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Bristol-Myers Squibb: following the string of pearls

September 8, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, BMS, GSK, Johanna Mercier, Pfizer, UCB, Yervoy, acquisitions

Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) is something of an enigma in the pharma industry. Whilst many of its big pharma peers are …

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Theraclion hires chief executive and VP

September 8, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Anja Kleber, David Caumartin, Theraclion

French medical device firm Theraclion has appointed David Caumartin as its chief executive and Anja Kleber as vice president of …

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Sanofi releases new diabetes app for children

September 5, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Gamification, Lilly board game, Sanofi, Syrum, monster manor

Sanofi Diabetes has launched a new mobile game aimed at educating children, teachers, parents and carers about living with type …

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Remembering the patient in the Cancer Drugs Fund debate

September 5, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Beating Bowel Cancer, Cancer Drugs Fund, Kadclya, Roche

Today Simon is a bowel cancer patient who is able to enjoy his weekly round of golf.After receiving the dreadful …

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Edelman buys Elan to ‘challenge’ the French PR industry

September 5, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Edelman, Elan, publicis

Edelman has swooped in on fellow PR firm Elan to create a ‘new player’ in the communications industry in France. …

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NHS spends over £1 million on Apple products

September 5, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, NHS England, ipad, iphone

NHS England has spent more than £1.2 million on Apple’s tablets and smartphones since it was set up two years’ …

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Merck surprise winner in PD-1 race

September 5, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Merck, melanoma, pd-1

Merck has become the first company to bring a new class of cancer drug to the US market after the …

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J&J fast-track Ebola vaccine for early 2015 trials

September 4, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, Ebola, Mapp, zmapp

Johnson & Johnson has announced it is to fast-track the development of a new vaccine programme to fight the deadly …

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Teva launches new MS eHealth site

September 4, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Teva, digital, ms ireland, multiple sclerosis, pow health

Teva and MS Ireland have helped launch a new website called Pow Health to give multiple sclerosis patients a “one-stop …

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AbbVie and Infinity sign cancer deal

September 4, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, IPI-145, blood cancer, duvelisib, infinity

AbbVie has partnered with US company Infinity Pharmaceuticals to develop and commercialise the latter firm’s blood cancer treatment duvelisib (IPI-145). …

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New chief executive for Healthcare Communications Association

September 4, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Anneliese Cameron, HCA, Healthcare Communications Association, julia cook

The Healthcare Communications Association (HCA) has a new chief executive in Anneliese Cameron who replaces Julia Cook next year in …

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Google partners with AbbVie on ageing

September 4, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing 23andME, AbbVie, Abbott, Roche, calico, google

Google’s healthcare company Calico has signed its first pharma pact with US firm AbbVie in a deal that could be …

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ICON appoints vice president from Allergan

September 4, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ICON, ira spector

Healthcare outsourced development firm ICON has hired Dr Ira Spector to be the executive vice president of its analytics and …

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NICE backs world’s most expensive medicine

September 4, 2014
Sales and Marketing AGNSS, Alexion, England, NICE, aHUS, solaris

In a U-turn on its previous guidance NICE is now recommending that the £330,000 rare disease drug Soliris should be …

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Mixed results for AZ’s troubled Brilinta

September 3, 2014
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Brilinta, EMA, PCI, atlantic, heart, stent

The latest trial for AstraZeneca’s heart drug Brilinta (ticagrelor) has failed to meet expected results but suggests more flexible applications …

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Should patients be able to email their general practitioner?

September 3, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing BMJ, GPs, clinicians, econsultations, email

Email consultations with your doctor make better use of their time and are more convenient, or threaten safety and create …

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BioData appoints new chief executive

September 3, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Louis Culot, biodata, culot

Digital science portfolio firm BioData that produces web-based research and lab management service Labguru, has appointed Louis Culot as its …

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NICE: Cancer Drugs Fund must use our processes

September 3, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, David Haslam, Kadcyla, NICE, Roche

NICE believes that the Cancer Drugs Fund should be aligned with its cost-effectiveness processes, after the government recently announced a …

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Novo Nordisk scraps inflammatory disorders business

September 2, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Danish, IL20, Novo Nordisk, diabetes, inflammatory, thomsen

A restructuring of Novo Nordisk will see it completely drop its inflammatory disorders activities in favour of concentrating on its …

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Fishawack opens US office in San Francisco

September 2, 2014
Medical Communications US, comms, communications, fishawack, san francisco

Medical communications firm Fishawack has opened a new office in San Francisco in the US. Under its flagship Fishawack Communications brand …

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