Pfizer form liver cancer research partnership in Korea
July 15, 2010Research and Development
Pfizer has formed a research partnership with Samsung Medical Centre in Seoul for the analysis of Korean liver cancer patients …
Goldshield appoints John Beighton
July 15, 2010Sales and Marketing Goldshield, appointment, sales and marketing
UK generics company Goldshield has appointed John Beighton as chief executive. Beighton was formerly UK managing director of Teva, and …
Medea appoints NHS advisor
July 15, 2010Medical Communications Medea, appointment, medical communications
PR agency Medea Communications has engaged the former chair of a major hospital drugs and therapeutics committee to act as …
John Castellani to lead PhRMA
July 15, 2010Sales and Marketing PhRMA, appointment, sales and marketing
US pharma association PhRMA has appointed John Castellani president and chief executive, with effect from September. He will join the …
CME Spotlight: Performance improvement and collaboration
July 15, 2010Medical Communications CME, CME Spotlight, Eugene Pozniak
In the 1990s we were informed by TV commercials with slick voice-overs and a backdrop of huge traffic jams, that …
Digital Pharma: Social media an ‘enigma’ for pharma
July 15, 2010Medical Communications Cegedim, Digital Pharma blog, digital pharma, industry, social media
The vast majority of pharma companies now use social media in one form or another, but it is unclear how …
GSK accused of Avandia cover-up
July 14, 2010Sales and Marketing Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline, diabetes
The ongoing battle over GlaxoSmithKline’s diabetes drug Avandia has taken another turn with US senators accusing the company of a …
Power to the project manager
July 14, 2010Research and Development Les Rose, project management
It’s an interesting exercise to peruse the job ads these days, even if you are not actually looking for a …
Amgen’s Marc de Garidel elected EBE president
July 14, 2010Research and Development Amgen, European Biopharmaceutical Enterprises, appointment, research and development
Brussels-based industry association the European Biopharmaceutical Enterprises has elected Amgen’s Marc de Garidel as its new president. He will serve …
ClinTec appoints Susan Pavone
July 14, 2010Research and Development ClinTec, appointment, research and development
ClinTec International has appointed Susan Pavone as associate director of US business operations as part of moves to expand its …
AstraZeneca extends siRNA collaboration
July 14, 2010Research and Development AstraZeneca, RNA, Silence Therapeutics
AstraZeneca has agreed a one-year extension on its siRNA development collaboration with London-based Silence Therapeutics. Silence is a specialist in …
Astellas taps into overactive bladder market with garden display
July 13, 2010Medical Communications Astellas, Vesicare, disease awareness campaigns, overactive bladder
Astellas has launched a campaign to raise awareness of overactive bladder with the help of an award winning garden designer …
Stem cell trial for osteoarthritis launched
July 13, 2010Research and Development Arthritis Research UK, Stem cells, osteoarthritis
Stem cell therapy is to be used to treat patients with osteoarthritis in a new UK clinical trial. Medical research …
Genzyme says it will double size of its Framingham site
July 13, 2010Manufacturing and Production Genzyme
Genzyme has unveiled a major expansion of its manufacturing facility in Framingham, Massachusetts, which suggests that the company intends to …
Talking Point: The role of air-freight
July 13, 2010Manufacturing and Production Swiss World Cargo, logistics, supply chain, talking logistics
The air-freight carrier can play a key role in the shipment of pharmaceuticals, and must be viewed as part of …
Contract research news in brief
July 13, 2010Research and Development Charles River Laboratories, ClinTec, ICON, Quintiles, Synexus, Technical Resources International, WuXi
Charles River places its proposal to merge with China’s WuXi PharmaTech in front of its shareholders, while ClinTec and Synexus …
Radical NHS reform unveiled
July 13, 2010GP, NHS, government
Radical reforms of the NHS have been unveiled which will give GPs control of the health system spending and see current management structures …
Value-based pricing for UK pharma by 2014
July 13, 2010Sales and Marketing government, pricing
The UK government plans to radically overhaul the way medicines are paid for, introducing a value-based pricing system within the …
College Hill Life Sciences expands
July 13, 2010Medical Communications College Hill, appointment, medical communications
International business communications consultancy College Hill has strengthened its Life Sciences team with the appointment of senior account director Nicole …
Digital Pharma: Byte-sized roundup
July 12, 2010Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Code of Practice, Digital Pharma blog, digi game, disease awareness campaigns
This week’s roundup includes a sexual health computer game, a powerful new search tool, US health apps and a reprimand …
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