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Regulus names Stelios Papadopoulos as chairman

June 12, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alnylam, Exelixis, Regulas

Biopharma firm Regulas Therapeutics has named Stelios Papadopoulos chairman of its Board of directors.  Papadopoulos assumes the role from John …

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Diabetes drug risks fuel transparency debate

June 12, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMJ, Channel 4, all trials, diabetes, transaprency

A new investigation by Channel 4’s Dispatches and the British Medical Journal is demanding that all trial data be released …

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French regulator probes Teva plant after patient death

June 12, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Teva, furosemide, zopiclone

France’s medicines regulator has started an investigation into a manufacturing facility operated by generic firm Teva in the wake of …

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ABPI: put more data in scorecards

June 12, 2013
Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, scorecards

The ABPI has called on the NHS to include more new medicines in its innovation scorecard and to come up …

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ABPI declares eye health services ‘unsustainable’

June 11, 2013
Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS England, POPI, eye health

The ABPI’s Pharmaceutical Ophthalmology Initiative (POPI) group has called for a major re-think in how eye services are delivered on the NHS.The …

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GSK fires head of China research over data fraud

June 11, 2013
Research and Development China, GSK, Jingwu Zang, MS, autoimmune

GlaxoSmithKline has dismissed its vice president of research in China in connection with ‘misrepresentation’ of research data.Jingwu Zang had been senior …

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Charities invest £4.2m for London biosciences hub

June 11, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Biochemical Society, London hub, Society for General Microbiology, Society of Biology

A collective of five charitable societies have come together to create a new bioscience hub in central London. The offices …

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Impax cuts staff at troubled California plant

June 11, 2013
Manufacturing and Production FDA, Impax, Rytary

US generic drugmaker Impax Laboratories has said it plans to axe a tenth of its workforce and transfer production away …

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Questcor hires Shire’s chief executive

June 11, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Questcor, Shire

Biopharma firm Questcor Pharmaceuticals has appointed the recently-retired chief executive of Shire to its Board of directors.   Angus Russell …

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Novartis works in MS switch

June 11, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MS, Novartis, gilenya

Novartis’ oral MS drug Gilenya has been found to help multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who switch to it after taking …

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High cure rate for Boehringer HCV drug

June 11, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer Ingelheim, HCV

One of Boehringer Ingelheim’s pipeline drugs has achieved high response rates in patients with chronic genotype-1 hepatitis C virus (HCV) in …

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AstraZeneca to pay up to $1.2 billion for Pearl

June 10, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, COPD, pearl therapeutics

AstraZeneca is betting big on lung disease specialist Pearl Therapeutics as it looks to spend $1.2 billion to acquire the …

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Manufacturing news in brief

June 10, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Biological E Ltd, Hospira and Sotax Group, Schott Pharmaceutical Systems, Valneva SE

A round-up of recent developments in the pharma manufacturing sector, including facility updates from Valneva, Schott and Hospira, plus Sotax’s …

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Department of Health prioritises Francis response

June 7, 2013
Sales and Marketing DH, Francis, Mid Staffs, NHS

The Department of Health has set out its priorities for the next year, explaining how it will enhance public health …

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Working Life, Vifor Pharma, Derek Williams

June 7, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Vifor pharma, Working Life, williams

How did you find your way into your current role? I began my career in the UK as a sales …

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NICE thumbs-up for Abilify

June 7, 2013
Sales and Marketing Abilify, BMS, NICE, Otsuka

Adolescents who suffer from bipolar disorder should be treated on the NHS with Otsuka Pharmaceuticals’ Abilify, according to draft guidance …

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Lilly UK sponsors ‘Go Dad Run’ charity

June 6, 2013
Medical Communications go dad run, lilly, prostate

Lilly is sponsoring Olympic hurdler Colin Jackson’s ‘Go Dad Run’, a new 5k run for men to raise awareness of …

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Internal buy-in is greatest barrier to social media

June 6, 2013
Medical Communications Weber shandwick, digital, social media

Internal challenges – and not regulatory ones – are the biggest barriers to better use of social media in pharma, …

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Boehringer unveils biopharma plant plan for China

June 6, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Boehringer Ingelheim, China

Boehringer Ingelheim has said it intends to construct a cell-culture biopharmaceutical production facility in China offering contract R&D and manufacturing …

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Novartis receives FDA warning

June 6, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing CGMP, FDA, GMP, Novartis

The FDA has castigated Novartis for what it calls ‘significant violations’ of current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) regulations for finished …

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