19.12.11 Helsingborg/Exton – Swedish drug developer DuoCort Pharma AB has been purchased by US-based biopharmaceuticals maker ViroPharma Inc. ViroPharma paid around €25m up front, but DuoCort’s former owners could end up receiving €97m...
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15.12.11 Stockholm/Cologne – Researchers at the Swedish Karolinska Institute and the University of Cologne have identified a new protein-based defense mechanism against cancer (Struct. & Molec. Biology, doi: 10.1038/10.1038/nsmb.2188)....
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15.12.11 Craigavon/Uppsala – Irish Almac Discovery, a member of the Almac Group, will begin cooperating with Uppsala-based Beactica AB to develop new cancer drug candidates. In late November, the companies announced that Beactica’s Sprint...
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17.11.11 Exton/Helsingborg – A Swedish specialist for improving glucocorticoid replacement therapy has attracted transatlantic attention. DuoCort Pharma AB, based in Helsingborg, was bought by ViroPharma Incorporated, an US-based...
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01.10.11 Uppsala/Basel – Swedish life science initiative Uppsala BIO is set to team up with drugmaker Hoffman-La Roche AG. For the next three years, the cluster will become the ninth member – and the first from Europe – of the Swiss...
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