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Sanofi appoints a chief patient officer

April 2, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi, anne beal

Sanofi has hired Dr Anne Beal to the newly-created position of chief patient officer. The move to hire such a …

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‘Stakes never higher’ for NHS

April 2, 2014
Sales and Marketing CCGs, NHS England, Simon Stevens, UK

The new boss of NHS England has warned that he will not be able to fix its problems and said …

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The Biogerontology Research Foundation makes board appointment

April 1, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Dmitry Kaminskiy, The Biogerontology Research Foundation

UK charity The Biogerontology Research Foundation has appointed Dmitry Kaminskiy to its board of trustees. Kaminskiy is the managing director of …

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Votrient’s extended licence application ditched

April 1, 2014
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GlaxoSmithKline admits it is ‘disappointed’ after abandoning its attempt to extend kidney cancer drug Votrient’s licence to take in ovarian …

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Polyhedra Group appoints Steve Hobbs

April 1, 2014
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Steve Hobbs has been appointed chief business development officer for The Polyhedra Group.  Hobbs has over 30 years’ international experience …

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UK clinical trials system not working during epidemics

April 1, 2014
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The new director of medical charity the Wellcome Trust has told a British newspaper that the slow-paced nature of clinical …

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Red Door Communications hires Sandie Dinning

April 1, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Red Door Communications, sandy dinning

Sandie Dinning has joined comms agency Red Door Communications and is to launch a new youth and community engagement offering …

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GSK invests £130m in Africa

April 1, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, GSK, Nigeria, kenya, rwanda, sub-saharan

GlaxoSmithKline is to invest £130 million in sub-Saharan Africa over the next five years – money which the company says …

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Icon to acquire Aptiv Solutions

March 31, 2014
Manufacturing and Production Aptiv Solutions, ICON, addplan, manufacturing

Icon has acquired US clinical trial specialists Aptiv Solutions for $143.5 million as it looks to expand its footprint in …

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Regeneron to expand manufacturing outside US

March 31, 2014
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Regeneron is to open its first overseas production facility in Limerick, Ireland, after addressing the initial objections of a national …

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Survey: free NHS in ‘jeopardy’

March 31, 2014
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A survey commissioned by the NHS Confederation suggests that nearly half of UK MPs believe an NHS which is free …

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GSK takes possession of Indonesian consumer healthcare unit

March 31, 2014
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GlaxoSmithKline has acquired full ownership of its Indonesian consumer healthcare business in a transaction which also sees the company divesting …

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AstraZeneca and MRC partner for new UK facility

March 31, 2014
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AstraZeneca and the Medical Research Council have entered into a ‘ground-breaking’ collaboration aimed at better understanding the mechanisms of human …

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Deepak Khanna: the legacy of an outgoing ABPI president

March 31, 2014
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Deepak Khanna, NHS, VBP, Whitehead, apbi, jonathan emms

You’d be forgiven for thinking that Deepak Khanna, the man who has overseen the activities of the ABPI for the …

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Portland Health hires director from Hanover

March 31, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Hanover, Portland Health, a bpi, comms

Comms agency Portland Health has appointed Matt Worrall as an associate director who joins the firm from Hanover Communications. Worrall …

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Life sciences boost from government

March 31, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing DoH, NHS, UK, government, life sciences, medcity

The UK government is to launch an improved offering for the life sciences sector by combining the functions of the …

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Stelara hit by final NICE rejection

March 28, 2014
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In final draft guidance released today NICE says it cannot recommend Janssen’s psoriatic arthritis drug Stelara. Specifically, the pricing watchdog …

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UK health report flags weight and dementia risks

March 28, 2014
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A new Department of Health report suggests that being overweight is now the norm in England – and that deafness …

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Baxter to split in two next year

March 28, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Abbott, baxter, biopharma, gambro

Baxter is taking a plunge into the world of restructuring by splitting into two entities: one which is yet to …

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MedCity to launch in April

March 28, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boris Johnson, London, UCL, Wellcome, medcity, medical city

The eagerly anticipated launch of ‘MedCity’ will be announced in April, Pharmafile has learned, as the UK government looks to …

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