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Wireless pill bottle wins Boehringer challenge

May 29, 2013
Medical Communications Boehringer, brett wells, wireless

Developers of a pill bottle that wirelessly measures medication and sends patient reminders have emerged as prize-winners in a Healthcare …

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Orphan drug for Astellas

May 29, 2013
Sales and Marketing Astellas, Isavuconazole, Orphan

The FDA has granted orphan designation to one of Astellas’ Phase III drugs designed to treat potentially life-threatening fungal infections …

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FDA experts recommend Merck sleep pill

May 24, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, Merck, insomnia, suvorexant

Merck received welcome news this week from the FDA after one of the US regulator’s expert groups voted to approve …

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Janssen outlines pipeline ambitions

May 24, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Janssen, Johnson and Johnson, pipeline

Janssen has outlined plans to submit ‘more than ten’ new product filings worldwide in the next four years, along with …

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Hurel appoints Schering-Plough executive to its Board

May 24, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Hurel, Merck, Schering-Plough

Pre-clinical products firm Hurel has appointed Dr James MacDonald to the company’s Board of directors.  MacDonald is the former executive …

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Boehringer held up by FDA for production violations

May 24, 2013
Manufacturing and Production API, Boehringer, FDA

Boehringer Ingelheim has pledged to resolve manufacturing compliance issues at a facility in Germany uncovered by the US Food and …

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GSK to cull Australian tablet packaging plant

May 23, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Australia, GSK

A GlaxoSmithKline tablet packaging facility in Australia will be closed with the loss of 120 jobs, around a third of …

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Positive news for Sanofi asthma drug

May 23, 2013
Sales and Marketing Dupilumab, Regeneron, Sanofi, asthma

An asthma drug being developed by Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has performed well in a Phase IIa trial, reducing the …

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Nicholson to step down as NHS leader

May 23, 2013
Sales and Marketing Francis report, Mid Staffs, NHS, Nicholson

Sir David Nicholson is to retire from his post as chief executive of NHS England in March 2014.Sir David has …

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GSK gets $200m from White House

May 23, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AMR, BARDA, GSK, HHS, white house

GlaxoSmithKline is to be given up to $200 million by the US government to develop new antibiotics as worries grow …

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Bayer hires chief information officer

May 23, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, information

Johannes Schubmehl has been appointed chief information officer of Bayer HealthCare. Schubmehl succeeded Matthias Moritz, who left the company at …

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Actavis snaps up Warner Chilcott

May 22, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Actavis, Warner Chilcott

Actavis is to buy Dublin-based firm Warner Chilcott in an $8.5 billion deal which will see the Warner name disappear …

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ABPI takes on vaccine industry brief

May 22, 2013
Research and Development ABPI, vaccines

The ABPI is to take on responsibility for representing the vaccine industry to UK government and healthcare stakeholders.For more than …

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Pfizer abandons cancer trial

May 22, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Inotuzumab ozogamicin, Pfizer, oncology

Pfizer’s oncology pipeline has suffered a blow with the company abandoning a Phase III study of one of its investigational …

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Board changes at Boehringer Ingelheim

May 22, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, baiker

Boehringer’s Professor Wolfram Carius is stepping down from the Board to be replaced by Dr Wolfgang Baiker. Carius who is …

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Bayer to buy Steigerwald

May 21, 2013
Sales and Marketing Bayer, steigerwald

Bayer is to buy herbal medicines specialist Steigerwald Arzneimittelwerk in a deal which it says is motivated in part by …

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AndersonBrecon joins fast-growing contract packer PCI

May 21, 2013
Manufacturing and Production AndersonBrecon, PCI

Pharma packaging and clinical trial services company AndersonBrecon has been bought by a US private equity group in a £200 …

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Canada tightens GMP rules for active ingredients

May 21, 2013
Manufacturing and Production API, Canada, GMP

Canada’s Food and Drug Regulations have been amended to extend the requirements for Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) to active pharmaceutical …

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New general manager for Eisai in Mexico

May 21, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Eisai has appointed Ricardo Gonzalez Balboa to the position of general manager, Eisai Mexico. In this position, Gonzalez Balboa will …

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New fund for electronic prescribing

May 21, 2013
Sales and Marketing Francis report, IT, NHS, electronic prescribing

A new £260 million fund is to help accelerate progress toward electronic prescribing in NHS hospitals.The government says it is …

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