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New chair of the English Pharmacy Board

July 4, 2012
Business Services, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing English Pharmacy Board, Shilpa Gohil

Shilpa Gohil has been elected chair of the English Pharmacy Board at the first meeting of the newly elected board, …

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Nova Laboratories to supply leukaemia drug across Europe

July 4, 2012
Manufacturing and Production

‘Xaluprine’, a liquid form of childhood leukaemia drug Mercaptopurine, will be distributed to hospital pharmacies across Europe after being granted …

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Sluggish growth forecast concerns ABPI

July 3, 2012
Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, OHE, VBP, government

New forecasts suggest that spending on branded drugs may fall in real terms by 2015, leading the ABPI to call …

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Wellcome Trust appoints UK chief scientific adviser

July 3, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing UK government, Wellcome Trust

The director of the Wellcome Trust since 2003 Sir Mark Walport has been appointed to succeed Sir John Beddington as …

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MPs warn of dementia delays

July 3, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing APPG, Alzheimer's, dementia, government

Patients with dementia are facing huge delays in their diagnosis and treatment according to a group of MPs and peers. …

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Scinopharm Taiwan to build injectable drug facility

July 3, 2012
Manufacturing and Production CMO, HPAPI, R&D, Scinopharm Taiwan

Contract manufacturing organisation Scinopharm Taiwan has said it plans to invest around $37.6 million in a new high-potency active pharmaceutical …

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ICON announces senior clinical and laboratory appointments

July 3, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ICON

ICON, provider of outsourced development services to the pharma, biotech and medical device industries has announced appointments to the senior …

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RSA appoints new managing director for RSA Germany

July 3, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Kristian Juergensen, appointment, recruitment firm, rsa

RSA, the life sciences recruitment specialist, has appointed Kristian Juergensen as its new managing director of RSA in Germany. Juergensen …

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China sets out quality rules for pharma excipients

July 3, 2012
Manufacturing and Production China, GMP, IPEC, manufacturing

China’s State Food & Drug Administration has published a draft regulation laying out a number of new measures for boosting …

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Merck closes Cherokee Pharma plant

July 3, 2012
Manufacturing and Production API, Cherokee Pharmaceuticals, Merck, manufacturing

Merck & Co has decided to close down part of a US plant operated by subsidiary Cherokee Pharmaceuticals after failing …

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GSK to pay ‘unprecedented’ $3 billion fraud charge

July 3, 2012
Business Services, Sales and Marketing Avandia, Bextra, GSK, Paxil, Wellbutrin, Witty

GlaxoSmithKline will pay $3 billion in fraud charges, the largest of its kind in US history. The charges relate to …

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Strategic North makes two appointments

July 3, 2012
Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Strategic North

Healthcare strategic marketing agency Strategic North has expanded its team with the appointments of Sandra Du Cross in the role …

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FDA approves Astellas’ leaky bladder drug

July 3, 2012
Sales and Marketing Astellas, FDA, Myrbetriq, bladder, urology

The FDA has approved Astellas’ new overactive bladder disorder drug Myrbetriq.   Myrbetriq (mirabegron), the first drug in its class, works …

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GSK and Theravance post COPD pill data

July 2, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing COPD, GSK, LABA, LAMA, Theravance

GSK and partner Theravance have released new data for its combination COPD drug. Results from four late-stage trials suggest that …

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Cmed Clinical Services launches new corporate brochure

July 2, 2012
Research and Development

Cmed Clinical Services is a long-established, flexible CRO with offices in the UK, US and Romania offering project management, clinical …

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Doctors’ union the BMA appoints new chairman

July 2, 2012
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMA, Dr Mark Porter, appointment

Dr Mark Porter, a consultant anaesthetist in Coventry, has been elected new chairman of the British Medical Association’s UK Council. …

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John LaMattina: FDA tries to disavow role in higher hurdles for new drugs

July 2, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, John LaMattina, Pfizer, US, discovery, drug

As evidenced by various blog posts that I have written over the past year (e.g., “Why Doesn’t the FDA Get …

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EMA publishes updated diabetes guidelines

July 2, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Avandia, EMA, GSK, R&D, Takeda

The European Medicines Agency has published new guidance on what it wants to see from firms submitting new diabetes treatments. …

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Health Economics and Outcomes Research – What’s the Value?

July 2, 2012
Medical Communications HEOR, clinical evidence, economic evidence, market access, value

Pricing pressure and regulatory restrictions across various healthcare industries have called for more detailed evidence of outcomes

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AstraZeneca and BMS buy Amylin for $7 billion

July 2, 2012
Sales and Marketing Amylin, AstraZeneca, BMS

AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb have struck a deal to purchase diabetes specialist Amylin in a complicated agreement worth $7 billion. …

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