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HIV drug Prezista recalled on TBA contamination

May 17, 2011
Manufacturing and Production HIV, Johnson & Johnson, Prezista, manufacturing and production, recalls

Johnson & Johnson has recalled 11,700 bottles of its HIV treatment Prezista after consumer reports of a mouldy smell caused …

News

Pharma manufacturing news in brief

May 17, 2011
Manufacturing and Production manufacturing and production

There are new facilities for Alexion, Biovest and Pharmascience, a production contract for Dalton Pharma Services and progress in Codexis’ …

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Dr Thomas Bieringer to head up Bayer technology centre

May 17, 2011
Manufacturing and Production appointment, manufacturing and production

Bayer has appointed Dr Thomas Bieringer as managing director of INVITE GmbH, a joint research venture with the Technical University …

Appointment

Sanofi strikes Crohn’s deal with Glenmark

May 16, 2011
Research and Development Crohn’s disease, Glenmark, Sanofi

Sanofi has signed a deal with Indian drug maker Glenmark Pharmaceuticals to develop a new treatment for Crohn’s Disease. The …

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Shield Therapeutics appoints finance chief

May 16, 2011
Sales and Marketing appointment, sales and marketing

Swiss specialty pharma company Shield Therapeutics has appointed Richard Jones to the newly-created role of chief financial officer. He has …

Appointment
Merck & Co's Victrelis (boceprevir)

Merck’s hepatitis drug Victrelis approved by FDA

May 16, 2011
Sales and Marketing Merck & Co, Victrelis, boceprevir, hepatitis C

The FDA has approved Merck’s hepatitis C drug Victrelis, the first oral treatment for the disease. Victrelis (boceprevir) has been …

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ABPI's London offices

ABPI and BIA move in together

May 16, 2011
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, BIA

The UK’s pharma industry association the ABPI and its biotech equivalent the BIA are jointly relocating to new London offices. …

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It’s time we redesigned the clinical trial

May 16, 2011
Research and Development clinical trials, randomised controlled trials

Who can remember a time when the pathway from laboratory bench to marketed product didn’t include clinical trial phases I …

Feature

Price concession helps change NICE’s mind on Simponi

May 13, 2011
Sales and Marketing NICE, Simponi, TNF, merck sharp and dohme

NICE has provisionally recommended Merck Sharp & Dohme’s Simponi for rheumatoid arthritis alongside other drugs in the TNF inhibitor class. …

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Takeda denies $12bn Nycomed takeover reports

May 13, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Nycomed, Takeda

Japan’s biggest pharma firm Takeda has denied reports it is negotiating a billion dollar deal to acquire Swiss speciality firm …

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European Parliament

EMA under fire from European Parliament

May 13, 2011
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, European Parliament, MEPs

The EMA has been hit by a barrage of criticism from the European Parliament over conflicts of interest and the …

News

Publicis acquires Beijing-based healthcare agency

May 13, 2011
Medical Communications Publicis Life Brands Dreams, Publicis Life Brands Watermelon, medical communications agency, publicis

Publicis has acquired Dreams Communication, a Chinese agency specialising in healthcare communications. Dreams will become part of Publicis Healthcare Communications …

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NHS Alliance defends GP commissioning

May 13, 2011
GP commissioning, NHS Alliance, NHS reforms

The NHS Alliance has issued a staunch defence of the principle of GP commissioning – but warned the government to …

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GlaxoSmithKline

GSK and AZ collaborate on translational research centre

May 12, 2011
Research and Development AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, The University of Manchester, academic research, translational research

The University of Manchester has teamed up with GSK and AstraZeneca to create the Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research …

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SHL Continues to Expand Taiwan Facilities to Support Auto Injector Production

May 12, 2011
Manufacturing and Production assembly, auto injector, autoinjector, automation, cnc, shl group

May 12, 2011 [Taoyuan, Taiwan]: SHL has just completed an additional expansion of its Nan Kan 6 facility located in …

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Press release

Life appoints head of digital

May 12, 2011
Medical Communications appointment, medical communications

Faisal Ahmed has joined Berkshire, UK-based comms agency Life as head of digital. Faisal’s digital pedigree includes being part of …

Appointment

PCTs increasingly ‘red list’ drugs to cut costs

May 12, 2011
Sales and Marketing GP prescribing deicisions, GPs, PCTs, prescribing

GPs are being asked not to prescribe NICE-approved drugs in order to cut costs. In the last year more than …

Feature

Government wrong to push for Avastin in eye disease, says charity

May 12, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Lucentis, RNIB, avastin, wet AMD

The UK government’s pursuit of Avastin for use in ophthalmology is bad for patients, says the Royal National Institute of …

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Roche

Roche aims for wholly personalised skin cancer drug

May 12, 2011
Sales and Marketing Roche, personalised medicine, skin cancer, vemurafenib

Roche has submitted its key skin cancer drug vemurafenib to European and American regulators for approval. Vemurafenib (formerly RG7204) has …

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AZ signs targeted colon cancer drug collaboration

May 11, 2011
Research and Development AstraZeneca, colorectal cancer, personalised medicine

AstraZeneca has entered a partnership which intends to speed up the development of targeted treatments for colorectal cancer, a disease …

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