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Women in Stem with Andrea Pfeifer

Drug Target Review

Then I was approached to co-found AC Immune in 2003. People from different backgrounds bring different experiences and points of view, and it is this diversity of knowledge and opinion that can often make the difference in pharmaceutical development. My family and friends said I was crazy to take this step.

Disease 95
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Marquis Who’s Who Honors James D. McChesney, PhD, with Inclusion in Who’s Who in the World

The Pharma Data

He accepted a faculty position at the University of Mississippi in 1978, rising to become the director of the school’s Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1986. departing in 2003 to become the chief scientific officer for Tapestry Pharmaceuticals and ChromaDex Inc.

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Bridging science and technology: a biotech CEO’s perspective

Drug Target Review

who shared his thoughts on the challenges faced by biotech companies in drug discovery, highlighting the critical role of data and technology in overcoming inefficiencies in the pharmaceutical industry. In 2003, he was selected by EE Times as one of the top 13 most influential people in the semiconductor industry.

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Xolair (omalizumab) Prefilled Syringe for Self-Injection Across All Indications

The Pharma Data

with Xolair since its initial approval in 2003. Genentech, a member of the Roche group, and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation work together to develop and co-promote Xolair. Approximately 460,000 patients have been treated in the U.S. In the U.S.,

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Invitation to presentation of BioArctic’s Full Year Report for the period January – December 2020 on February 4 at 9.30 a.m. CET

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The company was founded in 2003 based on innovative research from Uppsala University , Sweden. The project portfolio is a combination of fully funded projects run in partnership with global pharmaceutical companies and innovative in-house projects with significant market and outlicensing potential.

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Antibody-drug conjugates payloads: then, now and next

Drug Target Review

10 Proteasome inhibitors Since the approval of Bortezomib in 2003, 11 new proteasome inhibitors have emerged with reduced side effects. 9 Others, like psymberin, have been used as ADC payloads, with a β-glucuronide linker to target CD-30-positive and CD-70-positive malignancies.

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Alex Gorsky to Serve as Executive Chairman and Transition Role.

The Pharma Data

Gorsky’s leadership has been oncology, with the Company’s sales in this area growing from approximately $2 billion in 2011 to over $12 billion in 2020, while acquisitions have included Actelion, the largest in the Company’s history, which significantly expanded Johnson & Johnson’s Pharmaceutical segment portfolio of rare-disease treatments.