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March 19, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Recipharm, manufacturing, production

  Sweden’s Recipharm has been contracted by ViroPharma to carry out commercial-scale production of Plenadren (hydrocortisone modified release tablet), developed …

News
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Trajenta article lands Boehringer in hot water

March 19, 2012
Sales and Marketing ABPI Code, PMCPA, Trajenta, breach, diabetes

Boehringer Ingelheim has been publicly reprimanded for multiple breaches of the ABPI Code of Practice. In total the manufacturer fell …

News

GMC guidance on off-label drug use delayed

March 19, 2012
Sales and Marketing GMC, Lucentis, avastin, off label, off-label, prescribing

The General Medical Council has delayed the release of new guidance for off-label prescribing. The doctors’ regulator was expected to …

News

arGEN-X appoints Alain Thibault as its new chief medical officer

March 19, 2012
Sales and Marketing Alain Thibault, Regeneron, arGEN-X

arGEN-X, a biopharma firm focused on the discovery and development of human monoclonal antibodies, has appointed Alain Thibault as the …

Appointment
Novartis HQ

Novartis signs experimental eye drug deal

March 19, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novartis, ThromboGenics, vitreomacular adhesion

Novartis will develop an experimental eye drug with ThromboGenics in a pact worth nearly $500 million.  The deal has been …

News

NICE recommends Incivo for hepatitis C

March 16, 2012
Sales and Marketing Incivo, Janssen, NICE, Victrelis, telaprevir

NICE is recommending Janssen’s hepatitis C pill Incivo for funding on the NHS in England. The drug has bypassed the …

News
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Meetings, bloody meetings

March 16, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Les Rose, Meetings, clinical trials

I read recently that less than 2% of NHS Trust board meeting agenda items require decisions. What happens during the …

Feature

GSK sells off OTC products

March 16, 2012
Sales and Marketing GSK, OTC, Omega Pharma, Zantac

GlaxoSmithKline has shed more of its non-core consumer health OTC products in a £391 million sale, including a German manufacturing …

News
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NICE U-turn sees Gilenya MS pill recommended

March 16, 2012
Sales and Marketing MS, NICE, UK, fingolimod, gilenya

NICE has changed its mind on Novartis’ multiple sclerosis pill Gilenya, and is now recommending the drug in a subgroup …

News

Updated set of mandatory Article 57(2) requirements for marketing authorisation holders

March 15, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Wainwright Associates; EMA; Pharmacovigilance; PV

An updated set of mandatory requirements for Marketing Authorisation Holders (MAH) to comply with Article 57(2) of the forthcoming new …

News
Press release

Four new appointments at PAN Advertising

March 15, 2012
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Pan Advertising

PAN Advertising has made four new appointments since Jon Linscott took over as managing director in February, with two new …

Appointment

GSK chooses Infosys and Fabric Worldwide for digital platform

March 15, 2012
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Fabric Worldwide, GSK, Infosys, digital

GlaxoSmithKline has hired two technology companies to help it optimise digital communications in consumer healthcare and pharmaceuticals.The firm will work …

News

Photodynamic treatment for HPV shows potential

March 15, 2012
Research and Development Cancer, GE Healthcare, HPV, Photocure, ipsen, oncologly

A new photodynamic therapy treatment for human papilloma virus (HPV) associated diseases of the cervix has shown potential in a …

News
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NICE recommends Pradaxa for stroke prevention

March 15, 2012
Sales and Marketing Boehringer Ingelheim, NICE, Pradaxa, atrial fibrillation

NICE has given a limited recommendation to Boehringer Ingelheim’s blood thinner Pradaxa. The watchdog said in final guidance that Pradaxa …

News

Dismay as Sanofi announces UK plant closure

March 15, 2012
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Plavix, Sanofi, job losses, manufacturing

Sanofi has decided to close down a manufacturing facility in the North East of the UK with the loss of …

News

Cmed release Global Strategic and Regulatory Consulting Booklet

March 14, 2012
Research and Development

The regulatory environments within the industry continue to change and vary internationally. Cmed’s regulatory and medical professionals keep track of …

Feature
Press release
White paper

Europe’s pharma sector : living through the crisis

March 14, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Greece, Tonarelli, Witty, austerity, pharma

Pharmaceutical markets across Europe have been badly hit by the economic crisis, with revenues in some countries being decimated by …

Feature

EMA begins pilot for electronic drug applications

March 14, 2012
Medical Communications EMA, European Medicines Agency, eCTD

The European Medicines Agency has launched a pilot scheme that allows pharma firms to submit new drug applications electronically.  The …

News

Maps and apps: video interviews with healthcare professionals

March 14, 2012
Medical Communications Digital Blog, apps

Last month the Department of Health released ideas for new apps aimed at patients and doctors. Below are some video …

News
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Charity attacks Scottish decision on Zytiga

March 14, 2012
Sales and Marketing Janssen, NICE, PAS, Prostate Cancer Charity, Zytiga

Scotland’s medicines regulator has turned down Janssen’s prostate cancer pill Zytiga, leading to a backlash from charities. The Scottish Medicines …

News
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