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CAP-CMV appoints Albrecht Läufer as chief executive

March 28, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Albrecht Läufer, CAP-CMV, cevec

Biotech firm CAP-CMV which is a spin-out of CEVEC Pharmaceuticals has appointed industry veteran Dr Albrecht Läufer as its chief …

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AstraZeneca opens up research

March 28, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, data, research, transparency, website

AstraZeneca has created a new means of sharing some of its data with scientists, such as its bank of live …

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Europe grants Eperzan licence

March 27, 2014
Sales and Marketing Bydureon, GSK, diabetes, eperzan, lilly

The European Commission has granted marketing authorisation to GlaxoSmithKline’s new diabetes treatment Eperzan – setting the manufacturer on a collision …

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Alli bottles tampered with in US, drug recalled

March 27, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Alli, FDA, GSK, Roche, Xenical, obesity, weight loss

GlaxoSmithKline has admitted that some bottles of its weight-loss drug Alli bought in the US have been tampered with. US …

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GSK and partners set up big data project

March 27, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Big Data, European Bioinformatics Institute, GSK, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, cttv

GlaxoSmithKline, the European Bioinformatics Institute and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have come together to launch an open access research …

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NICE launches VBA consultation

March 27, 2014
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NICE has today launched its consultation into how value-based assessment of drugs will work in practice, which will run for …

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Immunocore chief executive cements role at Adaptimmune

March 27, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Adaptimmune, immunocore, noble

Biotech firm Adaptimmune has confirmed the full-time appointment of James Noble as its chief executive. Noble has been chief executive …

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Social media cancer drive raises £8 million

March 26, 2014
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Adaptimmune wins fund payout

March 26, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Adaptimmune, Cancer, T cell, biomedical, noble, sme

Biotech firm Adaptimmune has been awarded £2.1 million from the UK government’s Biomedical Catalyst Fund, which was set up to …

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UK government launches ‘Sign up to Safety’ initiative

March 26, 2014
Sales and Marketing Francis, Hunt, Mid Staffs, NHS, safety, sign up

A new ambition to reduce avoidable harm in the NHS by half over the next three years, cut costs and …

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Pfizer’s Xalkori impresses in new setting

March 26, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, NSCLC, Pfizer, Xalkori, lung cancer

Pfizer’s lung cancer treatment Xalkori has proven better at treating patients in a first-line setting when compared to chemotherapy. This …

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J&J appoints chief design officer

March 26, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ernesto Quinteros, J&J, JJ, belkin, design

Johnson & Johnson has reached outside of its industry and into the design and technology realm with its latest appointment.  …

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FDA unconvinced on Novartis heart drug

March 26, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, Novartis, ahf, heart, serelaxin

The prospects of Novartis’ latest heart drug being approved in the US anytime soon appear to have been scuppered by …

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Janssen psoriasis drug beats placebo

March 25, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Janssen, dermatology, guselkumab

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Final no for Sanofi’s Zaltrap

March 25, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NICE, Sanofi, Zaltrap, colorectal cancer

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EFPIA hires director of European affairs

March 25, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EFPIA, kuiper

The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) has appointed Elizabeth Kuiper to be the director of its European …

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Parexel expands international operation

March 25, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Parexel, Singapore, manufacturing

Biopharma services provider Parexel International Corporation is beefing up its global capacity and adding more secondary packaging and labelling services …

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Xolair gets FDA approval for skin condition

March 24, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi, Xolair, chronic hives, csu

 An asthma drug developed by Roche subsidiary Genentech and Novartis has been granted an additional indication to treat chronic hives …

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CHMP recommends Jardiance

March 24, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, CHMP, EU, diabetes, jardiance, lilly

Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly’s type 2 diabetes treatment Jardiance is among nine medicines which the Committee for Medicinal Products …

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Endocyte lung cancer drug shows promise

March 24, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Endocyte, MSD, NSCLC, lung cancer, vintafolide

Endocyte and partner MSD have released positive mid-stage trial results for their investigational lung cancer drug vintafolide. The treatment met …

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