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Imbruvica boost for Pharmacyclics

January 8, 2014
Sales and Marketing Janssen, Pharmacyclics, imbruvica

Pharmacyclics and Janssen Biotech have received a huge boost as a late-stage trial of their first-in-class, oral blood cancer drug …

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AstraZeneca strikes cancer vaccine pact

January 8, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, MedImmune, oncology

AstraZeneca’s biologics arm MedImmune has struck an oncology research deal with UK biotech company Immunocore. The deal, which could be …

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SCM Pharma hires US-based manager

January 8, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing SCM Pharma, richards

UK Sterile manufacturing specialist SCM Pharma has appointed US-based business development manager Derek Richards. Richards will oversee the contract development …

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AZ and Horizon in cancer tie-up

January 8, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, horizon, medimunne

 AstraZeneca has signed a deal with British biotech firm Horizon Discovery to look at a number of genotypes to see …

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US cancer research receives $540 million

January 7, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, US, licr, ludwig

Six facilities in the US have received a total of $540 million from the estate of an American businessman in …

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Janssen bets on stem cells

January 7, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDC, Janssen, Stem cells, cap, capricor

US biotech Capricor Therapeutics is being backed by Janssen Biotech to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars to …

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Pharma facility news in brief

January 7, 2014
Manufacturing and Production manufacturing, pharma

 GlaxoSmithKline has launched a new website and Twitter account to inform the public about progress with its £350 million ($574 …

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GE makes $1 billion Thermo deal

January 7, 2014
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General Electric Company is to pay around $1.06 billion in a bid to boost its life sciences capability in pharma’s …

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Healthcare Corporation of America names chief executive and chairman

January 7, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing healthcare corporation of america

The Healthcare Corporation of America has appointed Natasha Giordano as its chief executive and Yaron Eitan as chairman of the …

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FDA and EMA team up for generic drug inspections

January 6, 2014
Manufacturing and Production EMA, FDA, GMP, Taylor, manufacturing

The regulatory authorities in the US and EU have taken another step towards harmonisation by agreeing to pool their resources …

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EMA identifies GMP transgressors in public database

January 6, 2014
Manufacturing and Production Database, EMA, GDP, GMP

The European Medicines Agency has continued its march towards increased transparency by publishing – for the first time – the …

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NHS patient data to be shared with researchers

January 6, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, data, online, transparency

NHS England will begin to gather patient data from GPs for the first time this spring to ‘improve care and …

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GSK and Sanofi expand transparency

January 6, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Goldacre, Sanofi, alltrials, transparency

GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi have announced separate moves which will shine greater light on both companies’ clinical trial data. GSK has …

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Cancer patients lose out in NHS overspend

January 6, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Macmillan, NHS England

Patients in the NHS may not be able to receive new treatments for cancer as it emerges that health chiefs …

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Aeterna Zentaris appoints former Boehringer head

January 6, 2014
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Speciality biopharma firm Aeterna Zentaris has hired Dr Richard Sachse to be its senior vice president and chief scientific officer. …

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GSK sells off non-core assets

January 6, 2014
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GlaxoSmithKline has completed the offloading of several of its non-core assets in moves which stand to net the pharma manufacturer …

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Regulate, don’t strangulate

January 6, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, code of practise, low, myeloma

As many of you will know, work is now under way to revise the ABPI Code. Not before time I …

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MPs ‘surprised and concerned’ over data transparency

January 3, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cochrane, Godlee, Goldacre, Roche, Tamiflu, transparency

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Sanofi hit hard by Lemtrada rejection

January 2, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Aubagio, FDA, Genzyme, Lemtrada, MS, Sanofi

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China ban for corrupt pharma firms

January 2, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cameron, China, GSK, Witty, bribery, lilly

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