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Lipitor competition holds Pfizer back

July 31, 2013
Sales and Marketing Lipitor, Pfizer, Prevnar, Q2

Pfizer’s revenues in the second quarter of 2013 fell 7% year-on-year, in part due to the loss of patent in …

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Merck sees sales dip

July 31, 2013
Sales and Marketing Merck, Q2, Singulair, sales

A catastrophic decline in sales of asthma medicine Singulair is among the key reasons why Merck’s pharma revenue fell 12% …

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UK life sciences gains £93 million backing

July 31, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BIA, DMD, life sciences

The UK life sciences sector has been given a new £93.2 million package of support by the government to help …

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MHRA appoints three directors to its Board

July 31, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing DoH, MHRA

The Department of Health has announced that three new non-executive directors are joining the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency. …

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BMS taps Samsung for antibody manufacturing

July 30, 2013
Manufacturing and Production BMS, Samsung, antibody

Bristol-Myers Squibb has given signed a 10-year contract with South Korea’s Samsung BioLogics for the manufacture of one of its …

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Adderall hits Shire sales

July 30, 2013
Sales and Marketing Adderall, Shire, Vyvanse, ldx

Falling sales of Adderall XR have hit Shire in the second quarter of the year, with the ADHD drug dropping …

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January deadline for Pfizer restructure

July 30, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pfizer, patent, restructure

Pfizer is to restructure operations from January 2014 in a bid to make its business more responsive to patient and …

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Nearly all UK men survive testicular cancer

July 30, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Survival for testicular cancer has risen by almost 30% in the last 40 years, with nearly all men now beating …

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Perrigo pays $8.6 billion for Elan

July 30, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Elan, Perrigo, Tysabri

Generics firm Perrigo has snapped up Ireland-based Elan in a multi-billion dollar deal, ending a bitter takeover battle that has …

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Aesica appoints Chris Gowland to the Board

July 30, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Aesica, Chris Gowland

Contract development and manufacturing organisation Aesica has appointed Chris Gowland to the newly formed position of chief operating officer. As …

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FDA clarifies import rules for ‘pre-launch’ medicines

July 29, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Draft Guidance, FDA, pre launch, pre-launch

New draft guidance on the import of unapproved medicines in anticipation of approval in the US has been published by …

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Patients and profits – time for new priorities

July 29, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, McConaghie, andrew, pharma, profits

Pharmaceutical journalists don’t retire, they just go off patent. Well, I’m not retiring as such, but after ten years as …

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EMA: no cancer risk from GLP-1s

July 29, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, EMA, GLP-1s

One of the European Medicines Agency’s key advisory groups has decided that concerns over an increased cancer risk with some …

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AZ and BMS go for second Forxiga submission

July 29, 2013
Sales and Marketing AZ, BMS, FDA, Forxiga

AstraZeneca and partner Bristol-Myers Squibb have resubmitted their diabetes drug Forxiga to the FDA 18 months after it was rejected …

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Boehringer nears European approval for first cancer drug

July 29, 2013
Sales and Marketing Boehringer, Cancer, FDA, afatinib

Boehringer’s first cancer drug is just months away from being approved in Europe after a committee for the EMA gave …

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PCI hires associate director of Clinical Trials

July 29, 2013
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Pharma packaging and clinical trials services firm PCI has appointed Tim Roberts as an associate director of Clinical Trials.The changes …

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Contract research news in brief

July 26, 2013
Research and Development Ascendancy Healthcare, CRO Solutions, Clinical Research Advantage, ResearchDx, SPS Pharma Services, VxP Pharma

Quintiles wins multi-year contract in China, CRO Solutions sets up niche subsidiary and CRA buys CNS unit, plus relocations for …

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Dementia project pays out £50 million

July 26, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Jeremy Hunt, dementia

Over a hundred hospitals and care homes across England have been awarded a share of a £50million fund to help …

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Sharp fall in sales for Bristol-Myers Squibb

July 26, 2013
Sales and Marketing Avapro, BMS, Plavix, Q2

Bristol-Myers Squibb has seen a fall in sales over the past three months as it struggles with major patent losses. …

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Lilly beats estimates with solid Q2 performance

July 26, 2013
Sales and Marketing Q2, cymbalta, lilly, zyprexa

Lilly posted a healthy set of financials at the end of July as the company looks to keep its growth …

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