13-06-2012

In a meeting in Berlin the leading pharmaceutical companies of Europe, represented in EFPIA, asked the German Government for urgent action to protect patient access to new medicines and ensure that Germany remains a home for pharmaceutical innovation. "Recent years have seen the introduction ...

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Ceremonial signing of Memorandum of Understanding

06-10-2011

The representatives of the Biotech Cluster Organizations of Munich, Germany and Osaka, Japan, signed a Transnational Biotech & Life Science Cooperation Partnership Agreement declaring a close cooperation in the future. The cooperation schemes include an exchange of information about each ...

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22-07-2011

Porvair Sciences Ltd. has reported a 20% increase in business from German-speaking markets in the first 6 months of 2011 compared to same period in 2010.Steve Knight, Director of Sales & Marketing commented "Following last year's launch of our strategy of increased support for Germany, ...

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Voluntary target rather than statutory quota

14-02-2011

Merck KGaA has set a goal to significantly increase the proportion of women in management positions. Worldwide, the percentage is to increase to between 25% and 30% by 2016. It is currently 22% Group-wide and 17% in Germany. “The current public debate concerning a higher percentage of female ...

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02-02-2011

BASF Plant Science has concluded its Amflora cultivation plans for the 2011 season. Amflora, the genetically enhanced potato for use in ...

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500.000 Euros of funding for an assessment of regulatory impact on Advanced Therapies

01-12-2010

A team of researchers from the United Kingdom, Sweden, Austria and Germany, with Professor Dr Martin Hildebrandt, Integrated Research and Treatment Center Transplantation (IFB-Tx), Hannover Medical School MHH) as coordinator, are setting up a platform for Academic GMP Institutions. GMP - Good ...

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30-11-2010

Pharming Group NV announced the results of its exploratory Phase II study on the safety and prophylactic effect of recombinant human C1 inhibitor ("rhC1INH") in patients with Hereditary Angioedema (HAE). The study is an open-label exploratory phase II study of the safety and prophylactic ...

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Scientists from Germany, UK and Italy identify a molecular switch that leads to a sustained increase of calcium in nerve cells and plays a crucial role in the formation of memory and addictive behaviors

29-11-2010

Learning and memory formation are based on the creation of new connections between neurons in the brain. Also, behaviors such as nicotine addiction manifest themselves in long-term changes of neuronal connectivity and can - at least in this respect - be viewed as a form of learning. A team ...

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25-11-2010

The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) announced the selection of 21 of Europe’s most talented young researchers as 2010 beneficiaries of the EMBO Young Investigator Programme. Now in its eleventh year, the programme annually identifies some of the most promising European young ...

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24-11-2010

Evotec AG announced that it has signed within the "NEU²-Consortium" framework and partially funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium fuer Bildung und Forschung - BMBF), an agreement with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, to develop pre-clinical candidates for ...

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