Novartis breaks ground on $500m Russian facility
June 21, 2011Manufacturing and Production Novartis, Russia, pharma manufacturing news
Novartis has started construction of its new pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in St. Petersburg, Russia.The company has broken ground on the …
Dr Reddy’s API plant in Mexico under FDA scrutiny
June 21, 2011Manufacturing and Production APIs, Dr Reddy's, FDA, GMP violations, pharma manufacturing news
Indian drugmaker Dr Reddy’s Laboratories has been sent a warning letter by the US FDA after a manufacturing facility in …
Interlace Global Group appoints ten new staff
June 21, 2011Medical Communications apppointment, medical communications
Interlace Global Group has expanded the client services and editorial teams at its twin companies Wells Healthcare and Interlace Global …
Smelly Risperdal adds to J&J’s recall tally
June 20, 2011Manufacturing and Production John Lechleiter, pharma manufacturing news, recalls
Johnson & Johnson continues to be plagued by product recalls, with the latest involving two lots of its schizophrenia drug …
NICE guideline helping to cut referrals
June 20, 2011GSK, NICE, bph
A NICE guideline on treating lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in men is helping to cut referrals to urologists, thereby …
Mid-stage trial boost for Roche skin cancer drug vismodegib
June 20, 2011Research and Development Cancer, Roche, skin cancer, vismodegib
Roche’s novel skin cancer drug vismodegib has met its primary endpoint in a phase II trial. Vismodegib is an investigational, …
GlaxoSmithKline expands Canadian manufacturing plant
June 20, 2011Manufacturing and Production GSK, pharma manufacturing news
GlaxoSmithKline has set aside almost £19 million ($31 million) to expand a manufacturing facility in Ontario, Canada, creating 70 additional …
NICE reprieved by government U-turn
June 20, 2011Sales and Marketing Health and Social Care Bill, NICE, value-based pricing
The government has performed an unexpected U-turn by allowing NICE to retain its powers to decide which new drugs the …
Double Helix appoints Sarah Frere-Cook and Ginevra Drinka
June 20, 2011Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing appointment, medical communications, sales and marketing
Double Helix has boosted its London-based strategic market research team with two new appointments. Sarah Frere-Cook joins as a research …
Actelion plans biotech start-up
June 20, 2011Research and Development Actelion, biotech
Swiss biopharmaceutical company Actelion is planning to launch a biotech start-up that would run separately from the main company. It …
Europe slower than US to approve new cancer drugs
June 17, 2011Sales and Marketing EMA, FDA, FDA approvals, new drug approvals
The European Medicines Agency approves fewer new oncology drugs than its US counterpart and takes nearly twice as long to …
Stem cell trial aims to cure macular degeneration
June 17, 2011Research and Development AMD, Advanced Cell Technology, Stargardt’s Macular Dystrophy, Stem cells, stem cell
A groundbreaking trial to explore the use of stem cells to treat macular degeneration has been launched. US company Advanced …
HRW appoints Esme Holt and Rob Egerton
June 17, 2011Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing appointment, medical communications, sales and marketing
Oxfordshire, UK-based market research company HRW has made two new appointments to its senior team. Esme Holt, who joined HRW …
New mixed media comms agency launched
June 17, 2011Medical Communications medical communications, medical communications agency
A new UK med comms agency aiming to bring fresh ideas to pharma with a special emphasis on new media …
Service Insight: Emotion – at the heart of the creative process
June 17, 2011Medical Communications Service Insight, advertising, creativity
SERVICE INSIGHTI once read an article about how advertising works which described an incident where a man was speared through …
NHS failed to use extra cancer drug funds
June 17, 2011Sales and Marketing Cancer, Cancer Drugs Fund, Erbitux, avastin
The million pound fund set up to increase NHS uptake of new cancer drugs was widely underused, with just over …
AZ establishes predictive science centre in Russia
June 17, 2011Research and Development AstraZeneca, Russia, predictive science
AstraZeneca is moving further into Russia with the establishment in St. Petersburg of a facility which aims to better assess …
Lundbeck to file alcoholism pill this year
June 16, 2011Sales and Marketing Biotie, Lundbeck, alcohol
Lundbeck plans to submit its alcohol dependency treatment for European approval later this year after trials showed it to cut …
Biocair appoints new business development managers
June 16, 2011Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development appointment, manufacturing and production, research and development
Biocair has appointed two new business development managers, Natalie Gerrard and Steve Taylor. Natalie Gerrard was promoted internally from within …
Sanofi signs regenerative medicines collaboration
June 16, 2011Research and Development Audion, Sanofi, hearing loss
Sanofi has signed a research pact with Audion Therapeutics to develop regenerative medicines for hearing loss. The company’s two-year deal …
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