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Digital Pharma: Novartis rapped for Facebook sharing

August 10, 2010
Medical Communications Digital Pharma blog, Facebook, Novartis, Tasigna

Novartis has had its knuckles rapped by the FDA over the company’s use of social media sharing tools. At issue …

WHO delists Sanofi-Aventis combo vaccine

August 10, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Sanofi-Aventis, WHO, vaccines

The World Health Organization has dropped a combination vaccine made by Sanofi-Aventis’ subsidiary Shantha Biologics from its list of prequalified …

Bilcare buys INEOS to expand pharma packaging business

August 10, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Bilcare, INEOS, Klockner Pentaplast, packaging, pharma packaging

India’s Bilcare will pay 100 million euros to acquire the films business of chemical company group INEOS in a deal …

Capacity expansion helps Hovione to healthy sales increase

August 10, 2010
Manufacturing and Production API, Hovione, packaging, pharma packaging

Portuguese active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturer Hovione has posted a healthy increase in sales for the fiscal year-ended March 31, 2010, …

Elan halts separation plans

August 10, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Elan

Irish drugmaker Elan has postponed plans to separate its business into two publicly-listed companies due to adverse market conditions. Elan …

ACM Global expands UK and US teams

August 10, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development ACM Global, appointment, manufacturing and production, research and development

Clinical services company ACM Global has made several new appointments at its UK and US facilities. Its Global Central Laboratory …

Talking Point: Cost-efficient logistics

August 10, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Polar Speed, Talking Point, talking logistics

‘This is an environment where the NHS will face the most severe and substantial financial shortfall in its history,’ Branwen …

AstraZeneca reaches $200m Seroquel settlement

August 10, 2010
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Seroquel

AstraZeneca is to pay around £198 million to settle US lawsuits against its troubled anti-psychotic drug Seroquel. The company has …

New Type of Company Launched: Streaming Well created in Europe

August 9, 2010
Medical Communications healthcare video, online patient education, streaming well, video distribution

A NEW HEALTHCARE VIDEO PRODUCER AND DISTRIBUTOR PROVIDES INFORMATION AND EDUCATION TO REACH ONLINE AUDIENCES ACROSS EUROPE AND WORLDWIDE.LONDON UK, …

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Generic competition hits Boehringer sales

August 9, 2010
Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, Boehringer, Q2

Boehringer Ingelheim’s sales fell 5% in the first half of 2010, depressed by generic competition and then further dragged down …

Victoza lifts Novo Nordisk

August 9, 2010
Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, Novo Nordisk, Q2

Novo Nordisk has posted a set of healthy results following strong sales from its insulin range and newly launched diabetes …

CMP Therapeutics appoints Dr Neill Moray Mackenzie

August 9, 2010
Research and Development CMP Therapeutics, appointment, research and development

Dr Neill Moray Mackenzie has joined Hertfordshire, UK-based biopharmaceutical company CMP Therapeutics as chief executive. He has a long record …

A revolution for the NHS – an opportunity for pharma?

August 9, 2010
Sales and Marketing GlaxoSmithKline, NHS

Healthcare systems across western Europe are currently under renewed pressure and scrutiny, each government preoccupied with finding major cost-savings to …

Reforms could mean ‘de-nationalisation’ of NHS

August 9, 2010
NHS, government

Tribal, a private healthcare provider, has welcomed the new NHS reforms, saying they are so radical that they could represent …

NICE: the end of an era

August 9, 2010
Sales and Marketing Andrew Lansley, NICE, VBP, government

NICE is undergoing a momentus shift in its role which will see it leave behind the frequent clashes and controversy …

GPs urged to curb spending on prescriptions

August 6, 2010
GPs, NHS, NICE, NPC, prescriptions

GPs are being encouraged to reduce spending on prescriptions by following NICE’s cost-effectiveness guidelines. A new National Prescribing Centre (NPC) …

Plans for greater transparency with KOLs

August 6, 2010
Medical Communications ABPI, BMA, Code of Practice, KOL, MHRA, PMCPA

Pharmaceutical companies in the UK will have to declare the amount of money paid to its healthcare professionals who act …

MSD launches asthma training resources

August 6, 2010
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing MSD, asthma, medical education, merck sharp and dohme, nurses

A new training resource aimed at helping primary care nurses manage asthma has been launched with funding from Merck Sharp …

Emma

Aurora boosts team

August 6, 2010
Medical Communications Aurora, appointment, medical communications

London-based healthcare communications agency Aurora has boosted its team with two new appointments. Emma Ellwood (pictured) joins the company from …

Shire profits from Genzyme woes

August 5, 2010
Sales and Marketing Shire

Specialist pharma company Shire has posted a set of strong results, thanks in part to the gains it has made …

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