As products enter clinic... scientists shown the door
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The oncology company OSI pharmaceuticals of Melville, NY cut 90 of its employees, mostly in research to save $10-15 million, when it completed the US submission of a new drug application for Tarceva, for the treatment of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. The biotech companies evolve into product development companies and as their lead programs enter human testing, they focus on their resources on the expensive clinical programs that will help them establish a profitable business.
Publication Name: Nature Biotechnology
Subject: Business
ISSN: 1087-0156
Year: 2004
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Syrrx acquisition signals maturation of structure-based discovery
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San Diego-based Syrrx, a high-throughput crystallography-based drug discovery firm for $270 million is acquired by Takeda to open a drug discovery research site outside Japan. Takeda's choice of the company suggests maturation in the application of structural biology as a starting point for drug development.
Publication Name: Nature Biotechnology
Subject: Business
ISSN: 1087-0156
Year: 2005
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Ian Frazer
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The immunologist, Ian Frazer, director of the Edinburgh University's Diamantina Institute and head of its immunotherapy group, developed the first vaccine, Gardasil to prevent cervical cancer caused by human papilloma virus (HPV).
Publication Name: Nature Biotechnology
Subject: Business
ISSN: 1087-0156
Year: 2007
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