Bristol-Myers Squibb appoints Charles Bancroft acting chief financial officer
January 15, 2010Sales and Marketing BMS, appointment, sales and marketing
Charles Bancroft has been appointed acting chief financial officer at Bristol-Myers Squibb, replacing Jean-Marc Huet who left the company at …
Tories plan public health drive
January 15, 2010Conservatives, NHS, NHS funding, binge drinking, public health
The Department of Health would be renamed the Department of Public Health under a future Tory government, says shadow health …
AstraZeneca taps Korean firm for antibiotics
January 15, 2010Research and Development Asia, AstraZeneca, CrystalGenomics, Korea, anti-infectives
AstraZeneca has signed another licensing deal to bolster its anti-infectives business, this time signing a deal with Korean company CrystalGenomics …
TBWAPaling Walters moves to Dean Street
January 15, 2010Medical Communications TBWA, TBWA/Paling Walters
Communications agency TBWA/Paling Walters is moving its London offices from the Albert Embankment where it has spent the past 25 …
European politician attacks “alarmist” pharma industry
January 14, 2010Sales and Marketing h1n1, swine flu
A European politician has criticised the pharmaceutical industry for creating public health scares and profiting from them. Dr Wolfgang Wodarg …
Lonza marks three plants for closure
January 14, 2010Manufacturing and Production Lonza, facilities
Swiss chemical manufacturer Lonza will close three of its plants in Europe and the US by the end of the …
NICE issues schizophrenia commissioning guide
January 14, 2010NICE, commissioning, schizophrenia
NICE has published a commissioning guide to help primary and secondary care teams recognise, treat and manage adult schizophrenia. The …
Resolute’s Kirsty Mearns promoted
January 14, 2010Medical Communications Resolute, appointment, medical communications
Resolute has promoted Kirsty Mearns to the role of director, joining the PR agency’s board. “I am incredibly pleased and …
Ron Branning joins Genzyme
January 14, 2010Manufacturing and Production Genzyme, appointment, manufacturing and production
Genzyme has appointed industry veteran Ron Branning as its new senior vice president of global product quality. Branning has 30 …
World Class Commissioning: how to be partners in quality
January 14, 2010Sales and Marketing NHS, NHS funding, commissioning, funding, healthcare, marketing
World Class Commissioning has been heralded as a critical mechanism to revolutionise healthcare services in the UK. Now two years …
Biogen submits Fampridine PR to European regulators
January 14, 2010Sales and Marketing Biogen, Fampridine, MS
Biogen Idec is seeking European approval for a drug which helps multiple sclerosis sufferers to walk better. A marketing authorisation …
Hans Regenauer joins Sanofi-Aventis’ consumer division
January 14, 2010Sales and Marketing Sanofi-Aventis, appointment, consumer healthcare, sales and marketing
Sanofi-Aventis has appointed Han Regenauer vice president, consumer healthcare, Europe and global development. In his new role he will report …
MDS promotes Steve West to chief executive
January 14, 2010Research and Development appointment, mds, research and development
Canadian clinical research firm MDS has appointed Steve West chief executive. He was formerly president of MDS Nordion and chief …
Germany cuts GSK swine flu vaccine orders by 30%
January 13, 2010Sales and Marketing GlaxoSmithKline, Pandemrix, h1n1, swine flu
The Germany Ministry of Health has cut its order for GlaxoSmithKline’s swine flu vaccine Pandemrix by 30%. The pharma company …
FDA begins consumer transparency initiative
January 13, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, transparency
The Food and Drug Administration has unveiled the first phase of its transparency initiative, designed to make its drug approval …
Evonik completes handover of Tippecanoe from Lilly
January 13, 2010Manufacturing and Production API, Evonik, lilly
Germany’s Evonik Industries has started up production of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) at the Tippecanoe Laboratories facility acquired from Eli …
Rachel Underwood, creative copywriter, Eurocom
January 13, 2010Medical Communications Eurocom, appointment, medical communications
Eurocom has appointed Rachel Underwood as creative copywriter. She has over ten years of scientific and marketing communications experience and …
Digital Pharma: Virtual diabetes patient community launched on Second Life
January 13, 2010Medical Communications Diabetes UK, Second Life, diabetes, digital pharma
Patient group Diabetes UK has, quite literally, set up shop on Second Life, establishing its own office in the online …
CME Spotlight: Raising the quality of published research
January 13, 2010Medical Communications CME, CME Spotlight, Eugene Pozniak, ethics
A few years ago I met someone who worked at a car factory and he described in detail how the …
Train to retain: holding onto your best people
January 13, 2010Business Services, Sales and Marketing MSI, careers, training
It’s a widely-held myth that retaining staff is easy in a recession. As jobs are cut the attraction of staying …
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