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Can genetic data be a magic bullet for drug R&D?

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Drug development has long been an issue for the pharma industry, due to the expense and the high failure rate of potential treatments. Ben Hargreaves finds that the vast amount of genetic data that exists today could help provide a faster, more targeted way of developing new drug candidates.

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Country focus: China & APAC’s growing medical needs bring opportunities and challenges

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All these factors will support the growth of in-house R&D-driven pharmaceutical companies and bring more innovative drugs to Asian markets.”. In 2001, he joined as a principal scientist in the oncology team in the drug discovery division and associate director at Johnson & Johnson. Chemotherapy still accounted for 72.6%

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Top 20 Radiopharma Companies Based on Market Cap

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Nordic is advancing the development of CD37-targeted therapies for hematological cancers and immune diseases. The company is developing PPMX-T002, an anti-cancer drug with an antibody targeting CDH3 connected with a radioisotope yttrium 90 (90Y).

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The Biotech Effect

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.” By the early 2000s AstraZeneca had already realised the critical importance of biotechnology, making a number of strategic investments in biotech companies, Abgenix in 2003, Cambridge Antibody Technology in 2006 and culminating in its acquisition of US biotech firm, Medimmune in April 2007 for £15bn.