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Johnson & Johnson rides out patent attack

October 16, 2009
Sales and Marketing JJ, generics

 Profits at Johnson & Johnson have risen in the third quarter, despite deep cuts into pharma sales caused by new …

News

Lilly finds buyer for threatened manufacturing unit

October 16, 2009
Manufacturing and Production Evonik, lilly

 Lilly has found a buyer for its manufacturing facility Tippecanoe Laboratories in Indiana, USA, which had been under threat of …

News
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Dr Lisa Rojkjaer, head of clinical development, MorphoSys

October 15, 2009
Research and Development appointment, morphosys, research and development

MorphoSys has appointed Dr Lisa Rojkjaer as vice president and head of clinical development. Dr Rojkjaer joins MorphoSys from Novartis …

Appointment
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Linda Dyson, global healthcare practice leader, Cohn & Wolfe

October 15, 2009
Medical Communications Cohn & Wolfe, appointment, medical communications

Cohn & Wolfe has appointed Linda Dyson as executive vice president and global healthcare practice leader. She will report to …

Appointment
Medicom Sarah Butterworth

Sarah Butterworth and Sarah Lucas join ERL Medicom

October 15, 2009
Medical Communications appointment, appointment medicom, medical communications, medicom

ERL Medicom has appointed Sarah Butterworth (pictured) as a director and Sarah Lucas as an account executive.Sarah Butterworth moves to …

Appointment
Seven Stones Tim Herman

Tim Herman, Managing Director, Seven Stones

October 15, 2009
Medical Communications appointment, medical communications, seven stones

Tim Herman has joined independent healthcare specialist Seven Stones as managing director, after six years running Ogilvy Healthworld Advertising.Tim has …

Appointment

CME Spotlight: Moving CME forward in Europe

October 15, 2009
Medical Communications CME, CME Spotlight, Eugene Pozniak, ethics

As a young advertising account exec in the early nineties I was once told not to concern myself with any …

Feature

Tamiflu windfall helps Roche to bumper sales growth

October 15, 2009
Sales and Marketing Roche, Tamiflu

 Roche has raised its sales growth prediction for 2009 on the back of a strong third quarter and record sales …

News

Huntsworth Health reshuffles global operations

October 15, 2009
Medical Communications Huntsworth, Tonic

Healthcare marketing and communications agency Huntsworth Health is reorganising its global operations.Part of Huntsworth plc, it will be split into …

News

Pfizer completes Wyeth merger

October 15, 2009
Sales and Marketing MA, Pfizer, restructure

Pfizer expects to complete its $68 billion acquisition of Wyeth today after receiving sign-off on the deal from regulators in …

News

US health reform clears first hurdle

October 14, 2009
Sales and Marketing Obama, Senate, US, US healthcare, hc, reform

The US Senate has approved the bill to reform America’s health care system, raising hopes that it can become law …

News

GSK plans

October 14, 2009
Research and Development GSK

GlaxoSmithKline, the government and the Wellcome Trust are collaborating to build what they hope will be a "world-class" science park. …

News

Merck makes Indian bioscience acquisition

October 14, 2009
Research and Development Asia, India, Merck

 Merck KGaA has bought an Indian company specialising in research products in a deal it says will make it one …

News

Hospira takes charge of biogeneric Neupogen

October 14, 2009
Sales and Marketing Hospira, biosimilars, generics

US pharmaceutical company Hospira has acquired worldwide rights to a biogeneric version of Amgen's neutropenia treatment Neupogen (filgrastim) in a …

News

GSK’s Avodart tackles BPH better in combination

October 14, 2009
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, bph, urology

GlaxoSmithKline's urinary treatment Avodart works better as part of a combination therapy, according to a new survey. The drug was …

News

Green light at Angelini plant resurrects antidepressant prospects

October 13, 2009
Manufacturing and Production Angelini

Canadian drugmaker Labopharm has been boosted by the news that manufacturing problems holding up approval of its novel antidepressant product, …

News

Oakley launches Oxygen Health

October 13, 2009
Medical Communications Oxygen, PR, hc

 Oxygen Health, an agency aiming to help pharma companies communicate more effectively with stakeholders, has launched.It has been set up …

News

Contract research news in brief

October 13, 2009
Research and Development CRO

Pharmafocus' latest round-up of contract research news includes another CRO heading into private equity hands, changing requirements for the clinicaltrials.gov …

News

GSK expands in China with vaccine joint venture

October 12, 2009
Sales and Marketing China, GSK, vaccines

GSK has joined with Chinese biotech Jiangsu Walvax to develop and manufacture paediatric vaccines for use in China.The pair will …

News

FDA revises cancer vaccine guidance

October 12, 2009
Sales and Marketing Cancer, US, reg, vacccine

There are concerns that draft guidance from the US Food and Drug Administration, which will recommend that cancer vaccine trials …

News
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