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Sun Pharma sacks 18 Ranbaxy executives

June 19, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Daiichi, India, Ranbaxy, Sun Pharma, brett wells

Sun Pharma has asked 18 executives to leave the company who were previously a part of Ranbaxy, the firm it …

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£15.8 million UK haul of fake drugs

June 19, 2015
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Counterfeit and unlicensed medicines and devices worth £15.8 million have been seized in the UK as part of a global …

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Health wearable Fitbit leads the market

June 19, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, brett wells, digital, fitbit, health, watch, wearables

Health and fitness wearable device Fitbit has beaten expectations as the company’s shares soar following its first day of trading …

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Zeus Capital names healthcare finance lead

June 19, 2015
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Investment banking boutique Zeus Capital is increasing its healthcare sector team by hiring Phil Walker to head the firm’s healthcare …

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NICE wants more answers from Gilead on Zydelig

June 18, 2015
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has not recommended Gilead’s leukaemia drug Zydelig in draft guidance.  But the …

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EU approval for new Sanofi, Merck vaccine

June 18, 2015
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Sanofi and Merck are looking forward to a successor to their blockbuster Gardasil now that the European Commission has granted …

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No ‘Plan B’ for Obamacare

June 18, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ACT, Medicaid, Medicare, Obama, Obamacare, patient protection

US president Barack Obama has no ‘Plan B’ if a crucial Supreme Court vote in the next fortnight goes against …

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NHS England unveils digital roadmap

June 17, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing GP, HSCIC, NHS, NIB, brett wells, choices, digital, wearables

NHS England has laid out digital technology plans that it says will completely transform services and improve health outcomes using …

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AZ takes manufacturing head from Merck

June 17, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Pam Cheng has joined AstraZeneca from Merck to be its executive vice president of operations and IT. Cheng succeeds David …

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GSK ploughs $95m into research institute

June 17, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Pfizer, acquisition, altius, merger, takeover

GlaxoSmithKline is pouring $95 million into a new US research institute to investigate how a cell’s operating system works in …

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Immodulon Therapeutics makes two senior hires

June 17, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Immodulon Therapeutics

UK late-stage biopharma firm Immodulon Therapeutics has made two new senior appointments to its board of directors.  Investment fund manager …

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Actavis changes its name to Allergan

June 16, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Actavis, Allergan, Botox, Valeant

Actavis has now officially changed its name to Allergan following the Ireland-based company’s recent acquisition of the botox maker. This …

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Pfizer expands in China with $95m consumer products plant

June 16, 2015
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Pfizer says it has broken ground with a $95 million production facility in Suzhou in China to expand its production …

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FDA links with PatientsLikeMe

June 16, 2015
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The US Food and Drug Administration has signed a research deal with PatientsLikeMe in a move the online patient network …

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Rock Unlimited appoints director

June 16, 2015
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Communications firm Rock Unlimited has appointed a new director to its team in Ben Fisher. Fisher takes to the firm …

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FDA accepts Teva asthma drug for review

June 15, 2015
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Teva’s investigational biologic for the treatment of inadequately controlled asthma in patients with elevated blood eosinophils, Cinquil, has been accepted …

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Bayer promotes Xarelto benefits

June 15, 2015
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Bayer HealthCare is releasing new evidence to suggest that the risk of taking its best-selling blood thinner Xarelto is outweighed …

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Consumer watchdog highlights FDA failures

June 15, 2015
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Consumer watchdog Public Citizen has criticised the FDA for incorrectly expanding the use of Vanda Pharma’s sleep disorder drug Hetlioz …

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Amgen bets on immunotherapy future

June 15, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amgen, immunotherapy, oncology, oncolytic, tom lillie

When we speak to Tom Lillie he’s brimming with excitement about the future for Amgen in oncology and the future …

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DrugDev looks to Lilly for chairman role

June 15, 2015
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Dr Jeffrey Kasher has joined US healthcare tech firm DrugDev as the chairman of its advisory board. Kasher takes 28 …

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