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Merck acquires eyecare specialist Inspire

April 6, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Inspire, Merck, eye care

Merck & Co is to buy ophthalmic specialist Inspire Pharmaceuticals in a $430 million deal which sees it move further …

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Boehringer Andreas Barner

Boehringer bets on Pradaxa to fill portfolio gaps

April 6, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Pradaxa

Boehringer Ingelheim has identified Pradaxa as one of the cornerstones of its “new growth phase” as the manufacturer seeks to …

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Kris Westelinck appointed president of Pfizer Belgium

April 5, 2011
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing appointment, manufacturing and production, researcha and development, sales and marketing

Pfizer Belgium has promoted Kris Westelinck to the role of president. Kris was previously managing director and head of Pfizer’s …

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ABPI appoints new head

April 5, 2011
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, appointment

The ABPI has appointed former Prudential communications director Stephen Whitehead as its new head. He joins the UK pharma industry …

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Digital Pharma: UK gets social media guidance

April 5, 2011
Medical Communications Code of Practice, Digital Pharma blog, PMCPA, digital marketing

The UK’s Code of Practice regulator has issued guidance on social media and other digital communications tools. It is the …

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Johnson & Johnson's Tylenol

J&J reorganises McNeil as recalls keep coming

April 5, 2011
Manufacturing and Production J&J, JJ, Johnson & Johnson, McNeil, TBA, TCA, Tylenol, manufacturing compliance, pharma manufacturing, recalls, tribromoanisole, trichloroanisole

Johnson & Johnson has announced a major reworking of its troubled McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit, just as quality problems force …

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Pfizer sells drug delivery unit Capsugel for $2.38bn

April 5, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Capsugel, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, Pfizer, pharmaceutical capsules

Pfizer has agreed to sell its Capsugel unit to private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. for $2.38 billion …

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Lansley

Government urged to slow pace of NHS reforms

April 4, 2011
Sales and Marketing GP consortia, Liberating the NHS, NHS reform

The Government should slow down its health reform programme to allow GPs to grow into their new role, the think …

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Interphex: manufacturing product showcase

April 4, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Interphex, PTI Inspection Systems, Pall Corp

This year’s Interphex exhibition in New York featured the usual crop of new product launches from processing and packaging equipment …

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China’s new GMP rules will lead to industry consolidation

April 4, 2011
Manufacturing and Production China, GMP

China’s new rules on Good Manufacturing Practice is likely to drive consolidation among the country’s 5,000-plus pharmaceutical companies, according to …

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New BMS drug trumps peg-interferon alpha

April 4, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, EASL, hepatitis C, pegintron alfa

Bristol-Myers Squibb has been given a boost by trial results which suggest its compound for hepatitis C, PEG-Interferon lambda, is …

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Doubts cast on new Cancer Drugs Fund

April 1, 2011
Cancer Drugs Fund, value-based pricing

There are stark regional variations in the number of doctors using the government’s provisional Cancer Drugs Fund, according to a …

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Angela Pasma to lead Chiltern’s new Netherlands office

April 1, 2011
Research and Development appointment, chiltern, research and development

Contract research organisation Chiltern has expanded its European operations, opening a new office in the Netherlands. The Leiden office will …

Appointment
Amgen

Amgen’s novel lung cancer drug disappoints in phase III

April 1, 2011
Research and Development Amgen, Millennium, NSCLC, Takeda, motesanib, non-small cell lung cancer

Amgen’s lung cancer drug motesanib has not meet its primary endpoint in a phase III study. The drug, developed in …

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GlaxoSmitKline

GSK details $28.5m of research payments to US institutions

April 1, 2011
Research and Development GSK, payments

GlaxoSmithKline has made public the payments it gave last year to US institutions engaged in clinical research on its behalf. …

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TcL Pharma appoints French pharma veterans

April 1, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing TcL, appointment, biotech, recruitment

TcL Pharma has appointed two seasoned veterans of the French pharmaceutical industry. Dr Jean-Hugues Masgnaux joins the French biotech company …

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NHS reforms caught in a ‘reality gap’ as dissent grows

March 31, 2011
Andrew Lansley, Liberating the NHS, NHS, NHS reform

The proposed NHS reforms are in danger of failing because of a ‘reality gap’ between the government’s ambitions for change …

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AstraZeneca pays $1.1bn to resolve tax affairs

March 31, 2011
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, tax

AstraZeneca has sorted out a decade-long dispute over its tax affairs by agreeing to pay out $1.1 billion this year. …

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Cephalon

Valeant makes $5.7 billion hostile bid for Cephalon

March 31, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cephalon, Valeant

Valeant has made a hostile bid for Cephalon, but analysts believe its offer is too low for the deal to …

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Roche appoints Janet Hammond to translational medicine role

March 31, 2011
Research and Development appointment, research and development

Janet Hammond has joined Roche to drive the early clinical development strategy for its virology discovery and translational area. She …

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