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Hikma completes Bedford Laboratories purchase

July 16, 2014
Manufacturing and Production Ben Venue, Boehringer, Hikma, bedford laboratories

Hikma has completed its acquisition of assets of the US generic injectables business Bedford Laboratories from Ben Venue Laboratories, a …

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Chiltern acquires Ockham to help lift status

July 16, 2014
Manufacturing and Production CRO, chiltern, contract research, fsp, ockham

Chiltern has today acquired a full stake in fellow contract research organisation Ockham as both companies look to merge their …

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Novartis makes Alzheimer’s deal

July 16, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Genentech, Novartis, bai, epstein

Novartis is to collaborate with the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute (BAI) to test two of the Swiss company’s investigational anti-amyloid treatments. …

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Merck Serono appoints R&D global head

July 16, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Luciano Rossetti, Merck Serono

Merck Serono the biopharma of division of US firm Merck has confirmed the appointment of Luciano Rossetti as its executive …

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Novartis forms alliance with Google on ‘smart lens’

July 15, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Alcon, Novartis, diabetes, e-health, google, smart lens, wearable

Novartis eye care division Alcon has struck a deal with Google to develop a ‘smart’ contact lens designed to help …

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Illumina ‘gets 100,000 Genomes contract’

July 15, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Cambridge, DNA, DoH, NHS, genomes, illimina

Gene analysis specialist Illumina has been chosen to deliver a project to sequence 100,000 whole genomes from NHS patients by …

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UK science minister steps down

July 15, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cameron, UK, Willetts, cabinet, parliament, science minister

The science and universities minister David Willetts has resigned as British prime minister David Cameron carries out a major cabinet …

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Targacept admits failure in Alzheimer’s trial

July 15, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Aricept, Pfizer, TC-173, Targacept

Targacept is dropping a once promising Alzheimer’s drug from further clinical trials after it failed to beat Pfizer’s Aricept (donepezil) …

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Mylan buys Abbott generics

July 15, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Abbott, Mylan, generics, new mylan

Abbott is to sell the portion of its branded generics business which operates in developed markets such as Europe to …

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UK digital health showcased in China

July 15, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, Shanghai, UK, britain, comms, digital, health

The British government is showcasing its most promising digital health firms at a new centre in China. The “Healthcare is …

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Baxter takes R&D head from Merck Serono

July 15, 2014
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck Serono, baxter, john orloff

Baxter International has appointed Dr John Orloff as its vice president and global head of R&D development for Baxter BioScience. …

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Contraceptive microchip tipped to revolutionise birth control

July 14, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Bill Gates, MIT, contraceptive, device, implant, microchips

IT start-up company MicroCHIPS is developing a radical new contraceptive in the form of a microchip that is implanted under …

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Sun Pharma recalls 40,000 bottles

July 14, 2014
Manufacturing and Production Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, FDA, Pfizer/Wyeth’s Effexor XR, Sun Pharma, antidepressant, recall

India-based manufacturer Sun Pharmaceutical Industries is recalling more than 40,000 bottles of its antidepressant venlafaxine hydrochloride, the US regulator has …

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AbbVie a step closer to Shire takeover

July 14, 2014
Sales and Marketing ADHD, AbbVie, Abbott, Humira, Shire, hep C, takeover

Shire is recommending a new offer from suitor AbbVie that could finally see the US giant merge with the Dublin-based …

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Roche combination drug for melanoma impresses

July 14, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Roche, Yervoy, braf, mekinist. MEK, melanoma

Roche’s investigational melanoma drug cobimetinib has helped late-stage patients live longer when used in combination with its established skin cancer …

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GSK investigator charged in China

July 14, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, Witty, bribery, humphrey, sex tape

The man who GlaxoSmithKline paid to investigate an illegally produced sex tape of one its senior employees has been charged …

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Working Life: Celgene’s Rob Moore

July 14, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Celgene, Working Life, rob moore

How did you find your way into your current role? I joined the pharmaceutical industry almost 20 years ago with …

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ProStrakan pays £230m for Archimedes

July 14, 2014
Sales and Marketing Archimedes, Cancer, ProStrakan, pain, pecfent

The ProStrakan Group is to looking to expand its offerings via a payment of £230 million for Archimedes Pharma. The …

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Two hires at Cello Health Communications

July 14, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cello, cello health, davies, yates

Healthcare comms agency Cello Health Communications has made two senior appointments at its London office. Anthea Davies (pictured) joins the …

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Bayer in Oxford tie-up

July 11, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Oxford, endometriosis, university

Bayer HealthCare and the UK’s University of Oxford have signed an agreement to look for new treatments for two common …

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