SmithKline chief to quit for top Chiroscience post

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SmithKline Beecham PLC CFO High Collum intends to leave the firm to become the chairman of Chiroscience Group PLC of Cambridge, England. Collum, 58, is set to replace Lord Henry Chilver as chairman on Oct. 1, 1998. Sources stated that Collum plans to leave SmithKline before the annual shareholders' meeting in April 1999. Chiroscience CEO John Padfield declared that the company has always wanted a chairman who is an international businessman and is well known among investors in the US and in Europe.

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SmithKline CFO High Collum intends to leave SmithKline to become the chairman of this firm

United Kingdom, Executive changes & profiles, SmithKline Beecham PLC, Chiroscience Group PLC, Article

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Roche, Decode Genetics locate bone disease gene

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Switzerland-based pharmaceutical manufacturer Roche Holding Ltd. and its biotech ally Iceland-based Decode Genetics Inc. will announce soon that they have located a gene believed to cause osteoarthritis. Officials from both companies said the the gene is one of several genes responsible for various forms of osteoarthritis, a degenerative bone disease affecting 40 million people worldwide.

Arthritis R&D, DNA Probes, Science and technology policy, Arthritis research, Roche Holding Ltd., deCODE genetics Inc.

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Gemini's research targets twins

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Gemini Genomics PLC is attempting to discern the role of genetics in the causes of major diseases and the source of hereditary traits. Licenses for drug companies to develop new drugs from these genetic findings will be forthcoming.

Product development, Biochemistry, Drugs, Statistical Data Included, Biotechnology industry, Pharmaceutical industry, Biotechnology industries, Contracts, Gemini Genomics PLC

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