

Créapharm agrees to be acquired by Unither to forge a strong European CMO. Consolidation among Europe's outsourced development manufacturing firms moves..  More >>

22 November 2004 - A new Medical Director of Oncology for INC Research Europe (CRO)

INC Research®,  appoints the former chief of CRC Oncology to be INC’s Medical Director of Oncology for its European management team Extending the..  More >>

02 June 2004 - Bluepharma scoops EC award for biotech innovation

X-PROT collaborative project emerged as Portugal’s winner in the regional program for innovative actions. Bluepharma, in partnership with the University of..  More >>

03 January 2004 - Roche spins off Cenexi® as its contract manufacturing site in France

Fontenay site offers custom production with jobs for 485 people. Roche’s new strategy is to convert its pharmaceutical production site at Fontenay-sous-Bois..  More >>

16 November 2003 - FIDIS lift-off gets boost at Medica 2003

BMD to present FIDIS at Biomedica 2003 BMD (BioMedical Diagnostics, Marne-la-Vallée - France, Borken - Germany), a biomedical company with an advanced..  More >>

25 July 2003 - Snake bites and digitalis toxicity drive good business

Protherics increases turnover, expands operations and moves towards profitability UK biopharmaceuticals specialist Protherics Plc revealed 24% increased..  More >>

23 July 2003 - International CSO explores pharma development in Iberia

Kendle International opens new office in Barcelona, Spain Regional and global drug development programs for pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers in a..  More >>

11 July 2003 - Merck to shut down Lyon site - 320 pharma jobs to go in France

Merck KGaA restructuring pharma activities in Lacassagne France will close R&D and production by 2006 Merck KGaA based in Darmstadt, Germany has decided..  More >>

03 July 2003 - Orion to shut down pharma manufacturing in Denmark

Orion Pharma centralises its manufacturing in Finland, shedding 65 jobs The pharmaceutical unit of Orion Corporation is to close its manufacturing operations..  More >>

02 July 2003 - Double whammy for Welsh pharma

Penn wins Queen’s Award and far exceeds target revenues Photo: Penn CEO, Craig Rennie with Queen’s Award 2003 Leading player among integrated pharmaceutical..  More >>