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Gene therapy specialist and Lonza forge production pact

May 22, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Avalanche, Lonza, Phil Taylor

Avalanche Biotechnologies, a US company developing gene therapies for ocular diseases, has signed a manufacturing collaboration with Lonza of Switzerland.  …

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Pharma R&D model no help to developing countries

May 22, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing HIV, MSF, Médecins Sans Frontières, R&D

Médecins Sans Frontières is urging health ministers around the world to create an ‘R&D Convention’ to ensure that pharma helps …

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Pfizer cutting 40% of Premarin plant workforce

May 22, 2012
Manufacturing and Production

Pfizer has said it plans to cut 40% of jobs at a manufacturing facility in Manitoba, Canada, that supplies the …

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Sir Gordon Duff to host this year’s Clinical Discovery Annual Conference

May 22, 2012
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing

Events 4 Healthcare is delighted that Sir Gordon Duff will be chairing this year’s Clinical Discovery Annual Conference on 16 …

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Mitsubishi Tanabe exits API business

May 22, 2012
Manufacturing and Production API, Mitsubishi, Phil Taylor, Tanabe

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma has said it will withdraw from the fine chemical business, including active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) supply, and …

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Biotec strengthens team with new appointments

May 22, 2012
Manufacturing and Production

Bridgend, Wales: Biotec Services International has announced the appointment of two senior industry professionals as the company embarks on an …

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UCB signs new epilepsy research pact with Imperial

May 21, 2012
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UCB has signed a two-year research deal with Imperial College London to find disease-modifying targets in epilepsy. The firm has …

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ICON makes two senior appointments

May 21, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CRO, ICON, appointment

ICON has appointed Dr Susan Anton as director of epidemiology and risk management practice, and late phase and outcomes research. …

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Ovarian cancer charity wins GSK/King’s Fund award

May 21, 2012
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing GSK, awards, charity, king's fund, ovarian cancer

A charity which aims to increase the chances of survival for patients with a poorly-treated form of cancer is to …

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World’s first stem cell drug approved in Canada

May 21, 2012
Sales and Marketing Canada, regenerative medicine, stem cell

Canada has approved the world’s first stem cell drug, marking an historic day for the burgeoning therapy.  Osiris’ Prochymal is …

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GSK buys more of Theravance

May 18, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing COPD, Cellzome, GSK, Relovair, Theravance

GlaxoSmithKline now owns more than a quarter of biopharma company Theravance after shelling out nearly $213 million to buy ten …

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OPEN Health invests in Harvey Walsh

May 18, 2012
Medical Communications Harvey Walsh, Open Health

Harvey Walsh, a market access and healthcare intelligence company, is to join forces with OPEN Health, the healthcare communications group.  OPEN Health …

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Teva re-elects Chairman of the Board

May 18, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Frost, Teva

Teva has announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously voted to re-elect Dr Phillip Frost as Chairman of the …

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Plavix loses US patent protection

May 18, 2012
Sales and Marketing BMS, FDA, Lipitor, Pfizer, Plavix, Sanofi

Sanofi and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s blood thinner Plavix has lost its patent protection in the US.  The drug, which made $6.6 …

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NICE to be sidelined on cost effectiveness – once again

May 17, 2012
Sales and Marketing NICE, VBP

Health secretary Andrew Lansley has confirmed that NICE will no longer direct the NHS on the cost effectiveness of drugs. …

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NICE comes out fighting against appraisal delays story

May 17, 2012
Sales and Marketing Daily Mail, Dillon, NHS, NICE, Pfizer, Victrelis

NICE has criticised a report that says the watchdog has taken up to nine years to appraise certain drugs.   The …

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Medivir appoints commercial executive vice president

May 17, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Juserius, Medivir

Research-based speciality firm Medivir has appointed Henric Juserius to be the new head of the company’s commercial activities.  Juserius who …

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Torisel fails in head-to-head study with Nexavar

May 16, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Nexavar, Pfizer, Torisel, inlyta, rcc

Pfizer’s kidney cancer drug Torisel has failed to best Bayer’s Nexavar in a head-to-head trial.  The Phase III study was …

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Pharma funds drug discovery partnership

May 16, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Dundee, MRC, drug discovery, funding, partnerships, pharma

Half a dozen pharma firms are contributing £14.4 million to work by Dundee University and the Medical Research Council (MRC) on …

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Merck KGaA’s colon cancer drug fails trial

May 16, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Erbitux, Merck KGaA, Merck Serono, colon cancer

Merck KGaA has suffered a setback with key brand Erbitux as the colerectal cancer drug failed in a late-stage trial.  …

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