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Free webinar on An Introduction to Scientific Advice in the EU

June 8, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Following the success of the recent pharmacovigilance webinars delivered, Wainwright Associates are offering a webinar on An Introduction to Scientific …

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Press release

Red Kite to merge with MSI

June 8, 2011
Sales and Marketing Cello, MSI, Red Kite, pharmaceutical marketing

Strategic marketing group Cello has expanded its healthcare portfolio with the acquisition of consultancy firm Red Kite. The move has …

News

UK prime minister to rein in health reforms

June 8, 2011
Health and Social Care Bill, NHS reforms

The UK prime minister David Cameron has put forward five major changes to the government’s beleaguered Health and Social Care …

News
oxford_biomedica_alex_lewis

Oxford BioMedica appoints Alex Lewis to strategy role

June 8, 2011
Research and Development appointment, research and development

Oxford, UK-based gene therapy company Oxford BioMedica has appointed Dr Alex Lewis as director of corporate activities and strategy, and …

Appointment
Pfizer OAB clinical trial

Digital Pharma: Pfizer’s mobile-powered ‘virtual’ clinical trial

June 8, 2011
Research and Development Digital Pharma blog, Pfizer, clinical trials

In an industry first Pfizer is to use mobile phone and web-based technology to collect study data for pharma’s first …

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Roche and Merck collaborate on personalised cancer tests

June 8, 2011
Research and Development Merck, Roche, personalised medicine

Roche has signed a deal to develop diagnostic tests for products in Merck’s oncology pipeline, in a bid to make …

News

Promoting UK biotech’s voice and mission

June 8, 2011
Research and Development ERBI, One Nucleus, biotech

One Nucleus is a new organisation formed from the merger of two of England’s regional networks – ERBI (Eastern Region …

Feature

UK suing Servier over alleged generic blocking

June 7, 2011
Sales and Marketing Peridopril, Servier, generics

The UK government is taking Servier to court for allegedly blocking generic versions of its blood pressure drug Perindopril from …

News

Bayer submits Lucentis rival for European approval

June 7, 2011
Sales and Marketing Bayer, Lucentis, Regeneron, VEGF Trap-Eye

Bayer Healthcare has submitted its new eye drug to European regulators for approval to treat age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD). …

News

Merck plans cancer drug submissions later this year

June 7, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck & Co, ridaforolimus

Merck & Co is to submit its oral investigational cancer drug ridaforolimus to European and US regulators later this year …

News

European falsified meds directive: implications for manufacturers

June 7, 2011
Manufacturing and Production APIs, GDP, GMP, excipients, pharma manufacturing

The Council of the European Union gave its backing to the new Directive on Falsified Medicines on May 27, setting …

News
Merck Serono headquarters

Erbitux meets gold standard in rectal cancer

June 7, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Erbitux, Merck Serono, rectal cancer

Studies of Merck Serono’s Erbitux in rectal cancer have shown improved overall survival, a gold standard measure in oncology trials. …

News

New head of finance at Bayer

June 7, 2011
Sales and Marketing appointment, sales and marketing

Bayer has appointed Peter Müller as its new head of finance. Currently head of the corporate finance unit within the …

Appointment
almirall_daniel_martinez_carretero

Almirall appoints Daniel Martínez Carretero as finance head

June 6, 2011
Sales and Marketing appointment, sales and marketing

Spanish pharma company Almirall has appointed Daniel Martínez Carretero as its chief financial officer. In addition to Finance, Daniel will …

Appointment
Roche

Roche impresses at ASCO with vemurafenib

June 6, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, Roche, skin cancer, vemurafenib

Roche’s vemurafenib has proven one of the stars of the ASCO cancer conference by increasing overall survival in skin cancer …

News

GSK and Merck cut vaccine prices

June 6, 2011
Sales and Marketing Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, GSK, Merck & Co, developing world, vaccines

GlaxoSmithKline and Merck & Co have pledged to offer their rotavirus vaccines at discounted prices to developing countries. GSK is …

News

UK pharma opposes off-label rule change

June 6, 2011
Sales and Marketing off label

Prescribing a drug off-label when a licenced alternative exists increases patient safety risks and threatens the development of new medicines, …

News
Novartis HQ

Novartis eye drug wins wider European licence

June 6, 2011
Sales and Marketing Lucentis, Novartis

Novartis’ Lucentis has been approved in Europe to treat people suffering from vision loss due to macular oedema secondary to …

News

Service Insight: Video killed the radio star …

June 6, 2011
Medical Communications Service Insight, digital marketing, social media

SERVICE INSIGHTWhile everyone is going digital, are we forgetting the power of the spoken word? Some days it feels as …

Feature
Prime Minister David Cameron at a NHS Future Forum event

NHS reform: after the pause, the rewind?

June 3, 2011
Andrew Lansley, NHS reform

The government’s six-week ‘pause’ in the passage of the controversial Health and Social Care Bill has now come to an …

Feature
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