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Hunt: ‘Listen to patients’

March 18, 2013
Sales and Marketing Hunt, NHS

A review of NHS complaints handling, aimed at ensuring that all hospitals listen to and act upon the concerns of …

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Doctors body joins AllTrials

March 18, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing alltrials, faculty

The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine has signed up to AllTrials in the latest boost for the campaign for greater trial …

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Britannia Pharma appoints marketing director

March 18, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing britannia

Britannia Pharmaceuticals (part of the STADA Arzneimittel group of companies) has appointed Robert Wood as marketing director, for international markets. …

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GSK’s Witty: ‘Drugs should be cheaper’

March 15, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, GSK, Witty

Drugs should be cheaper, GlaxoSmithKline boss Sir Andrew Witty said at a conference this week. His comments, reported by Reuters, …

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BASF makes organisational changes

March 15, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BASF

Leading chemical firm BASF has made a series of appointments in order to reorganise its business operations. Strengthening the Asia-Pacific …

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Pulse mistake costs Astellas

March 15, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Astellas, PMCPA, pulse

A mistake by medical journal Pulse has landed Astellas Pharma in hot water with the PMCPA, enforcers of the ABPI …

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Merck makes Alzheimer’s deal

March 14, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Merck

Merck is teaming up with Texas-based Luminex Corporation to develop a companion diagnostic to help in its dementia programme. The …

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J&J opens London hub

March 14, 2013
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing J&J, JJ, London, research

Johnson & Johnson has opened the doors to a new life sciences centre in London that forms part of a …

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MHRA wins data scam case

March 13, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Aptuit, MHRA, data

An ex-employee of research organisation Aptuit has been found guilty of changing pre-clinical trial data as part of a bid to …

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AbbVie guards Humira data

March 13, 2013
Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Abbott, Humira, RA, transparency

AbbVie has issued two injunctions against the European Medicines Agency to prevent the regulator revealing data about rheumatoid arthritis drug …

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Roche chairman standing down

March 13, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Roche, humer

The chairman of the Board of directors at Roche, Franz Humer, has announced that he will not stand for re-election …

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A clinically-led NHS: a new opportunity to improve health

March 13, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CCG, NHS, Portmsouth, hogan, pharmafile

 Dr Jim Hogan was speaking at the Prescriber and Pharmafocus conference: CCGs, the new NHS and Pharma in December.First of …

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Janssen submits diabetes combination

March 12, 2013
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Janssen has submitted a combination of its investigational diabetes drug canagliflozin with immediate-release metformin to the European Medicines Agency.The manufacturer, …

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Roche bins Galapagos tie-up

March 12, 2013
Sales and Marketing COPD, Galapagos, Roche

Roche has ended its three-year old alliance with Belgian drug discovery specialist Galapagos because of a ‘strategic change’. The companies …

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NHS Commissioning Board sets out interim arrangements

March 12, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Hakin, NHS

The NHS Commissioning Board has announced interim arrangements for the post of chief operating officer and deputy chief executive. Later …

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Impax hit by FDA re-inspection failure

March 11, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Impax, hayward

Impax Laboratories has been hit by the news that another (FDA inspection of its troubled manufacturing facility in Hayward, California, …

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New AF possibility for Xarelto

March 11, 2013
Sales and Marketing Bayer, FDA, Xarelto

Bayer HealthCare is to launch a new trial of its oral blood thinner Xarelto just days after the FDA knocked …

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Hospitals not ‘coasting’, Hunt told

March 11, 2013
Sales and Marketing Hunt, NHS

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has angered NHS groups with a speech in which he said some hospitals were ‘coasting’ and …

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Merck to close Irish manufacturing unit

March 11, 2013
Manufacturing and Production MSD, Merck

Merck & Co has said that a manufacturing unit in Rathdrum, Ireland will close by the end of 2015 with …

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Ajinomoto expands in bio with Althea acquisition

March 11, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Ajinomoto, althea

Japanese drugmaker Ajinomoto has agreed to acquire Althea Technologies, a provider of biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing services, for an estimated …

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