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International Women’s Day: Female life science leaders

Drug Discovery World

For International Women’s Day, DDW’s Diana Spencer celebrates some of the women in leadership making an impact on the drug discovery and life sciences sector. Hu was formerly a consultant at McKinsey & Company where she advised pharmaceutical companies on strategic, operational and organizational issues.

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Europe: Where is the drug discovery innovation?

Drug Discovery World

Europe is traditionally a life sciences powerhouse, with a strong tradition in pharmaceutical discovery. The oldest, still active pharmaceutical company worldwide, Merck, started life in 1668 in Darmstadt, Germany. Members of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) spent €41.5

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FSP Engagements Continue to Gain Popularity, Drive Success

PPD

The PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific conducts an annual survey of more than 150 leaders at pharmaceutical companies around the globe to assess trends in drug discovery and development, including preferences around outsourcing and functional service provider (FSP) utilization.

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Where is the drug discovery expertise happening in the UK?

Drug Discovery World

Next, Saleko highligts how Northumberland and the North East of the UK are recognised for pharmaceutical manufacturing prowess. From the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research in Glasgow, to Edinburgh Drug Discovery in the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for Genetics and Cancer (IGC). billion in funding.

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Women in STEM with Kristina Torfgard

Drug Target Review

However, my goal was all the time to work with drug development in the pharma industry, so I moved on and started that journey in 1992 when I took on a role as Clinical Research Manager at AstraHässle, a mid-size Swedish pharma company.

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How nucleolar stress accelerates aging in mice

Drug Target Review

Initial works from the lab concentrated on exploring the role of replicative stress in cancer and ageing, for which the group combined cell biology, mouse models and drug development projects. Among other discoveries, the group developed inhibitors of the ATR kinase and showed their potential for cancer therapy.

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CASI Pharmaceuticals Partner, BioInvent, Presents Phase I/IIA Data That Suggests BI-1206 Restores Activity Of Rituximab In Relapsed Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Patients

The Pharma Data

28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — CASI Pharmaceuticals (Formerly Known As EntreMed, Inc.). ET ) to discuss the results and next steps in clinical development of BI-1206. About CASI Pharmaceuticals. CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. . ROCKVILLE, Md. , and BEIJING , Jan.