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FDA warns of toxins in glycerin source

July 10, 2012
Manufacturing and Production FDA, glycerin, jatropha curcas, toxins

The FDA has asked pharma companies to make sure that glycerin and other ingredients used in their products are not …

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Pharma manufacturing news in brief

July 10, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Aesica, Affymax, DPT Labs, HAL Allergy BV

Recruitment drive starts at Aesica, Affymax names a new manufacturing head, plus updates from NeoStem, DPT Labs and HAL Allergy.

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Siegfried to build new API plant in China

July 10, 2012
Manufacturing and Production AMP, API, Hanko, Siegfried

Swiss contract manufacturing organisation Siegfried has announced plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Nantong, near Shanghai in China. …

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Savient appoints new president and chief executive

July 10, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ferrari, Savient, cuts

Savient Pharmaceuticals has appointed Louis Ferrari to the role of president and chief executive for the firm. Ferrari succeeds Savient’s …

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Shionogi opens UK office

July 9, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Crestor, Japan, Osaka, Shionogi, cholesterol

Japanese pharma firm Shionogi & Co has opened a new office in London and pledged to expand into Europe. Osaka-based …

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Boehringer collaborates with Havard

July 9, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, Havard, oncology, research deal

Boehringer Ingelheim has established a translational research collaboration with the presidents and fellows of Harvard College. The aim of the …

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The problem with medical publishing

July 6, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Les Rose, MMR, medical publishing

I’ve often said that however bad one’s research, it’s possible to get it published somewhere. I have been thinking about …

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More job cuts planned at Sanofi, says union

July 6, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Genzyme, Sanofi, Viehbacher, cuts

Sanofi has confirmed that it is considering a restructuring of its operations in France, but has refused to comment on …

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Erbitux fails in gastric cancer trial

July 6, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Erbitux, Merck Serono, Roche, failure, gastric cancer

Merck’s Erbitux has failed to increase survival in patients with gastric cancer, representing a blow to the firm’s ambition to …

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GolinHarris to acquire Virgo HEALTH

July 6, 2012
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing GolinHarris, Med Comms, Virgo HEALTH, acquisition, agency, digital

GolinHarris, a division within Interpublic Group, will acquire the medical communications firm Virgo HEALTH. Virgo HEALTH will retain its name …

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NICE no for Avastin in breast cancer

July 6, 2012
Sales and Marketing NICE, Roche, avastin, breast cancer, rejection

NICE has decided once again not to recommend Roche’s Avastin on the NHS for the first line treatment of metastatic …

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Watermeadow acquired by United Drug

July 5, 2012
Medical Communications United Drug, Watermeadow

Medical communications agency Watermeadow has been acquired by healthcare conglomerate United Drug for €16.25m. The acquisition means Watermeadow joins a …

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New malaria drug ready for launch

July 5, 2012
Sales and Marketing ACT, Sigma Tau, Sigma-Tau, malaria

Eurartesim, the first artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) approved in Europe to treat uncomplicated malaria, is being prepared for launch in …

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Boehringer Ingelheim makes changes to board

July 5, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer Ingelheim

Boehringer Ingelheim has appointed Dr Joachim Hasenmaier to its board of managing directors. The 52-year-old will take over responsibility for …

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New chairman of the board for Dendreon

July 5, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Dendreon, Provenge, johnson, prostate cancer

Dendreon has announced that its president and chief executive John Johnson has assumed the additional title of chairman of the …

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NHS Board’s draft ‘mandate’ unveiled

July 5, 2012
Sales and Marketing CCGs, NHS, NHS Commissioning Board

 Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has unveiled the proposed ‘mandate’ for the NHS Commissioning Board, the set of strategic goals the …

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BioCity Scotland appoints new managing director

July 5, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BioCity Scotland, Fraser Black, GE Life Sciences

Former Global Services Solutions director with GE Life Sciences, Fraser Black, has been appointed as managing director of BioCity Scotland, …

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GSK ruling: Another failing, but will the industry learn?

July 4, 2012
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing GSK, fraud, legal, marketing fine

Court papers surrounding GSK’s $3 billion fraud charge make for grim reading, and further damages an industry that already struggles …

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New head at the European Medicines Agency

July 4, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, Merck Serono, Stallergenes

Merck Serono’s Enrica Alteri has been appointed by The European Medicines Agency as its new head of Safety and Efficacy …

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Janssen submits tuberculosis pill to FDA

July 4, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bedaquiline, FDA, J&J, JJ, Janssen, tuberculosis

Janssen has submitted its investigational tuberculosis pill bedaquiline for review by the FDA. The firm is seeking a licence for …

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