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Digital Pharma: Playing healthcare games

June 23, 2010
Medical Communications Boehringer, Novartis, diabetes, digi game, malaria, virtual games

Boehringer Ingelheim has become the latest pharma company to use an online game to raise disease awareness. The pharma company …

News
UKCRMI

Plans for UK’s research hub unveiled

June 23, 2010
Research and Development Cancer Research UK, MRC, UCL, UKCMRI, Wellcome, biomedical

The vision for a new UK biomedical research and innovation centre which will be the biggest in Europe has been …

News

Prosensa and GSK add to muscular dystrophy alliance

June 23, 2010
Research and Development GlaxoSmithKline, Prosensa, muscular dystrophy

GSK has extended its research alliance with biotech company Prosensa in the field of muscular dystrophy. Netherlands-based Prosensa focuses on …

News
George Osborne

Mixed reaction for Osborne’s first Budget

June 23, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing biotech, pharma, tax, tax relief

George Osborne’s first Budget as chancellor has had a mixed reception from the pharma and biotech sectors. The BioIndustry Association …

News

Congress summons J&J chief executive

June 23, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Johnson & Johnson, McNeil, manufacturing compliance

The Congressional committee looking into the recalls ordered by Johnson & Johnson unit McNeil Consumer Healthcare is planning to hold …

News

PRA bolsters late phase services

June 23, 2010
Research and Development CRO, PRA, appointment, research and development

Contract research organisation PRA International has appointed Hani Zaki senior VP of its Late Phase Services business. Late Phase Services …

Appointment

Sanofi signs microRNA therapy deal

June 23, 2010
Research and Development RNA, Regulus, Sanofi-Aventis

Sanofi-Aventis has entered into a global strategic alliance with US-based therapeutics firm Regulus to develop and commercialise microRNA therapeutics. Regulus …

News

Medical Affairs at the Centre of Life Sciences Innovation

June 22, 2010
Research and Development Kinapse, Medical Affairs, Real World Development, consulting, outsourcinf

In today’s challenging business environment, many innovative life sciences companies are raising questions about the return on investment of internal …

Feature
Thought Leadership

Europe must move on from ‘simplistic’ pricing

June 22, 2010
Research and Development Europe, hta, pricing, pricing & Reimbursement

GSK chief executive Andrew Witty has called on European governments to scrap outdated pricing systems and embrace newer methods, in …

News

Pfizer withdraws blood cancer drug in US

June 22, 2010
Sales and Marketing AML, Mylotarg, Pfizer, blood cancer

The US regulatory body has withdrawn Pfizer’s leukaemia drug Mylotarg after it was linked to a number of deaths, and …

News

NHS targets and management costs in the firing line

June 22, 2010
NHS, NHS funding, NHS targets

Management costs and the use of targets are at the top of the government’s NHS hitlist, the health secretary Andrew Lansley has …

News

FDA tightens pharma’s responsibility for outsourcing

June 22, 2010
Manufacturing and Production FDA, GMP, manufacturing, outsourcing

Pharmaceutical manufacturers will be held more responsible for the activities of their suppliers and outsourcing partners under a new approach …

News

Manufacturing news in brief

June 22, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Almac, CPL Biologicals, KV Pharma, KV Pharmaceutical, NerPharMa, ProBioGen

German contract manufacturer ProBioGen is bought by Egypt’s Minapharm, plus there are facility updates from NerPharMa DS, CPL Biologicals and …

News
NDA_Panos

NDA appoints Dr Panos Tsintis

June 22, 2010
Sales and Marketing NDA, appointment, sales and marketing

European regulatory affairs consulting group NDA has appointed Dr Panos Tsintis medical advisor to NDA Regulatory Science in a move …

Appointment

Dr Geoffrey Nichol joins Ikaria

June 22, 2010
Research and Development Ikaria, appointment, research and development

US biotherapeutics company Ikaria has appointed Dr Geoffrey Nichol chief medical officer, with responsibility for its late-stage drug development activies. …

Appointment

Working Life: Jo Ferdinando

June 22, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Shire, Working Life, careers

How did you find your way into your most current role? After completing a BSc in Microbiology and Virology at …

Feature
Andrew Witty

Let’s avoid further stand-offs, says Witty

June 22, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EFPIA, Greece, industry, pricing

Pharma will need to find new ways of working with European governments in order to avoid further crises as witnessed …

News
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Digital Pharma: Online trial safety reporting

June 21, 2010
Research and Development FDA, MHRA, digital research, drug safety

From September all serious adverse events that occur during clinical trials in the UK will have to be reported electronically …

News
GW laboratory

Bayer launches world’s first cannabis-derived prescription drug

June 21, 2010
Sales and Marketing Bayer, GW Pharmaceuticals, Sativex

Bayer Healthcare has launched the world’s first cannabis-derived prescription drug in the UK. Sativex treats the spasticity symptoms of multiple …

News

GSK tops access to medicines ranking

June 21, 2010
Sales and Marketing GlaxoSmithKline, developing world, medicines access

GlaxoSmithKline does the most of any pharma manufacturer to improve access to medicines needed in the developing world, according to …

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