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Oakley launches Oxygen Health

October 13, 2009
Medical Communications Oxygen, PR, hc

 Oxygen Health, an agency aiming to help pharma companies communicate more effectively with stakeholders, has launched.It has been set up …

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Contract research news in brief

October 13, 2009
Research and Development CRO

Pharmafocus' latest round-up of contract research news includes another CRO heading into private equity hands, changing requirements for the clinicaltrials.gov …

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GSK expands in China with vaccine joint venture

October 12, 2009
Sales and Marketing China, GSK, vaccines

GSK has joined with Chinese biotech Jiangsu Walvax to develop and manufacture paediatric vaccines for use in China.The pair will …

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FDA revises cancer vaccine guidance

October 12, 2009
Sales and Marketing Cancer, US, reg, vacccine

There are concerns that draft guidance from the US Food and Drug Administration, which will recommend that cancer vaccine trials …

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Personal health budget pilots to be assessed

October 12, 2009
Sales and Marketing NHS, hc

The success or otherwise of personal health budgets is to be assessed in a study on their benefits across 20 …

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GSK patient page

Digital Pharma: GSK pushes patient information boundaries

October 12, 2009
Medical Communications GSK, digi, digital pharma, patient information

GlaxoSmithKline has launched a product information website for patients in the UK, becoming the second major pharma company to push …

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Montreal gets manufacturing boost from Schering-Plough

October 9, 2009
Manufacturing and Production Canada, Merck

 Schering-Plough says it is planning to invest more than C$30 million ($28 million) to expand a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in …

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Head-to-head trial favours Shire’s Fosrenol

October 8, 2009
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing fosrenol, renal

Shire's Fosrenol could have a clinical advantage over rival drug Renagel from Genzyme, according to the results of what is …

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Simponi approved in Europe

October 8, 2009
Sales and Marketing RA, Simponi, TNF

 Rheumatic disease drug Simponi has received marketing approval for Europe, where it will be marketed by Schering-Plough.The drug is indicated …

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Paying their own way: pharma and doctors to share CME costs

October 8, 2009
Medical Communications CME

The UK could be heading for a major overhaul of its Continued Medical Education (CME), as pharma and doctors look …

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European regulator restructures

October 7, 2009
Sales and Marketing EMEA, EU

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Reshuffle at Rexam creates healthcare unit

October 7, 2009
Manufacturing and Production Rexam, packaging

Packaging giant Rexam is merging three of its units into one global healthcare division headed by former Rexam Pharma chief …

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GSK agrees more government orders for H1N1 vaccine

October 7, 2009
Sales and Marketing GSK, h1n1, vaccines

GSK has agreed another 22 government orders for its adjuvanted swine-flu vaccine – an extra 149 million doses on top …

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European pharma companies raided

October 7, 2009
Sales and Marketing EU, reg

Several pharma companies have been raided as part of ongoing European Commission investigations into competitiveness issues. Sanofi-Aventis, Novartis and generic …

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Onglyza approved in Europe

October 6, 2009
Sales and Marketing EU, Onglyza, diabetes

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GSK: Committed to improving UK clinical research

October 6, 2009
Research and Development GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, NHS

GSK is the second biggest pharma company in the world, and Britain’s biggest homegrown firm in the sector. That means …

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Contract research news in brief

October 6, 2009
Research and Development CRO

Pharmafocus' periodic round-up of developments in the contract research sector includes contracts awarded to Inclinix, Foranep and Phase Forward and …

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China to slash medicines prices in October

October 6, 2009
Sales and Marketing China, hc, price cuts, prices

The Chinese government has announced it will cut the prices of more than 2,300 drugs by an average of 12% …

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Digital Pharma: Boehringer’s bedtime stories

October 5, 2009
Medical Communications Boehringer, digi, digital pharma, restless legs

 

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Merck wins family business award for excellence

October 5, 2009
Sales and Marketing Merck

The oldest global pharma company Merck has received a Family Business Excellence Award, after impressing judges with the 12 generations …

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