Pharmafile Logo
Pharmafocus logo
Advanced Search
PCA advert image

Cancer awareness campaign slated

February 7, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cancer, adverts, pancreatic, research uk, testicular

 An ad campaign by Pancreatic Cancer Action has drawn criticism from other charities for ‘pitting’ different types of cancer against …

News
Celgene image

Celgene ‘downplayed’ Thalomid, Revlimid risks

February 7, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Celgene, Revlimid, Thalidomide, thalomid

A former sales representative for US pharma firm Celgene is accusing her old company of promoting two of its key …

News

GCI Health expands with three hires

February 7, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bath, GCI Health, Red Door, starr, woods

Healthcare comms agency GCI Health has grown its London-based team by hiring senior account director Claire Woods, account director Laura …

Appointment
Astrazeneca image

AstraZeneca battling ‘headwinds’

February 7, 2014
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Soriot, farxiga, q4, results, xigduo

AstraZeneca is to shed another 550 jobs as its latest corporate restructure takes shape, bringing to 5,600 the number of …

News
Ella one image

Six Code breaches for HRA Pharma

February 6, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, HRA Pharma, PMCPA, code, ella one

HRA Pharma has been slammed by the PMCPA after breaching six clauses of the ABPI Code of Practice in its …

News
Sanofi’s chief executive Christopher Viehbacher image

Analysts ‘disappointed’ by Sanofi guidance

February 6, 2014
Sales and Marketing Aubagio, Plavix, Sanofi, q4, sales

Sanofi has announced a mixed bag for its full year results as analysts have questioned why its forecasts for the …

News
Sovaldi image

Gilead to allow cheaper generics of new hep C drug

February 6, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Gilead, India, generics, hep C, s&m, sofosbuvir, sovaldi

Gilead has announced the unusual step of allowing its new and highly expensive hepatitis C pill to be sold as …

News
evelyne_nguyen_nicox

Nicox makes two appointments

February 6, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NicOx, nguyen, nicolas

French pharma firm Nicox has hired Evelyne Nguyen to be its chief financial officer and Stéphane Nicolas joins its executive …

Appointment
gsk image

GSK to make ‘fundamental changes’

February 6, 2014
Sales and Marketing China, GSK, Tafinlar, Witty, q4, results

GlaxoSmithKline has pledged to make ‘fundamental changes’ to the manner in which it does business, looking at its interaction with …

News

Globe faces cancer ‘tidal wave’

February 5, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, WHO, globe, world cancer report

The World Health Organisation has warned of a ‘tidal wave’ of cancer cases which it says will sweep across the …

News
National Institutes of Health image

Drug giants team up for Alzheimer’s

February 5, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Accelerating Medicines Partnership, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer’s, GSK, Merck, National Institutes of Health, Pfizer

The top US medical research agency has brought together a ‘dream team’ of big pharma partners to help battle against …

News
david_lockwood

Laird chief executive takes up key innovation role





February 5, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing david lockwood, laird

David Lockwood OBE has been appointed to an influential business innovation role in the UK as non-executive chair of the …

Appointment

Three new entries to Cancer Drugs Fund

February 5, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDF, Kadcyla, NHS, Tafinlar, UK, xofigo

Three drugs – Roche’s Kadcyla, Bayer’s Xofigo and GlaxoSmithKline’s Tafinlar – have been added to England’s Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF). …

News

Cancer Research UK turns to gamification with app

February 4, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing CRUK, Cancer, Gamification, genes in space

Cancer Research UK has launched a new citizen science game aimed at helping its scientists discover new cures for cancer. …

News

New Ashfield unit to meet pharma’s challenges

February 4, 2014
Medical Communications ashfield healthcare

Ashfield healthcare has created a new division to integrate its eight units into one business area offering in an effort …

News

Pfizer breast cancer drug shows promise

February 4, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Pfizer, breast, femara, letrozole, palbociclib

Pfizer’s experimental breast cancer drug palbociclib has successfully extended progression-free survival in a Phase II trial.  The pill was administered …

News
Biogen Idec image

Biogen Idec’s MS drug gets European approval

February 4, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Aubagio, Biogen IDEC, EU, MS, gilenya, tecdifera

Biogen Idec’s oral multiple sclerosis drug Tecfidera has won approval in Europe as a first-line treatment for people with relapsing-remitting …

News
Astrazeneca image

AstraZeneca ‘simplifies decision-making’

February 4, 2014
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, BMS, Byetta, Forxiga, Onglyza, diabetes

AstraZeneca has completed its $4.3 billion acquisition of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s diabetes business, giving the company control over several big-name brands …

News
sir michael parkinson image

Sir Michael Parkinson criticises NICE

February 4, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Astellas, NHS, NICE, Xtandi, parkinson, prostate

TV host Sir Michael Parkinson has told NICE that it must lift the restrictions imposed on Astellas’ new prostate cancer …

News
screen_shot_2014-02-04_at_08

Sartorius hires laboratory manager

February 4, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Michael Melingo, satorius

Lab and technology firm Sartorius has appointed Michael Melingo to be its laboratory manager. Melingo is to succeed Dominique Baly …

Appointment
The Gateway to Local Adoption Series

Latest content

Complement Therapeutics’ geographic atrophy treatment receives FDA Fast Track designation

January 22, 2026

PSI appoints David Allen as Country Manager for Canada

January 22, 2026

Qureight appoints Steven Bishop as Chief Medical Officer

January 21, 2026

Pierre Fabre Laboratories and Iktos announce oncology collaboration

January 21, 2026

Qureight appoints Rebecca Simmons as Chief Operating Officer

January 20, 2026