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Dendreon chief resigns from struggling firm

June 10, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Dendreon, John Johnson, Provenge, Vaccine, Watson, prostate

Chief executive of Dendreon John Johnson is to step down in the summer amid falling sales of the company’s key …

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Sovaldi hurdles first drug pricing barrier

June 10, 2014
Sales and Marketing Gilead, SMC, Scotland, hep C, sofosbuvir, sovaldi

Scotland’s NHS will pay for Gilead’s new hepatitis C pill Sovaldi despite rising concern over its high cost. The Scottish …

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Langland hires business unit director

June 10, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Langland, Michael Le Brocq

Healthcare advertising agency Langland has appointed Michael Le Brocq as business unit director for its Ethical division.  Also joining the …

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Lilly app targets depression

June 10, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Android, depression, iphone, lilly, talking progress

Eli Lilly has launched a free mobile app for Android and iPhone handsets which aims to support patients who suffer …

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Child flu pilot ‘encouraging’

June 9, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing UK, Vaccine, chid, children, flu, government, phd

Figures from the child flu vaccine pilot launched last year by Public Health England (PHE) are encouraging, the government says. …

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Pharma, digital and patients: a healthy concoction?

June 9, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing adams, digital, epatient, pharma

A young woman sits stunned in an oncologist’s office, unsure of where to look or how to react to the …

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IDEA Pharma appoints account manager

June 9, 2014
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IDEA Pharma has hired Rick Ritacco as an account manager to join its New York practice working with the company’s …

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Penn Pharma starts operations

June 9, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing API, Penn Pharma, Wales, manufacturing, south

Penn Pharma has opened its expanded facility in South Wales, after a £3 million investment which will allow it to …

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Pradaxa gets DVT indication

June 6, 2014
Sales and Marketing Boehringer, DVT, Pradaxa, blood, dabigatran etexilate, thinner

Pradaxa has been given approval in Europe to treat deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) just a week …

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Bayer announces more changes at the top

June 6, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Dieter Weinand, Otsuka, dekkers, healthcare

US-based president at Japanese drugmaker Otsuka, Dieter Weinand, is to join Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals as the new head of its …

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Andy Burnham: NHS needs a ‘reset’

June 6, 2014
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The NHS must be ‘reset’ in order to make it into a 21st century health service, according to shadow health …

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Skills crisis looming in pharma, says report

June 6, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Jobs, career, life sciences, medcity, pharma, skills

 More than half of life sciences employers expect to face a serious shortage of experienced job applicants in the coming …

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RSA appoints US business lead



June 6, 2014
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Life sciences recruitment firm RSA has confirmed the appointment of Elizabeth McCabe as its head of RSA North America.  With …

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EMA accepts Boehringer IPF drug

June 6, 2014
Sales and Marketing Boehringer, EMA, IPF, inpulsis, lung, nintedanib

Boehringer Ingelheim has moved a step closer to getting its investigational treatment nintedanib approved in Europe for a potentially fatal …

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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
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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
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing arkinstall, clark, kymab

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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