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Doctors highlight NHS data concerns

February 13, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, RGCP, UK, care data, doctors

Senior doctors have voiced their worries about the public’s lack of preparedness for the government’s planned roll-out of patient data …

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FDA extends licence for Janssen’s Imbruvica

February 13, 2014
Sales and Marketing FDA, Janssen, durect, imbruvica, leukaemia

Janssen and partner Pharmacyclics have been given an extended FDA approval for their new blood cancer treatment Imbruvica. The US …

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Aesica hires director from Catalent

February 13, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Aesica, Catalent, muir

Contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) Aesica has appointed Ian Muir to the newly-created position of commercial managing director. Muir’s …

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Kadcyla launches in UK

February 13, 2014
Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, Kadcyla, NHS, Roche, breast

 Roche’s Kadcyla, indicated to treat an aggressive form of breast cancer, has launched today in the UK.Kadcyla (trastuzumab emtansine) which …

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NHS England savings ‘not used wisely’

February 12, 2014
Sales and Marketing England, NHS, QIPP, Simon Stevens, health select

A group of influential MPs has raised serious concerns over what the £10 billion worth of NHS England savings made …

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NICE: ‘Use more statins’

February 12, 2014
Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, baker, cvd, statins

NICE has decided more NHS patients ought to be considered at risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) – and therefore advises …

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ICR: ‘Pharma needs stronger incentives’

February 12, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ICR, cancer research, itcc, pharma, r and d

The pharma industry must be given greater monetary help to persuade it to develop drugs which are specifically for children, …

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Teva under investigation for marketing practices

February 12, 2014
Sales and Marketing Azilect, Copaxone, Teva, fines, generics

Teva Pharmaceuticals is under investigation by US authorities for sales and marketing activity around two of its drugs – including …

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Merck KGaA pushes biosimilars

February 12, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Dr Reddy's, Merck KGaA, biosimilars, dr reddys, generics

Merck KGaA is to take big strides into the world of biosimilars, according to the German company’s chairman Karl-Ludwig Kley. …

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New chief executive for Biotec

February 12, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Biotec, UK, withey

Pharma supplies firm Biotec Services International has promoted Dr Fiona Withey to the position of chief executive.



  Withey joined the …

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RSA confirms three appointments

February 12, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing chin, foster, macdonald, rsa

Life sciences executive search and interim management firm RSA has increased the size of its offering with three new appointments. …

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Concerns over big pharma links to NHS policy

February 12, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing England, NHS, jmc, pharma, shca

NHS England has reportedly commissioned a big pharma lobby group to create an influential report, stoking fears that the five-year …

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Merck in $100 million contraceptive settlement

February 10, 2014
Sales and Marketing Merck, birth, birth control, legal, nuvaring

Merck has offered to pay $100 million to resolve thousands of legal claims brought against it for selling a birth …

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India court grants Herceptin injunction

February 10, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Biocon, Herceptin, India, Mylan, Roche

Roche has been granted an injunction by a court in India to prevent generic manufacturers of its ageing breast cancer …

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Doctors and developers partner for X-ray app

February 10, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing app, digital, experior, lynch, xray

Doctors in Northern Ireland have Belfast have teamed up with IT specialists to develop a new smartphone app that can …

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In search of the tipping point

February 10, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing abbey, goldman, marketing, tipping point

The germ of an idea, a very good idea. What if the idea could, like a germ, be a contagious …

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Pharmarama International names chief executive

February 10, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing pharmarama, whittley

Medicines wholesaler and trials supplier Pharmarama International has hired Nadia Whittley to be its new chief executive. Prior to joining …

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AbbVie expands into Singapore

February 10, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Abbott, Asia, Cancer, Singapore, oncology

AbbVie is expanding its manufacturing operation into Asia for the first time with a $320 million investment in a new …

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Merck: ‘2014 revenues will be down’

February 7, 2014
Sales and Marketing Frazier, Merck, Simponi, Singulair, isentress, q4, results

Merck is the latest pharma company to release figures suggesting 2013 was more of a struggle than it would like, …

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INC Research appoints Pfizer head

February 7, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing INC Research, Pfizer, setnik

Clinical research organisation INC Research has hired Dr Beatrice Setnik from Pfizer to be its vice president of Clinical Pharmacology. …

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