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Alexion restructures, cuts workforce 20%

Alexion Pharmaceuticals announced an operational plan to re-align the global organization with its refocused corporate strategy. The plan is expected to deliver approximately $270 million in GAAP and approximately $250 million in non-GAAP pre-tax savings annually by 2019. The restructuring will reduce the company’s global workforce by approximately 20%. The resulting savings will allow Alexion […]

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Heart failure could be treated using umbilical cord stem cells

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Poliovirus kills off cancer cells, stops tumor regrowth

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A new report from the WHO reveals that the current scope of new antibiotic development is far from what is needed to tackle drug resistance. Powered by WPeMatico

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Kyowa Hakko Kirin joins Certara’s Simcyp consortium

Certara, a provider of model-informed drug development and regulatory science, announced that Kyowa Hakko Kirin has joined the Simcyp Consortium and licensed the Simcyp Population-based Simulator. Kyowa Hakko Kirin is the 36th leading biopharmaceutical company and the 11th Japanese pharmaceutical company to join the Consortium. Member companies meet in a pre-competitive environment and work together to […]

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