Priorclave Success at London Vet show

December 19, 2011
Manufacturing and Production

During the recent London Vet Show the autoclave featured on the Southwest Medical stand R30 certainly proved a popular visitor …

University Teaching Labs Buy into Priorclaves for Better Performance

December 19, 2011
Manufacturing and Production

York University is shortly taking delivery of a number of priorclaves for use in the Biology Department’s Teaching Laboratories and …

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Sanofi sheds dermatology unit for $423 million

December 19, 2011
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Canada, Dermik, Sanofi

Sanofi has completed the sale of its Canadian-based dermatology business Dermik for $422.5 million.  The unit has been sold to …

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EMA panel gives positive opinion for Roche’s Zelboraf

December 16, 2011
Sales and Marketing EMA, Roche, Zelboraf

The EMA’s advisory committee is recommending the approval of Roche’s skin cancer drug Zelboraf.  The European regulator’s Committee for Medicinal …

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Best Moments of 2011

December 16, 2011
Business Services, Medical Communications NHS, NHS reforms

 Health Secretary Andrew Lansley was on the end of a verbal battering by GP and journalist Dr Phil Hammond on …

Amgen’s chief executive and chairman Kevin Sharer to retire

December 16, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amgen

Kevin Sharer, Amgen’s chairman and chief executive, has announced his retirement next year, leading the way for Robert Bradway to …

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Chandler Chicco acquires German comms firms

December 16, 2011
Medical Communications Chandler Chicco, Haas & Health Partner Public Relations, SanCom Creative Communication Solutions.

Chandler Chicco Companies is to acquire German healthcare communication firms, Haas & Health Partner Public Relations and SanCom Creative Communication …

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Merck and Roche begin combination hep C trial

December 16, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Copegus, Merck, Pegasys, Roche, Victrelis

Merck and Roche have started clinical trials to investigate combinations of their hepatitis C drugs. The first trial is designed …

BMS in cholesterol alliance with China’s Simcere

December 16, 2011
Sales and Marketing BMS, CETP inhibitor, Simcere, cardiovascular, emerging markets

Bristol-Myers Squibb is to co-develop a new compound to treat cardiovascular disease with Chinese firm Simcere Pharmaceutical Group. The companies, …

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Lisa Anson appointed as president of AstraZeneca’s UK marketing

December 15, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Lisa Anson

AstraZeneca has appointed Lisa Anson as its new president for the firm’s UK marketing company, effective 1 January 2012.  Anson …

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Optimising your brand – one bite at a time

December 15, 2011
Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Alex Blyth, MSI, brand, marketing

Brand managers invest a huge amount of time every year preparing brand plans – but often without really knowing what …

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Novartis opens cell-based flu vaccine plant in US

December 15, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Novartis, celll-based, vaccines

Novartis has officially started production at a first-of-its kind cell-based manufacturing facility for influenza vaccines in North Carolina, US. The …

Lilly planning new Irish biopharma plant

December 15, 2011
Manufacturing and Production lilly, manufactuing

Eli Lilly has filed a planning application to build a new 23,000 sq. m. biologics facility at its manufacturing site …

Boehringer expands manufacturing in China

December 15, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Boehringer, China, manufacturing

Boehringer Ingelheim plans to invest €50 million in its manufacturing plant in Shanghai as part of a drive to increase …

Debts will force hospitals to close

December 15, 2011
Sales and Marketing NHS, hospitals, king's fund

Around twenty hospitals in England may have to merge or close because of major financial problems, according to a committee …

Roche makes changes in its corporate executive committee

December 15, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Roche

Roche has made two new appointments in its corporate executive committee. Sophie Kornowski-Bonnet, currently general manager of Roche in France, …

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Frazier defends R&D investment and attacks price pressure

December 14, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck, R&D productivity, prices

Merck & Co chief executive Kenneth Frazier has expressed concern that European governments increasingly want to pay unrealistically low prices …

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NICE rejects AstraZeneca’s breast cancer drug

December 14, 2011
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Faslodex, NICE

NICE has made its final decision not to recommended AstraZeneca’s breast cancer drug Faslodex, as it says the drug is …

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NICE gives partial recommendation for RoActemra

December 14, 2011
Sales and Marketing RoActemra, Roche

Roche’s patient access scheme has persuaded NICE to recommend RoActemra in childhood arthritis under certain circumstances. In its final guidance …

New cancer drug costs escalating for NHS

December 13, 2011
Cancer, NHS, oncology

New oncology drugs are pushing up the overall costs of treating cancer, according to a new report. The ‘Cancer Diagnosis …

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