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Novo cleared in complaints case

June 5, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, Novo Nordisk, PMCPA, complaints

Novo Nordisk has been cleared completely of any wrongdoing over a complaint about three of its employees in relation to …

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AbbVie expands Sligo plant

June 5, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Ireland, Sligo, manufacturing

AbbVie has officially opened its expanded manufacturing plant in Sligo, Ireland. The US company has put €85 million into the …

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Kymab makes two senior appointments

June 5, 2014
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Cambridge-based biopharma firm Kymab has hired Steve 
Arkinstall as a chief scientific officer, and Nigel Clark as VP 
and head …

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NHS Confederation: ‘ring-fence NHS funding’

June 5, 2014
Sales and Marketing Mid Staffs, NHS Confederation, Rob webster, UK

The boss of the NHS Confederation has challenged political parties to ring-fence NHS funding for the next ten years. Rob …

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Robert Francis QC joins Care Quality Commission

June 4, 2014
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Robert Francis QC is to join health watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as a non-executive director.  Francis will be …

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Apple follows Samsung into e-health

June 4, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, Samsung, digital, healthkit, ios8, wearable

Apple has followed Samsung into the e-health arena by unveiling HealthKit, a new platform that allows users to pool their …

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Bayer’s chief executive to step down in 2016

June 4, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Germany, Marijn Dekkers

Marijn Dekkers the chief executive of German pharma firm Bayer has set his departure date to the end of 2016. …

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Lilly the latest to open up data

June 4, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Goldacre, NHS, alltrials, data, lilly, transparency, trials

Eli Lilly is to begin sharing its clinical trial data with scientific researchers through a website housing information from several …

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New chief scientific officer for Pfizer

June 4, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Morris Birnbaum, Pfizer

Dr Morris Birnbaum has joined Pfizer as its chief scientific officer for cardiovascular and metabolic disease research. Based in Cambridge …

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Merck drug shines at ASCO

June 4, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, Cancer, FDA, MK-3475, Merck, melanoma

Merck has shown off one of its investigative cancer drug’s impressive results in advanced head and neck cancer at ASCO …

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Health select committee chairman resigns

June 3, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Conservative, NHS, Stephen Dorrell, health secretary, lankly, reforms

The Conservative MP for Charnwood Stephen Dorrell who has chaired the health select committee since 2010, has resigned.  The unexpected …

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China manufacturing slips in May

June 3, 2014
Manufacturing and Production China, hsbc, manufacturing, pmi

Activity in China’s manufacturing sector slipped slightly in May, according to figures from HSBC, with the bank suggesting that the …

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Novartis hires Merck president to lead oncology

June 3, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bruno Strigini, MSD, Merck, Novartis, oncology

Novartis has hired Merck’s president of Europe and Canada Bruno Strigini to be its president of oncology.  The role was …

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Boehringer lung cancer drug shows survival benefit

June 3, 2014
Sales and Marketing ASCO, Boehringer, NSCLC, afatinib, giotrif, lung cancer

A new analysis of two late-stage trials shows that Boehringer drug Giotrif extends overall survival in a large proportion of …

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GSK signs Adaptimmune deal

June 3, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AZ, Adaptimmune, BMS, Cancer, GSK, oncology

GlaxoSmithKline has signed a deal to develop and commercialise biotech firm Adaptimmune’s lead clinical cancer programme with T-cell receptors (TCRs), …

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Patricell appoints business development specialist

June 3, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing patricell, robertshaw

Nottingham-based life sciences supplier firm Patricell has appointed an experienced business development manager in Lucy Robertshaw. Robertshaw has years of …

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Cialis OTC approval sought

June 2, 2014
Sales and Marketing Cialis, ED, OTC, Sanofi, lilly

Sanofi and Eli Lilly have announced they are to push ahead with plans to seek regulatory approval for erectile dysfunction …

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Lemtrada resubmitted to FDA

June 2, 2014
Sales and Marketing FDA, Lemtrada, MS, Sanofi

Sanofi has resubmitted its application for Lemtrada (alemtuzumab) for the treatment of relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) to the …

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Masters Speciality Pharma hires two

June 2, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing masters, mosa, rosetti

UK-based pharma supply firm Masters Speciality Pharma has made two new key appointments to strengthen its team. Ivan Rosetti (pictured) …

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David Haslam: NICE, drug pricing and ethics

June 2, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Chairman, Dillon, NHS, NICE, adams, has lam

Since 2010, I have spent a great deal of time of writing about NICE, covering nearly all of all its …

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