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GSK’s Arixtra set for expanded licence

July 26, 2010
Sales and Marketing Arixtra, Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline, rotarix

GlaxoSmithKline is set to receive a green light to use its anti-clotting drug Arixtra to prevent spontaneous superficial-vein thrombosis (SVT). …

News
PHQ screeners site

Digital Pharma: Pfizer puts mental health diagnosis tools online

July 26, 2010
Medical Communications Digital Pharma blog, Pfizer, depression, digital patients

Pfizer has put two widely used mental health assessment tools online for the public to use. It aims to improve …

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Sandy_Royden

PM Society appoints new chair and vice-chair

July 26, 2010
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing appointment, medical communications, pm society

Sandy Royden (pictured) has been elected as chairman of the PM Society and Dr Beverly Barr as vice-chairman. They join …

Appointment

Tonic Life expands into Asia

July 23, 2010
Medical Communications Huntsworth, Tonic

Tonic Life Communications has opened an office in Hong Kong as the first step in regional expansion plans that will …

News

Reaxa heads UK manufacturing consortium

July 23, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Reaxa, manufacturing

Catalyst specialist Reaxa will lead a consortium, backed by more than £700,000 ($1.1 million) in UK government funding, to develop …

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Lonza boosts profit despite contract manufacturing downturn

July 23, 2010
Manufacturing and Production 2010 financials, Lonza, Q2

Switzerland’s Lonza posted a healthy increase in profits in the first half of 2010, topping analysts’ expectations, although sales dipped …

News

Novartis’ Jonathan Peacock moves to Amgen

July 23, 2010
Sales and Marketing Amgen, appointment, sales and marketing

Amgen has appointed Jonathan Peacock executive VP and chief financial officer with effect from 1 September. He will move to …

Appointment
Adventis

Adventis Health boosts team

July 23, 2010
Medical Communications Adventis, appointment, medical communications

Healthcare communications agency Adventis Health has appointed three new account executives, one to each of its integrated business units. They …

Appointment
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

Study boost for personalised cancer treatments

July 23, 2010
Research and Development Cancer, genome, genomics, personalised medicine

A five-year study by scientists in the UK and US of the way genomes and cancer medicines interact has yielded …

News

Roche sees slow sales amid market pressures

July 22, 2010
Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, Q2, Roche

Roche has posted average first half year results with pharma sales that showed only low single digit growth. They showed …

News

Abbott boosted by Solvay integration

July 22, 2010
Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, Abbott, Q2, Solvay

Abbott has posted a set of strong sales for the second quarter, buoyed by the integration of Solvay Pharmaceuticals and …

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Genzyme

Manufacturing woes hit Genzyme results

July 22, 2010
2010 financials, Genzyme, Q2

Genzyme has posted a decrease in sales for the second quarter as its manufacturing woes continue. The US-based biopharma company …

News

Legal costs dent GlaxoSmithKline’s Q2

July 22, 2010
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, GlaxoSmithKline, Q2

GSK has reported a loss for its second quarter due to litigation costs related to Avandia and other problems. In …

News

Sam Walmsley joins Chandler Chicco

July 22, 2010
Medical Communications Chandler Chicco, appointment, medical communications

Chandler Chicco Companies (CCC) has appointed Sam Walmsley to the newly-created position of head of European social media. She will …

Appointment
OnMedica

Digital Pharma: OnMedica set to reopen under new owners

July 21, 2010
Medical Communications Binley's, Digital Pharma blog, OnMedica, digital doctors

A buyer has been found for the services of UK online doctors portal OnMedica, which have been on hold since …

News

J&J post modest second quarter increase

July 21, 2010
Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, J&J, JJ, Q2

Johnson & Johnson has seen a modest increase in sales for the second quarter, buoyed primarily by international sales and …

News
Avastin packs

FDA advised to halt Avastin breast cancer use

July 21, 2010
Sales and Marketing Roche, avastin

In a hammer blow to Roche, an influential Food and Drug Administration vote has gone against its cancer drug Avastin. …

News

Natalie Henson returns to Axon

July 21, 2010
Medical Communications Axon, appointment, medical communications

Surrey, UK-based communications agency Axon has appointed Natalie Henson as associate director. She re-joins the firm in a leadership role …

Appointment

Pharmacologists in the vanguard of pharma R&D

July 21, 2010
Business Services, Research and Development BPS, Clinical Pharmacology, pharmacology, research

The British Pharmacology Society (BPS) is the primary UK learned society concerned with research into drugs and the way they …

Feature

European Commission invests €6.4 billion in research

July 21, 2010
Research and Development European Commission, research

The European Commission has announced a €6.4 billion investment in research and innovation in a range of scientific disciplines including …

News
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