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Cost-effectiveness assessment body NICE

NICE reprieved by government U-turn

June 20, 2011
Sales and Marketing Health and Social Care Bill, NICE, value-based pricing

The government has performed an unexpected U-turn by allowing NICE to retain its powers to decide which new drugs the …

News

Double Helix appoints Sarah Frere-Cook and Ginevra Drinka

June 20, 2011
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing appointment, medical communications, sales and marketing

Double Helix has boosted its London-based strategic market research team with two new appointments. Sarah Frere-Cook joins as a research …

Appointment

Actelion plans biotech start-up

June 20, 2011
Research and Development Actelion, biotech

Swiss biopharmaceutical company Actelion is planning to launch a biotech start-up that would run separately from the main company. It …

News

Europe slower than US to approve new cancer drugs

June 17, 2011
Sales and Marketing EMA, FDA, FDA approvals, new drug approvals

The European Medicines Agency approves fewer new oncology drugs than its US counterpart and takes nearly twice as long to …

News

Stem cell trial aims to cure macular degeneration

June 17, 2011
Research and Development AMD, Advanced Cell Technology, Stargardt’s Macular Dystrophy, Stem cells, stem cell

A groundbreaking trial to explore the use of stem cells to treat macular degeneration has been launched. US company Advanced …

News
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HRW appoints Esme Holt and Rob Egerton

June 17, 2011
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing appointment, medical communications, sales and marketing

Oxfordshire, UK-based market research company HRW has made two new appointments to its senior team. Esme Holt, who joined HRW …

Appointment

New mixed media comms agency launched

June 17, 2011
Medical Communications medical communications, medical communications agency

A new UK med comms agency aiming to bring fresh ideas to pharma with a special emphasis on new media …

News

Service Insight: Emotion – at the heart of the creative process

June 17, 2011
Medical Communications Service Insight, advertising, creativity

SERVICE INSIGHTI once read an article about how advertising works which described an incident where a man was speared through …

Feature
Roche’s Avastin (bevacizumab)

NHS failed to use extra cancer drug funds

June 17, 2011
Sales and Marketing Cancer, Cancer Drugs Fund, Erbitux, avastin

The million pound fund set up to increase NHS uptake of new cancer drugs was widely underused, with just over …

News
AstraZeneca

AZ establishes predictive science centre in Russia

June 17, 2011
Research and Development AstraZeneca, Russia, predictive science

AstraZeneca is moving further into Russia with the establishment in St. Petersburg of a facility which aims to better assess …

News

Lundbeck to file alcoholism pill this year

June 16, 2011
Sales and Marketing Biotie, Lundbeck, alcohol

Lundbeck plans to submit its alcohol dependency treatment for European approval later this year after trials showed it to cut …

News

Biocair appoints new business development managers

June 16, 2011
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development appointment, manufacturing and production, research and development

Biocair has appointed two new business development managers, Natalie Gerrard and Steve Taylor. Natalie Gerrard was promoted internally from within …

Appointment
Sanofi headquarters

Sanofi signs regenerative medicines collaboration

June 16, 2011
Research and Development Audion, Sanofi, hearing loss

Sanofi has signed a research pact with Audion Therapeutics to develop regenerative medicines for hearing loss. The company’s two-year deal …

News

Spiriva mist inhaler safety concerns raised

June 16, 2011
Sales and Marketing Boehringer Ingelheim, Spiriva, drug safety

A mist inhaler used to deliver Spiriva to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be linked to an …

News
Boehringer Ingelheim and Lilly's diabetes drug Tradjenta

Boehringer-Lilly launch diabetes drug Tradjenta in US

June 16, 2011
Sales and Marketing Boehringer Ingelheim, Tradjenta, diabetes, lilly

Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly’s new type II diabetes treatment Tradjenta has been launched in the US. Tradjenta (linagliptin) is …

News

RSA expands

June 16, 2011
Business Services appointment, business services

Global life sciences executive search and interim management firm RSA has made a series of new appointments across its business. …

Appointment

UK government confirms major amendments to Health Bill

June 15, 2011
Health and Social Care Bill, NHS reforms

The government will make major amendments to its controversial Health and Social Care Bill, including minimising the scope of regulator …

News

GSK takes control of China vaccines venture

June 15, 2011
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, Shenzhen Neptunus Interlong Bio-Technique Co, vaccines

GlaxoSmithKline is increasing its footprint in China, shelling out £24 million ($39 million) to buy the remaining stake in a …

News

Arecor and GSK collaborate on vaccine technology

June 15, 2011
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Arecor, GSK, vaccines

GSK is to team up with UK company Arecor to develop advanced formulations of GSK’s vaccines. Cambridge-based Arecor has developed …

News
ABPI social media internet guidelines

Digital Pharma: Pharmacovigilance, the internet and social media

June 15, 2011
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Digital Pharma blog, adverse event reporting, adverse events, pharmacovigilance

This week the ABPI released guidance on managing adverse events from social media and the internet in a document that …

Feature
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