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Lilly planning new Irish biopharma plant

December 15, 2011
Manufacturing and Production lilly, manufactuing

Eli Lilly has filed a planning application to build a new 23,000 sq. m. biologics facility at its manufacturing site …

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Boehringer expands manufacturing in China

December 15, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Boehringer, China, manufacturing

Boehringer Ingelheim plans to invest €50 million in its manufacturing plant in Shanghai as part of a drive to increase …

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Debts will force hospitals to close

December 15, 2011
Sales and Marketing NHS, hospitals, king's fund

Around twenty hospitals in England may have to merge or close because of major financial problems, according to a committee …

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Roche makes changes in its corporate executive committee

December 15, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Roche

Roche has made two new appointments in its corporate executive committee. Sophie Kornowski-Bonnet, currently general manager of Roche in France, …

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Frazier defends R&D investment and attacks price pressure

December 14, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck, R&D productivity, prices

Merck & Co chief executive Kenneth Frazier has expressed concern that European governments increasingly want to pay unrealistically low prices …

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NICE rejects AstraZeneca’s breast cancer drug

December 14, 2011
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Faslodex, NICE

NICE has made its final decision not to recommended AstraZeneca’s breast cancer drug Faslodex, as it says the drug is …

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NICE gives partial recommendation for RoActemra

December 14, 2011
Sales and Marketing RoActemra, Roche

Roche’s patient access scheme has persuaded NICE to recommend RoActemra in childhood arthritis under certain circumstances. In its final guidance …

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New cancer drug costs escalating for NHS

December 13, 2011
Cancer, NHS, oncology

New oncology drugs are pushing up the overall costs of treating cancer, according to a new report. The ‘Cancer Diagnosis …

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GSK’s Stiefel accused of shares fraud

December 13, 2011
Sales and Marketing GSK, SEC, Stiefel, fraud

The US financial regulator has charged a subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline with defrauding staff by buying back shares from them at …

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Ian Read elected as chairman of the board at Pfizer

December 13, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ian Read, Kindler, Pfizer

Pfizer’s chief executive and president Ian Read has been elected as the firm’s new chairman. Read succeeds George Lorch as …

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Abbott signs $400 million deal with Reata

December 13, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Abbott

Abbott has signed a new deal with inflammatory specialist Reata for its portfolio of early-stage compounds. Abbott and Reata Pharmaceuticals …

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Pfizer awaits verdict on contaminated site clean-up plan

December 13, 2011
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing FDA, Pfizer, manufacturing

The US Environmental Protection Agency is due to deliver a verdict on a $205 million proposal by Pfizer to clean …

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Katherine Baicker elected to Lilly’s board of directors

December 12, 2011
Business Services, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing lilly

Lilly has elected Katherine Baicker as a new member of its board of directors, effective immediately. Baicker, 40, is Professor …

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New report highlights postcode lottery for medicines

December 12, 2011
DoH, NHS, UK

A new report by the Department of Health illustrates a stark postcode lottery in drug spend for patients with chronic …

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GSK’s Tyverb fails late-stage trial in breast cancer

December 12, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Tyverb, breast cancer

GlaxoSmithKline’s Tyverb has failed to help women with HER2 positive breast cancer increase their survival.  The TEACH study’s primary objective …

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Who’s really in charge of the new NHS?

December 12, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, NHS reform

Each year the health service, the Department of Health and the UK pharmaceutical industry get an opportunity to say what …

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EMA and FDA move closer on inspections

December 12, 2011
Manufacturing and Production EMA, FDA

The EMA and US FDA has taken a step closer to mutual recognition of manufacturing site inspections, launching a three-year …

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Janssen inks $150m deal for blood cancer drug

December 12, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Janssen, Pharmacyclics

Janssen biotech has signed a licensing deal with Pharmacyclics for its investigational blood cancer drug. The firm has paid $150 …

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SHL receives great response at the 2011 PDA in Basel

December 12, 2011
Manufacturing and Production autoinjector, pda, pen injector, prefilled syringe, shl group

SHL successfully wrapped up this year’s exhibition at the PDA’s ” The Universe of Pre-filled Syringes and Injection Devices” 2011 …

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Takeda’s blood pressure treatment Edarbi approved

December 9, 2011
Sales and Marketing Diovan, Eisai, cardiovascular, high blood pressure, hypertension

Takeda’s new hypertension treatment Edarbi has been approved in Europe.Edarbi (azilsartan medoxomil) is a new once-daily angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) …

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