Tag Archives: Covance

DIA: Does Six Sigma Stifle R&D Innovation?

By Ben Comer | Published: June 21, 2011
Can the management style known as Six Sigma help improve the probability of a drug’s commercial success, or do its black-belted acolytes punch holes in the creative process needed for innovative R&D discovery?
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M&A Round-up • 3/25/2009

By George Koroneos | Published: March 25, 2009
The latest round of merger and acquisition activities courtesy of our friends at Pharm Exec Europe: • Just days after its purchase of Genentech, Roche has made another acquisition, albeit a much smaller one, of the German firm Innovatis. Roche will pay EUR 15 million for the cell analytics company. • Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) is to [...]
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