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England's price watchdog writes off Celgene's Imnovid in final guidance
The U.K.'s cost-effectiveness gatekeeper is singing an increasingly harsh tune when it comes to greenlighting cancer drugs, and Celgene's Imnovid is the latest med to get a thumbs-down from the watchdog.
U.K. regulators shut down plant making potentially contaminated drug
Regulators in the U.K. have closed down a manufacturing operation there that was making unapproved, unlicensed globulin component macrophage activating factor, a blood product which has the potential to stimulate macrophages to kill cancer cells and stimulate the immune system but is not yet approved for use.
U.K. panel calls for innovation fund to break antibiotic discovery dam
A panel set up by the United Kingdom government to review antimicrobial resistance has called for the creation of a global innovation fund to spur the discovery of new drugs. The idea is to counter years of underinvestment by public and private players in basic to mid-stage scientific research.
J&J teams with U.K. to probe molecular causes of RA drug failures
The United Kingdom's National Institute for Health Research has teamed up with Johnson & Johnson's Janssen to figure out why anti-TNF drugs are ineffective in some rheumatoid arthritis patients. J&J is funding the collaboration, which is indicative of how the U.K. wants to embed its healthcare infrastructure in drug development.
Famed investor Mellon plans £100M fund for small biotechs
Jim Mellon wants to put his theory that British and European biotechs are undervalued to the test. The famed investor is trying to raise up to £100 million ($150 million) for a new fund dedicated to small biotechs in the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe.
Biogen Idec grabs Convergence, neuropathic pain portfolio in $675M buyout
Back last summer the U.K.'s Convergence Pharmaceuticals, a spinout from GlaxoSmithKline, was feeling bullish about its prospects after it wrapped up a positive mid-stage study of its lead drug for neuropathic pain. But rather than take the risky step of mounting an IPO--still a tough prospect in the U.K.--Convergence instead opted to sell to Biogen Idec, which is using the acquisition to beef up its pipeline in the field.
U.K. building $85M cell therapy manufacturing operation
The Cell Therapy Catapult is part of a government program created a couple of years ago to pump up the cell therapy industry in the U.K. The group plans to invest more than $85 million to build a large-scale cell manufacturing facility in Stevenage that companies can contract with for early-stage to commercial work.
U.K. heavyweights commit $16M to Oxford Uni genome data analysis spinout
Heavyweights of the United Kingdom biotech investing scene have backed Genomics, a spinout from the University of Oxford that is developing a genome data analysis platform. Genomics is working with unnamed pharmaceutical companies to apply the platform to drug development.
NHS sets out vision for IT-enabled, research-facilitating future
The U.K. government has set out its vision for how the National Health Service will transform into a tech-savvy, research-enabling organization by 2020. As part of the wide-reaching strategy, NHS England will create "test bed" sites at which bioinformatics approaches and other tools will be tested.
New group wants to attract pharma manufacturing to the U.K.
A new Medicines Manufacturing Industry Partnership has been jointly established by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry and the BioIndustry Association.
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