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GSK to bring pharma plant in Sri Lanka online

April 24, 2012
Manufacturing and Production BMS, GSK. Sri-Lanka, manufacturing and production

GlaxoSmithKline is due to open a newly-built manufacturing facility in Sri Lanka this week that is said to be the …

News

Government to speed up access to new cancer drugs

April 24, 2012
Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, Roche, UK, avastin, government, sha

Access to England’s Cancer Drugs Fund will be speeded up, ministers have confirmed.  Currently, it can take a number of …

News

Mylan earmarks €380m for Irish expansion

April 24, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Galway, Ireland, Mylan, manufacturing and production

Generic drugmaker Mylan has announced a plan to invest €380 million in its operations in the Republic of Ireland, including …

News

Baxter planning $1 billion plasma facility for Atlanta

April 24, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Atlanta, baxter, manufacturing, production

Baxter International has unveiled plans to build a major new manufacturing complex for its plasma-based therapies in Atlanta in the …

News

Falsified Medicines Directive in the EU

April 23, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Dated 16 April 2012, the European Commission has issued the Draft Template for the Written Confirmation for Active Substances Imported …

News
Press release

GMC to create guidance on doctors’ use of social media

April 23, 2012
Medical Communications BMA, Facebook, GMC, Twitter, social media

The General Medical Council is creating new draft guidance about what it expects from doctors when they are using social …

News
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Abbott launches online tool for ankylosing spondylitis

April 23, 2012
Medical Communications AS, Abbott, NHS, NICE, ankylosing spondylitis

Abbott has launched a new online assessment tool that has the potential to change the landscape of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) …

News
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Pfizer sells nutrition business to Nestlé for $11.9 billion

April 23, 2012
Business Services, Sales and Marketing Business, Lipitor, Pfizer, nestle, nutrition

Pfizer has sold its nutrition business to Nestlé for $11.85 billion in cash. Pfizer Nutrition is a leading global pediatric …

News

AstraZeneca diabetes drug recommended in Europe

April 23, 2012
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, CHMP, FDA, Merck, WHO, diabetes

AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s new type II diabetes treatment Forxiga has received a positive opinion by European regulators.  The European …

News
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AstraZeneca to buy Ardea for $1.3 billion

April 23, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ardea, AstraZeneca, febuxostat, gout

AstraZeneca is to buy Ardea Biosciences for $1 billion to help bolster its pipeline. Under the terms of the agreement, …

News

Petition launched to raise AF and stroke awareness

April 20, 2012
Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AF, Boehringer Ingelheim, Pradaxa, Xarelto, stroke

Various health organisations have called on more people involved in the management of atrial fibrillation (AF) to help raise awareness …

News
Gilenya

New safety warnings recommended for Gilenya

April 20, 2012
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing EMA, Novartis, gilenya

A safety review of Novartis’ MS treatment Gilenya has concluded the drug should stay on the market, but that patients …

News
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1 in 3 surveyed says social media changes attitudes to medicines

April 20, 2012
Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Facebook, Twitter, digital, pwC, social networking

A third of US social media users say it could change the way they think about their medicines, according to …

News
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Hanson Zandi appoints two new directors

April 20, 2012
Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Hanson Zandi, health comms

Healthcare comms agency Hanson Zandi has made two new appointments with Damion Hampton and Will Elliott.  Hampton joins as account …

Appointment

Sylva Michelli joins Pegasus as associate director

April 20, 2012
Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Pegasus PR, Pegasus PR. Sylva Michelli, Sylva Michelli

Healthcare comms specialist Pegasus has appointed Sylva Michelli as associate director to strengthen the agency’s pharmaceutical and life sciences division.  …

Appointment

Kantar Health appoints Richard Goosey as UK senior director

April 20, 2012
Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Kantar Health, Richard Goosey, Roche

Consultancy and marketing insights company Kantar Health has appointed Richard Goosey as UK senior director of Advanced Methods. Goosey has …

Appointment

EMA request feedback on the draft EU reference dates

April 19, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Wainwright Associates; EMA; Pharmacovigilance; PV

The European Medicines Agency has invited marketing-authorisation holders and other stakeholders to review and provide comments on the draft list …

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Press release
GSK

GSK’s bid for Human Genome Sciences rejected

April 19, 2012
Sales and Marketing Benlysta, GSK, Human Genome Sciences, mergers and acquisitions

GlaxoSmithKline has launched a takeover bid for Human Genome Sciences for around $2.5 billion, but has been rejected by the …

News

Pharma R&D downsizing hits academic researchers

April 19, 2012
Research and Development ABPI, academic alliance, academic research

A survey of pharma’s research partnerships and funding of UK academics has raised concerns about the future of British science.The …

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Severin Schwann

Roche abandons Illumina takeover bid

April 19, 2012
Sales and Marketing Diagnostics, Illumina, Roche, mergers and acquisitions

Roche has conceded defeat in its bid to buy Illumina, after shareholders of the diagnostics firm blocked the takeover – …

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