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Publicis Life Brands Resolute appoints account director

July 12, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing PLBR

Publicis Life Brands Resolute (PLBR) has hired Simon Goldsborough as an account director. Goldsborough brings to the firm over 10 …

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MHRA orders recall of Wockhardt drugs after import ban

July 11, 2013
Manufacturing and Production MHRA, Wockhardt, recall

The UK regulatory authority has asked for a recall of medicines made at a Wockhardt facility in India, shortly after …

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Amgen signs Servier deal

July 11, 2013
Sales and Marketing Amgen, Servier, heart, procoloran

Amgen has gained rights in the US to two of Servier’s heart drugs: the novel, oral Procoralan and investigational Phase …

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AstraZeneca shores up Cambridge move

July 11, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cambridge, research and development

AstraZeneca has cemented its position in Cambridge, the UK location of its purpose-built global HQ from 2016, by signing deals …

Tissue Regenix
 appoints non-executive director

July 11, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing tissue regenix

Regenerative medical devices firm Tissue Regenix has appointed Randeep Singh Grewal as its non-executive
 director of the Group. Grewal has …

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NICE no for Celgene’s Revlimid

July 11, 2013
Sales and Marketing Celgene, NICE, Revlimid

NICE has issued new draft guidance not recommending Celgene’s bone marrow disorder drug Revlimid over uncertainties of its efficacy. Revlimid …

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Pharma chooses Microsoft in drug counterfeit fight

July 10, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Microsoft, azure, windows

Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform has been selected to power the new EU-wide European Medicines Verification System (EMVS) that will be …

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Blow for Roche as it halts diabetes drug trial

July 10, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Roche, aleglitazar, diabetes

Roche has stopped a late-stage trial of its investigational diabetes drug aleglitazar over safety concerns. The move was prompted by …

Court overturns orphan refusal

July 10, 2013
Sales and Marketing EMA, laboratoires ctrs, orphacol

A European Commission decision last year to refuse marketing authorisation for an orphan drug has been overturned by a major …

Fresenius Kabi hit by second FDA warning letter

July 10, 2013
Manufacturing and Production API, FDA, Fresenius Kabi, GMP

German generic drugmaker Fresenius Kabi has been sent another warning letter from the FDA citing deficiencies at a manufacturing plant. …

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Say Communications hires associate director

July 10, 2013
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing chicco, say

Health PR firm Say Communications has announced the appointment of Victoria Bramham as an associate director to help lead its …

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GSK files cancer combination

July 10, 2013
Sales and Marketing FDA, GSK, Tafinlar, mekinist

GlaxoSmithKline has put in supplemental applications for its Tafinlar/Mekinist combination – a pair of drugs which analysts predict may have …

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Novartis compound beats Enbrel

July 9, 2013
Sales and Marketing Enbrel, Novartis, Pfizer, skin

One of Novartis’ investigational drugs has beaten Pfizer’s Enbrel in a head-to-head Phase III psoriasis study and is on course …

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GSK teams up with Oxford biotech on cancer

July 9, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Oxford, immunocore

GlaxoSmithKline has announced a partnership with a UK biotech firm to develop oncology medicines using new methods to fight the …

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Pharma chemicals added to EU pollutant watch list

July 9, 2013
Manufacturing and Production EFPIA, EU, WFD, pollutants

For the first time, three pharmaceutical compounds – two hormones and an anti-inflammatory drug – will be included in a …

Pharma views sought on UK regulation

July 9, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, MHRA, pharma

A new review is inviting pharma to tell the UK government just how well national regulators and local authorities enforce …

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Continuum appoints new president

July 9, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing continuum health alliance, olivia

Healthcare management firm Continuum Health Alliance has appointed Christopher Olivia to be the president of the company.Dr Olivia will help lead Continuum into …

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MSD takes Januvia rap

July 9, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Januvia, MSD, Merck, PMCPA

Merck Sharp & Dohme has been censured by the PMCPA for failing to uphold standards in the way it promoted …

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GSK China probe extends to Botox sales

July 8, 2013
Sales and Marketing Botox, China, GSK, whistleblower

GlaxoSmithKline’s woes in China are continuing as the firm’s sales tactics with Botox are put under scrutiny. The London-based firm …

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UK government launches ‘Genomics England’

July 8, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cameron, DH, Genomics england, Hunt, NHS

The government has invested £100 million into a new DNA mapping service for patients, and will begin with cancer, rare …

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