Tesco to sell cut-price Viagra

September 21, 2010
Sales and Marketing Boots, Pfizer, Tesco, supermarket, viagra

Tesco has declared a price war in erectile dysfunction, announcing it will sell Viagra through its in-store pharmacies for less …

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Digital Pharma: GSK takes drug information to Europe

September 21, 2010
Medical Communications Digital Pharma blog, GlaxoSmithKline, digital patients

European patients can now get information on GlaxoSmithKline’s prescription medicines direct from the company through its expanded health.gsk.com website. The …

J&J’s Weldon will appear at next congressional hearing

September 21, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Johnson & Johnson, manufacturing compliance, recalls

Johnson & Johnson chief executive William Weldon will appear in person at the next congressional hearing on the company’s wide-ranging …

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Red Door boosts consumer health division

September 21, 2010
Medical Communications Red Door, appointment, medical communications

London-based healthcare communications consultancy Red Door has boosted its consumer health division with two senior appointments. Rachel Vrettos has returned …

AAIPharma appoints Patrick Walsh

September 21, 2010
Manufacturing and Production AAIPharma, appointment, manufacturing and production

Contract manufacturing and drug development services company AAIPharma has appointed Patrick Walsh as its new chief executive. Walsh has 30 …

Medical, marketing & sales: making cross-functional working work

September 21, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing marketing, sales force effectiveness, sales representatives

A successful market access strategy requires the close collaboration of all functions within a pharmaceutical company. Most notably, the triumvirate …

Pharma manufacturing news in brief

September 21, 2010
Manufacturing and Production AAIPharma, Actavis, Japan, KV Pharmaceutical, Purac, Takeda, contract manufacturing

This week’s round-up of pharmaceutical manufacturing news includes updates from Takeda, KV Pharmaceutical, Actavis, AAIPharma and Purac, while Japan’s CMOs …

Public sceptical of pharma research

September 21, 2010
Research and Development Animal testing, Animal tests

Businesses including drug companies are seen as broadly untrustworthy or self-serving when it comes to medical research. This is one …

Transition drops new diabetes drug

September 20, 2010
Research and Development Transition Therapeutics, diabetes, lilly

Transition Therapeutics is to abandon trials of its new diabetes treatment TT-223 following disappointing trial results. The Canadian biopharma company …

FDA launches safety review of Actos

September 20, 2010
Sales and Marketing Actos, Takeda, diabetes

A new safety review of Takeda’s diabetes drug Actos has been launched by the FDA after a long-term study suggested …

Novartis hails longer-lasting COPD drug

September 20, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing COPD, Novartis, Onbrez Breezhaler

A phase III treatment for COPD has demonstrated superior results over GSK’s established Serevent (salmeterol). Data from Novartis’ INSIST study …

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GSK workers in Ireland await review

September 20, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development GlaxoSmithKline, Ireland, job cuts

Workers at a GlaxoSmithKline facility in Ireland are anxiously awaiting the outcome of an official review of the operation amid …

Realising outsourcing’s potential

September 20, 2010
Sales and Marketing Kinapse, White paper

IntroductionAs the budgets of pharma companies face continued downward pressure, the objective of outsourcing is not only to find effective …

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Cellzome hires GSK’s Alan Watt

September 20, 2010
Research and Development Cellzome, appointment, research and development

Cambridge, UK-based drug discovery and development company Cellzome has appointed Alan Watt to its senior management team as vice president …

Contract research news in brief

September 20, 2010
Research and Development Covance, Galapagos, MediData Solutions, MediSync BioServices, PPD, Quotient Bioresearch, i3

A round-up of recent news from the CRO sector, featuring updates from Covance, Quotient Bioresearch, PPD, i3, Galapagos, MediSync BioServices …

Realising outsourcing’s potential

September 20, 2010

IntroductionAs the budgets of pharma companies face continued downward pressure, the objective of outsourcing is not only to find effective …

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Digital Pharma: Novo launches insulin dosing app

September 17, 2010
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Digital Pharma blog, Novo Nordisk, app, diabetes, iphone

Novo Nordisk has launched an iPhone app for US healthcare professionals that enables to them look up dosing guidelines for …

J&J to acquire Crucell for $2.3 billion

September 17, 2010
Sales and Marketing Crucell, Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson is set to buy out Crucell for around $2.3 billion (1.75 bn euros) expanding its presence in …

Triple account win for M:Communications

September 17, 2010
Medical Communications Axis Shield, M:Communications, Medivir, Virgin Healthcare, medical communications

London-based communications consultancy M:Communications has won three new healthcare accounts. The new business comes from in vitro diagnostic company Axis-Shield, …

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