Neuroscience and oncology fuel high hopes for therapeutic R&D progress among 90-plus surveyed biopharma industry leaders.

Start-up hopes to bring its first candidate, an NY-ESO-1-targeting off-the-shelf product, into the clinic in Q2. Astex and Cardiff University team up on novel therapies for neurodegenerative disease.

Following significant consolidation in 1998, orthopedic industry executives are bracing for more deal-making. A handful of deals in 1999 suggest continued consolidation, but the modesty of the deals also implies that consolidation is unlikely at such an aggressive pace.