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Insight Research Group makes three senior appointments

December 2, 2011
Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Insight research

Dave Bostock, Natasha Barretto and Jenny Service have all been appointed to senior positions within Insight. Bostock has been appointed …

Biocartis appoints Dr Nayan Gregory Parekh as its new chief executive

December 1, 2011
Business Services, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Biocartis

Biocartis, a Swiss company developing compact molecular diagnostic systems, has announced the appointment of Dr Nayan Gregory Parekh as its …

FDA approves Ranbaxy’s generic Lipitor

December 1, 2011
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Lipitor, Pfizer, Ranbaxy, Teva

The FDA will allow Ranbaxy to develop a generic version of Pfizer’s blockbuster statin Lipitor. The firm has received final …

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Discount fails to sway NICE on Gilenya

December 1, 2011
Sales and Marketing NICE, Novartis, gilenya

NICE has once again rejected Novartis’ multiple sclerosis pill Gilenya despite the firm offering a patient access scheme. In its …

Watson launches first generic Lipitor in US

November 30, 2011
Sales and Marketing Lipitor, Pfizer, Watson, atorvastin

Watson Pharmaceuticals has launched its generic version of Pfizer’s blockbuster statin Lipitor as the drug goes off patent in the …

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NICE wishes you a cost effective Christmas

November 30, 2011
Sales and Marketing NICE

NICE has disclosed information about its use of corporate credit cards following a request made under the Freedom of Information …

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Eli Lilly appoints Richard Ascroft as senior director for the ACE region

November 30, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Eli Lilly

Lilly has appointed Richard Ascroft as senior director, corporate affairs, for the Australia, Canada and Europe (ACE) region. His tasks …

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Roche inks $490 million deal with PTC Therapeutics

November 30, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing PTC Therapeutics, Roche

Roche has signed a $490 million deal with specialist biotech firm PTC Therapeutics. Roche is paying PTC $30 million upfront …

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NICE rejects Lucentis in diabetic macular oedema

November 29, 2011
Sales and Marketing Lucentis, NICE

NICE has rejected Novartis’ Lucentis for diabetic macular oedema. NICE has not recommended Lucentis (ranibizumab) for the treatment of diabetic …

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Merck and Merck look to settle Facebook naming dispute

November 29, 2011
Medical Communications Facebook, Merck, Merck KGaA

Merck & Co and Merck KGaA looked to have made inroads into their Facebook naming quarrel. Earlier this month Merck …

Cerenis appoints John Paolini as chief medical officer

November 29, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cerenis

The HDL drug specialist Cerenis Therapeutics has appointed Dr John Paolini as its new chief medical officer. Dr Paolini will …

Pharma manufacturing news in brief

November 29, 2011
Manufacturing and Production NIB, manufacturing and production

Fujifilm inks another biosimilars deal, an explosion rocks an Aurobindo plant, plus manufacturing updates from Teva, Bellwyck Packaging and Indian …

FDA gives green light to BioMarin facility expansion

November 29, 2011
Manufacturing and Production

The US FDA has granted approval to BioMarin Pharmaceutical for a $60 million expansion of its manufacturing facility in Novato, …

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Abbott expands diagnostic pact with GlaxoSmithKline

November 29, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Abbott, Cancer, GSK, non-small cell lung cancer

Abbott will develop a diagnostic kit for GlaxoSmithKline’s new lung cancer drug candidate.   This is an expansion of a …

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Roche opens $271m formulations centre

November 29, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Roche, manufacturing

Roche has officially opened a 250 million Swiss franc ($271m) R&D centre in Switzerland that will be used to develop …

Onglyza cleared for use with insulin

November 29, 2011
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Merck, Onglyza, diabetes, insulin

European regulators have approved a licence extension for Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca’s type II diabetes treatment Onglyza. The oral DPP-4 …

Catalent Pharma Solutions Appoints New Vice President and General Manager – Sterile Technologies

November 28, 2011
Manufacturing and Production

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc. announced the appointment of Jonathan Arnold as Vice President and General Manager – Sterile Technologies effective …

Munro & Forster win PRCA Health and Wellbeing Award

November 28, 2011
Medical Communications COPD, ERS, Munro & Forster, PRCA

Healthcare comms agency Munro & Forster has won an industry award for its innovative World Spirometry Day Campaign for the …

Janssen sets up new mental health social networking site

November 28, 2011
Medical Communications J&J, JJ, Janssen, NHS

Janssen and the NHS Confederation have established a new mental health social networking site. The service, which will be free …

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UK government drops Cervarix for Gardasil

November 28, 2011
Sales and Marketing Cervarix, GSK, Gardasil, MSD, Sanofi

The UK government has performed a U-turn on its HPV vaccine programme by favouring Sanofi and MSD’s Gardasil over GlaxoSmithKline’s …

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