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First Chinese Product Development Partnership Targets Tuberculosis, Malaria, AIDS
A Chinese scientific foundation and a not-for-profit tuberculosis organization announced a partnership aimed at developing new medicines for underserved public health diseases.
Billed as the first Chinese product development partnership (PDP), the Global Health R&D Center of China (GHRC) hopes to discover and develop new treatments for tuberculosis (TB) and other diseases by collaborating with pharmaceutical [...]
Also posted in Corporate Responsibility, Deals, Emerging Markets, Global, IP, Market Access, R&D, Technology, patient compliance Tagged Not-for-profit, Translational Sciences Leave a comment
California Biotech — Good Governance Tops Wish List
New industry survey data documents a fraying investment base marked by a distant and unresponsive FDA as well as an unprepared work force complacent about hungry foreign competition.
California’s biotech industry has taken its annual pulse of business conditions — and while the prognosis is not for putting the state on the policy equivalent of life [...]
Also posted in FDA, R&D, Strategy, healthcare Tagged bioindustry, biomedical industry, biopharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, California, healthcare Leave a comment
Fixing Biotech's Broken Business Model
Despite some notable successes, the global biotech industry has fallen short of expectations. Strategic collaborations have been on the increase, but there is now a need for more co-operation using new collaboration models, writes Jo Pisani.
The current business model on which biotech has relied is flawed. Due to poor rates of
return, investment has dried [...]
Also posted in Deals, Emerging Markets, Europe, Global, Guest Blog, R&D Tagged biopharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, China, emergin g markets, finance, Global, healthcare, india, payers Leave a comment
Alliance Management is Being Neglected, Says Study
Survey finds disconnect between perceived importance of alliance management function at C-level and actual commitment to it.
The Rhythm of Business has released the results of a recent study titled The Practice of Alliance Management in the Biopharmaceutical Industry that examines the state of alliance management in pharmaceutical companies. The study, co-sponsored by the Biopharma Council [...]
California Life Sciences to Partner with China