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Pfizer signs $3 billion cancer deal

November 18, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Merck KGaA, PD-L1, Pfizer, anti-PD-L1, opdivo

Pfizer has signed a multi-billion dollar deal to develop one of Merck KGaA’s investigational drugs, MSB0010718C, an anti-PD-L1 antibody. The …

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Creston Health rebrands as Health Unlimited

November 18, 2014
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Marketing communications group Creston has announced that its Creston Health arm will now be rebranded as Health Unlimited. Under the …

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Antibiotic resistance ranking high among public concerns

November 18, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, Cameron, WHO, longitude, rees, terrorism

People in the UK believe antibiotic resistance is second only to terrorism among threats to the public, according to a …

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Actavis buys Allergan for $66 billion

November 18, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Actavis, Allergan, Botox, Canada, Valeant, merger

The stately dance between Actavis and Allergan has culminated in the former buying the Botox manufacturer in a $66 billion …

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New head of industrial operations at Bayer

November 18, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Klaus Schäfer

Bayer MaterialScience is getting a new head of industrial operations and technology as Dr Tony Van Osselaer retires from the …

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Synergy Vision’s Ffyona Dawber wins Gold and Silver at the 2014 Stevie Awards for Women in Business

November 17, 2014
Medical Communications Stevie awards, Synergy Vision, medical communications agency

Ffyona Dawber has scooped two prestigious Stevie® Awards at the 11th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business held in …

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GSK tops pharma league for access

November 17, 2014
Sales and Marketing Africa, GSK, Novo Nordisk, access, market, vaccines

GlaxoSmithKline is basking in some good news after topping the league table of pharma companies which do the most to …

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FDA green lights Lemtrada for MS

November 17, 2014
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The US FDA has approved Sanofi’s Lemtrada for multiple sclerosis, almost a year after rejecting the drug on concerns about …

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The numbers game: getting quantitative information to patients

November 17, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Kadcyla, Les Rose, clinical, myeloma, numbers, numerics

The great physicist Lord Kelvin said: “If you can measure something, and express it in numbers, then you know something …

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Epic Sciences hires HR head from Prometheus

November 17, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing epic sciences, toni wayne

Epic Sciences has confirmed the appointment of Toni Wayne as the vice president of its human resources department. Wayne has …

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EMA in turmoil as top job ‘annulled’

November 17, 2014
Sales and Marketing EC, EMA, EU, Europe, Guido Rasi, Rasi, transparency

The future of Guido Rasi, head of Europe’s drugs regulator, is up in the air after a legal ruling which …

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Hunt unveils £10 billion NHS savings plan

November 14, 2014
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Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has laid out efficiency plans that he hopes will save the NHS up to £10 billion …

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Woodley Announces the Appointment of Sarah Dopson

November 14, 2014

 

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MSF starts trials of Ebola candidates

November 14, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ebola, MSF, Médecins Sans Frontières, avigan, brincidofovir, favipiravir

Three experimental Ebola therapies will be tested at sites operated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in West Africa, according to …

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EMA responds to redaction concerns

November 14, 2014
Sales and Marketing AbbVie, EMA, Goldacre, Humira, Rasi, adalimumab, redactions, transparency

The EMA has published a response to European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly’s questions about some of its trial data redactions. O’Reilly’s …

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Cost of NHS medicines rises

November 14, 2014
Sales and Marketing HSCIC, NHS, NICE, PPRS, drugs, hospitals, spend

Hospitals in England are taking an increasing share of the NHS’s bill for drugs approved by NICE, according to a …

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Actavis appoints Pepsi head as CFO amid takeover talk

November 14, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Actavis, maria moen, pepsi

Dublin-based speciality pharma firm Actavis which is currently in talks to buy Allergan for $60 billion, has hired a chief …

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NHS to ‘kitemark’ health-related apps

November 13, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, Hunt, NHS, Samsung, apps, kitemark, wearables

Plans to improve the quality of patient care by introducing a ‘kitemark’ to safely validate healthcare apps have been announced …

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Allergan eyeing Actavis buyout

November 13, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Actavis, Allergan, Botox, Valeant, acquisition, buyout, merger

Allergan is attempting to block a recent Valeant hostile takeover bid by seeking the rumoured alternative merger deal with Actavis, …

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Charity ‘deeply concerned’ on CDF changes

November 13, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, NHS, NICE, breakthrough breast cancer, palframan

A leading cancer charity has warned that a number of key drugs are at risk of being withdrawn from patients …

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