GSK sees FDA clearance for asthma drug
May 1, 2015Sales and Marketing Breo Ellipta, FDA, GSK, Theravance
GlaxoSmithKline and Theravance’s Breo Ellipta inhaler has been approved by the FDA to treat asthma in adults. Whilst the once-daily treatment …
Virgo Consumer Health & Wellbeing hires associate director
May 1, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Kirsty McKinnon, Virgo
Virgo Consumer Health & Wellbeing has appointed Kirsty McKinnon to lead the division’s personal care sector. McKinnon joins the firm …
Profits fall at Bayer but new drugs see growth
May 1, 2015Sales and Marketing Bayer, Eliquis, Eylea, Renegeron, Xarelto, apixaban
Bayer’s pharmaceutical revenues have continued their upward trajectory in the first quarter of 2015 thanks to new products, although this …
Apple research apps to require ethics board approval
April 30, 2015Sales and Marketing Apple, BMJ, FDA, GP, researchkit
New guidelines will require apps developed for Apple’s ResearchKit health platform to be approved by an independent ethics board. The …
Perrigo bats away raised Mylan bid
April 30, 2015Sales and Marketing Mylan, Perrigo, Teva, Vigodman, merger
Perrigo has rejected an updated $34.1 billion takeover bid from Mylan, whilst Teva has also written an open letter in …
NHS ‘close to breaking point’
April 30, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing BMJ, Godlee, Kings Fund, NHS, king's fund
England’s NHS is ‘stretched close to breaking point’ and the next five years are likely to be the most challenging …
FDA waves through generic BMS antipsychotic
April 30, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Alembic, BMS, FDA, Hetero and Torrent Pharmaceuticals, Teva
The FDA has approved four generic versions of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s top selling Abilify, an atypical antipsychotic drug approved to treat …
Recipharm appoints general manager for Italian unit
April 30, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Giorgio Bruno, Recipharm
Contract development and manufacturing organisation Recipharm has confirmed that Dr Giorgio Bruno has been appointed general manager of Recipharm Italia. In …
Pharma accused of hiding behind regulation and undermining NICE
April 29, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, Royal Society of Medicine, UK, brett wells, health, pharma
University of York health economists have argued that pharma regulation is not evidence-based, lacks accountability and undermines NICE. Writing in …
Pfizer posts second consecutive quarterly income decline
April 29, 2015Sales and Marketing 2015, Pfizer, Q1, first quarter
Pfizer made 4% less revenue in the first quarter of 2015 compared with the same period last year, the company’s …
Merck sales fall in Q1 despite new product lifts
April 29, 2015Sales and Marketing Merck, Q1, Remicade
Merck’s sales were down in the first quarter of 2015 thanks to its consumer care divestment and increasing competition for …
GSK shingles vaccine performs
April 29, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, HZ/su, Merck, zostovax
GlaxoSmithKline’s HZ/su vaccine candidate for the prevention of shingles has demonstrated promising benefits across all age groups in a late-stage …
Conference round-up: companies go big on hepatitis C at EASL
April 29, 2015Sales and Marketing Bristol-Myers Squibb, EASL, Merck, daclatasvir, daklinza
Big pharma names posted favourable results for hepatitis C treatments as they jostled for position as market leaders at the …
RSA hires two consultants in Germany
April 29, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Andreas Reimer, Ji Kwon, rsa
Executive search and interims firm RSA has appointed two consultants to its teams in the DACH region. Andreas Reimer (pictured) …
Helping Nepal – SHL to Match Staff Donations
April 29, 2015Sales and Marketing helping nepal, shl group, world vision
In immediate response to the devastating earthquake that left Nepal in ruins on April 25th, SHL quickly reached out to …
BMS lifted by new products
April 28, 2015Sales and Marketing BMS, NICE, Q1, eams, immuno-oncology and hepatitis C
New drugs have helped Bristol-Myers Squibb see a slight increase in sales for the first quarter of 2015. Total revenues …
Celgene splashes out on cancer R&D firm
April 28, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
Oncology specialists Celgene have made a $485 million outlay to buy Quanticel Pharmaceuticals, to increase its effort and investment in …
UK ‘has ten years to become global biotech leader’
April 28, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
The UK should be home to ‘the third global cluster’ for biotech in the next 10 years, according to a …
M&A drama continues as Mylan rejects Teva
April 28, 2015Sales and Marketing M&A, MA, Mylan, Perrigo, Teva, bids, generics, takeovers
Mylan has firmly rejected Teva’s acquisition bid, even though its own bid for Irish firm Perrigo has also been turned …
Researchers hit out at ‘alarming’ increase in MS drug costs
April 27, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
Researchers have hit out at the ‘alarming’ rise in the costs of disease-modifying treatments for multiple sclerosis, in a new …
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