Patheon hikes revenue guidance for 2012
June 19, 2012Manufacturing and Production CDMO, Canadian, PDS, Patheon
Canadian contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) Patheon reported a solid set of financial figures for the second quarter of …
Pharma manufacturing news in brief
June 19, 2012Manufacturing and Production BioWa, Cytovance Biologics, DHL, Dalton Pharma Services, Lonza, Particle Sciences, Recipharm
DHL opens up a facility in Mumbai, Recipharm invests in French filling plant, plus updates from Dalton Pharma Services, Particle …
FDA holds up Pfizer’s rare disease drug tafamidis
June 19, 2012Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, Pfizer, rare disease, tafamidis
The FDA has sent Pfizer a Complete Response Letter about its rare disease drug tafamidis meglumine. The US regulator is …
GSK partners with Cambridge University
June 18, 2012Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Cambridge, GSK, R&D
The University of Cambridge begins a new collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline today to advance drug discovery and the development of new …
PMCPA reprimands Chiesi for multiple breaches
June 18, 2012Sales and Marketing COPD, Chiesi, GSK, PMCPA, code
Chiesi has been publicly reprimanded by the PMCPA part for promoting its asthma drug Fostair off-label. The embarrassing slapdown from …
Pfizer launches ‘Campaign Against Migraine’ website
June 18, 2012Medical Communications Botox, Pfizer, Relpax, digital, migraine
Pfizer has launched a new website called ‘Campaign Against Migraine’ to help migraine sufferers in the US learn more about …
New director appointments to the NHS Commissioning Board
June 18, 2012Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Lansley, NHS, reforms
Lord Adebowale, Margaret Casely-Hayford, Dame Moira Gibb and Naguib Kheraj have been confirmed as four new non-executive directors of the …
Janssen looks to broaden Zytiga licence
June 18, 2012Sales and Marketing Cancer, Janssen, NICE, Provenge, Zytiga, prostate
Janssen is looking to broaden the licence for its prostate cancer pill Zytiga. Zytiga currently has a US and European …
New director of market access at Celgene UK and Ireland
June 18, 2012Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Celgene, Nicola Redfern, oncology
Celgene has announced the appointment of Nicola Redfern as director of market access, Celgene UK and Ireland. Redfern brings a …
Lundbeck to slash 600 jobs in Europe
June 15, 2012Sales and Marketing Cipralex, Europe, Lundbeck, austerity, cuts
Lundbeck will cut 600 jobs from its operations in Europe as its Cipralex parent expiry continues to erode revenue. The …
NICE launches new BNF prescribing app
June 15, 2012Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing BNF, NICE, app, digital, pharma
NICE has launched a new app that allows users to search all medicines listed in the British National Formulary. The …
Merck’s sleep aid drug meets goals
June 15, 2012Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, Merck, insomnia, sleep disorder, suvorexant
Merck’s novel insomnia drug suvorexant has improved patients’ ability to fall asleep, according to new data from two Phase III …
Roche’s Zelboraf rejected by NICE
June 15, 2012Sales and Marketing Cancer, Dillon, NICE, Roche, Zelboraf, melanoma
NICE is not recommending Roche’s targeted melanoma pill Zelboraf because of its high cost and uncertainties over its survival benefit. …
BMJ: diabetes post-marketing studies used to boost sales
June 14, 2012Sales and Marketing BMJ, Edwin Gale, Novo Nordisk, post-marketing
The use of post-marketing studies for diabetes is being used to sell more medicines rather than for science, according to …
UK drug pricing: ABPI wants evolution, not revolution
June 14, 2012Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Deepak Khanna, MSD, PPRS, VBP, pricing
As the ABPI prepares to negotiate a new pricing scheme for the first time in 50 years, its new president …
Conor Griffin joins Tudor Reilly’s senior team
June 14, 2012Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Conor Griffin, Tudor Reilly, healthcare comms
Healthcare specialist Tudor Reilly has strengthened its senior management with the appointment of Conor Griffin as director. He joins the …
New chair of Health Research Authority confirmed by DH
June 14, 2012Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
Professor Jonathan Montgomery will head up the Health Research Authority, the new organisation that will protect and promote the interests …
ABPI: we don’t have the answers for digital yet
June 14, 2012Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Bayer, Deepak Khanna, Shire, digital, online
Pharma’s use of digital media is posing questions that can’t yet be answered, says the new ABPI president Deepak Khanna. …
AstraZeneca swings axe at Swedish plant
June 14, 2012Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Brennan, Sweden, Södertälje, cuts
AstraZeneca will be cutting 400 jobs from its facility in Sweden, the company has confirmed. Speaking to the TT news …
Positive data for Sanofi’s diabetes drug
June 13, 2012Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Lyxumia, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, Victoza, diabetes
Sanofi’s new diabetes treatment Lyxumia has significantly reduced glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in two late-stage trials, the manufacturer says. Paris-based Sanofi …
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