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GlaxoSmithKline forges Russian vaccines alliance

November 30, 2010
Manufacturing and Production GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, JSC Binnopharm, cervical cancer vaccine, pharma manufacturing, pneumococcal vaccine, rotavirus vaccine, vaccines

GlaxoSmithKline has announced an alliance with JSC Binnopharm focusing on the secondary manufacture of a number of the pharmaceutical giant’s …

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Gerresheimer boosts capacity in prefilled glass syringes

November 30, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Gerresheimer, pharma packaging, prefilled syringes

German glassware specialist Gerresheimer is planning to spend around 20 million euro upgrading its facility in Buende with a fourth …

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Digital Pharma: Pfizer expands online clinic and aims for viral hit

November 29, 2010
Medical Communications Digital Pharma blog, ManMOT, Pfizer, patient information

Pfizer’s digital initiative targeting men who are reluctant to visit a GP is to be extended until May next year …

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Graham Cox joins Idea Pharma

November 29, 2010
Sales and Marketing Graham Cox, IDEA Pharma, appointment, sales and marketing

Idea Pharma has appointed Graham Cox as a senior consultant. He joins from AstraZeneca, where he was originally a client …

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Millions more OTC products recalled by J&J

November 29, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Benadryl Allergy Fastmelt, J&J, JJ, Johnson & Johnson, Motrin, Rolaids, Tylenol, manufacturing compliance, recalls

Johnson & Johnson has been forced to announce yet another recall of over-the-counter medicines manufactured at its Fort Washington facility …

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Pharma unprepared for personalised oncology

November 29, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, ESMO, ESMO Cancer Biology for Clinicians Symposium, oncology, personalised medicine

The new era of personalised cancer care requires different thinking from pharma companies, according to experts at the ESMO symposium. …

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Pfizer submits Gaucher drug to EMA

November 29, 2010
Sales and Marketing Cerezyme, EMA, Gaucher disease, Genzyme, Pfizer, Protalix BioTherapeutics, Shire, Vpriv, taliglucerase alfa

Pfizer and partner Protalix BioTherapeutics have submitted a marketing application to European regulator the EMA for their Gaucher disease candidate …

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Doctors.net.uk

Doctor’s networks – an emerging engagement channel

November 29, 2010
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Len Starnes, PatientsLikeMe, doctors' social networks, social media, social networking

The last four years have seen an extraordinary growth in physicians’ social networks and a rapid increase in levels of …

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Digital Pharma: NHS Facebook tracking under fire

November 26, 2010
Medical Communications Digital Pharma blog, Facebook, online privacy, patient information

The government has been criticised for failing to protect patient confidentiality after it was revealed it allows Facebook to collect …

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Novartis’ Afinitor (everolimus)

Novartis fails to sway NICE with Afinitor deal

November 26, 2010
Sales and Marketing Afinitor, Kidney cancer, NICE, Novartis, advanced renal cell carcinoma, everolimus

Novartis has failed to convince NICE that its revised patient access scheme for Afinitor would make the kidney cancer drug …

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NHS Atlas shows health outcomes variation across England’s PCTs

November 26, 2010
Sales and Marketing NHS, NHS Atlas, NHS reform, PCTs, Primary Care Trusts, healthcare variation, statin prescribing

A new tool will allow observers to compare at a glance what 152 Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in England spend …

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Interlace expands editorial and client services teams

November 26, 2010
Medical Communications Becky Butlin, Interlace, Isobel Strang, Julianna Solomons, Raj Jangra, Sandra Boswell, Wells Healthcare, appointment, medical communications

Interlace Global Group has appointed eight new members of staff to its editorial and client services teams after winning five …

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Complete Digital appoints Emma D’Arcy

November 26, 2010
Business Services, Medical Communications Complete Digital, Emma D'Arcy, McCann Healthcare, appointment, medical communications, physician relationships, social media

Emma D’Arcy has joined McCann Healthcare’s Complete Digital group as a senior consultant. Emma has worked with pharmaceutical companies, the …

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Pharma outsourcing recovering, but tough times are ahead

November 26, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development AAPS, American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jim Miller, Pharmsource, contract manufacturing, contract research, pharma outsourcing

There are signs that outsourcing in the pharmaceutical sector is staging a comeback after a couple of tough operating years, …

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Contract research news in brief

November 26, 2010
Research and Development Chemir Analytical Services, Convergence, Cyanta, ICON, Iris Pharma, PRA, Proteome Sciences, Selcia, chiltern, contract research

Our round-up of recent development in the contract research sector includes updates from Selcia, Iris Pharma, ICON, Proteome Sciences, Chiltern, …

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Roche’s Sam Ogden joins the ABPI

November 25, 2010
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Sam Ogden, appointment, medical communications, sales and marketing

The ABPI has appointed Sam Ogden as membership engagement account director. She is currently head of in-field effectiveness at Roche …

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European Parliament

Europe tightens patient information proposals

November 25, 2010
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing European Commission, European Parliament, dtc, patient information

European restrictions on patient access to medicines information are still on track to be relaxed, but the proposed changes have …

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Gilead’s pill shows promise in HIV prevention

November 25, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AIDS, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Gilead, HIV, UN, UNAIDS, emtricitabine, tenofovir

Gilead’s HIV drug Truvada can help prevent men from contracting the disease through sexual intercourse, a new study shows.The clinical …

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UN says Treatment 2.0 approach needed for AIDS

November 25, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AIDS, HIV, UN, UNAIDS

A new report on the spread of AIDS has called for the development of new pharma compounds that will lead …

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Tarceva tablet

Roche set to challenge NICE Tarceva decision

November 25, 2010
Sales and Marketing NICE, Roche, Roche UK, Tarceva, erlotinib, lung cancer

NICE has again rejected Roche’s lung cancer drug Tarceva in its second round of draft guidance. Tarceva (erlotinib) was being …

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