Lilly app aims to boost trial recruitment
June 8, 2012Medical Communications GSK, clinical trials, lilly, oncology
Lilly has launched a new searchable clinical trial mobile app for oncologists. The app is available for the iPad and …
Virgo ranked in ‘Great Place to Work’ for third year
June 8, 2012Medical Communications Virgo, Virgo Health PR
Virgo Health has been ranked fourth overall in a survey of best small workplaces.The healthcare communications firm based in Richmond …
Patients urged to rate GPs
June 8, 2012Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing DH, England, GPs, Lord Howe, NHS
The government is cranking up its information strategy with the publication of new data on 8,000 GP surgeries in England. …
Lechleiter wants policy that spurs innovation
June 8, 2012Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Lechleiter, Obama, PhRMA, US, heathcare, lilly
Lilly’s leader is calling on governments to take the long-term view when it comes to healthcare policy. John Lechleiter who …
AlpVision and Nolato Medical Announce Joint Collaboration to Protect Primary Plastic Packaging for the Pharmaceutical Industry
June 8, 2012Manufacturing and Production AlpVision, Brand Protection, Fingerprint, Nolato Medical, iphone, primary plastic packaging, product authentication, scanner
Vevey, Switzerland – May 16, 2012 –In response, AlpVision, the world’s leader in digital invisible technologies for product authentication and …
Changes and Challenges Ahead for Controlled Substance Manufacturers
June 7, 2012Manufacturing and Production
Recently, several major suppliers of clinical supply services, including Catalent Pharma Solutions, haveundertaken major expansions for controlled drugs on a …
Reducing Timelines Through Strategic Outsourcing
June 7, 2012Research and Development
Frank Lis, Vice President & General Manager, Clinical Supply Services, explores the general effects brought on by the consolidation of …
RoActemra superior to Humira as single-agent therapy
June 7, 2012Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Humira, Orencia, RA, RoActemra, Roche. ADACTA
Roche’s RoActemra (tocilizumab) is more effective in treating rheumatoid arthritis as a single agent than market leader Humira, a new …
Lipitor fallout prompts Pfizer to cut Irish workforce
June 7, 2012Manufacturing and Production Amgen, Ireland, Lipitor, Pfizer, cuts, patent loss
Falling demand for blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipitor has prompted Pfizer to cut staff levels at two manufacturing facilities in Ireland. …
Former Teva president joins Sun Pharma
June 7, 2012Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sun Pharma, Teva, generics, manufacturing
Sun Pharma has appointed Israel Makov as its new chairman of the board. Makov is the former president and chief …
ABPI ‘fears for future of UK research’ ahead of pricing talks
June 7, 2012Sales and Marketing ABPI, Drug pricing, PPRS, Stephen Whitehead, VBP
The UK pharmaceutical industry says too great a focus on ‘breakthrough’ drugs could undermine the future of medical research in …
Havas buys digital experts Creative Lynx
June 6, 2012Medical Communications Creative Lynx, Havas, Havas Health
Havas has acquired a majority stake in Creative Lynx, one of the leading digital health communications agency in Europe. Creative …
Shire makes two senior appointments
June 6, 2012Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Colpman, Judge, Shire
Shire has announced the promotion of David Colpman and Ann Judge (pictured) as two senior leaders within the firm. Colpman, …
Global marketing access strategy: local activation
June 6, 2012Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Global marketing, MSI, market access
Pharma has historically been an industry that likes to put things in boxes, neatly organising different aspects of commercialisation into …
William Kaelin Jr elected to Lilly board
June 6, 2012Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Kaelin, lilly
Eli Lilly has elected William Kaelin Jr to its board of directors. Dr Kaelin, 54, is a Professor in the Department of …
Merck Serono staff may strike over Geneva HQ closure
June 6, 2012Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development ASCO, Basel, Geneva, Merck Serono, Novartis, R&D
Workers at Merck Serono’s Swiss headquarters in Geneva have threatened industrial action over the company’s plans to shut down the …
Herceptin successor impresses at ASCO
June 6, 2012Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, Cancer, EMILIA, FDA, Roche, T-DM1
Roche’s new ‘smart bomb’ breast cancer drug T-DM1 has impressed at this year’s ASCO conference in Chicago. The trial showed it …
AMRI wins new contract for rehabilitated facility
June 6, 2012Manufacturing and Production AMRI, Carduium Therapeutics, FDA, Taylor
Albany Molecular Research Inc (AMRI) has won a contract to fill a newly-approved product into sterile syringes at its facility …
Catalent exits commercial packaging business
June 1, 2012Manufacturing and Production Catalent, Frazier Healthcare
Catalent Pharma Solutions has decided to sell its US-based commercial packaging business to private equity group Frazier Healthcare. Catalent said …
Boehringer seeks NHS partners for COPD campaign
June 1, 2012Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, COPD, disease awareness campaign
Boehringer is seeking NHS partners for its COPD campaign: ‘Know it. Check it. Treat it.’ The campaign aims to raise …
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