Innovations in Oncology Drug Discovery, Development & Delivery
Webinar: December 1 & December 10, 2009. Every day academics, diagnostic developers, biotech and pharma companies get closer to scientific breakthroughs in technology and methods that are applicable to oncology treatments. Given the sheer volume of such discoveries, it is becoming increasingly difficult for potential stakeholders to become aware of these advances and remain updated.

ExL Pharma's European Digital Marketing and Public Relations Conferences
Bayer Schering Pharma and ExL Pharma announced that the 2nd Annual Digital Pharma Europe and 2nd Annual European Public Relations and Communications Summit will be hosted at the Bayer Schering Pharma World Headquarters in Berlin, Germany on March 29-30, 2010.

EU-funded researchers use gene therapy to slow brain disease
The brain disease X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) can be treated with a combination of gene therapy and blood stem cell therapy, new EU-funded research shows. The research is part of the X-ALD (X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy: pathogenesis, animal models and therapy) project, which received EUR 1.8 million under the 'Life sciences, genomics and biotechnology for health' Thematic area of the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6).

FDA Grants IBsolvMIR Orphan Drug designation in the treatment of diabetes patients in the U.S.
TikoMed AB, a biotechnology company focused on development and commercialization of innovative treatments for immune diseases and cell therapies, today announced that IBsolvMIR® has been granted orphan drug designation for the prevention of graft rejection of pancreatic islet transplantation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Novartis inaugurates large-scale US based cell-culture influenza vaccine manufacturing facility
Today, Novartis officially inaugurated the US's first ever large-scale flu cell culture vaccine and adjuvant manufacturing facility in Holly Springs, North Carolina. The facility is a result of a partnership between Novartis and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).