Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) is co-investing in Warp Drive Bio, an innovative start-up biotechnology company, along with 2 venture capital firms, Third Rock Ventures (TRV), a venture capital firm based in Boston, Massachusetts, and Greylock Partners, a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California.

Medivation, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDVN) and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced results from the CONCERT trial, which is a Phase 3 trial that evaluated dimebon (latrepirdine) when added to ongoing treatment with donepezil HCL tablets in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals plans to strengthen its long-term competitive position in anticipation of the Diovan® (valsartan) patent expiration and an expected reduction in demand for Rasilez®/Tekturna® (aliskiren) following termination of the ALTITUDE clinical study.

AstraZeneca has entered into a three-year collaboration agreement with IMS Health, the leading provider of information, services and technology for the healthcare sector, to advance the use of real-world evidence based on observational and retrospective studies throughout Europe to inform the delivery of effective and cost-efficient healthcare.

Millions of resolutions come with every New Year, many of which are to get healthy. But, there's a lot of confusion around what constitutes healthy nutrition, which is a key piece of the puzzle.

One year after the opening of its U.S. Innovation Center, Bayer HealthCare is expanding its U.S. research model. The company will open the CoLaborator™ - a 550 square meter shared lab for start-up life science companies whose technology platforms, drug targets or drug candidates align with Bayer's portfolio.

During a routine consensus collection process, confidential Company information was inadvertently embedded in a spreadsheet template sent to the sell-side analyst community that follows the Company.