Biotech lobbies for further UK tax breaks
March 17, 2011Research and Development BIA, R&D tax credits, biotech
Biotech companies are calling on Chancellor George Osborne to provide extra incentives for research in his forthcoming Budget. The budget …
Pharma industry wary of UK drug pricing changes
March 17, 2011Sales and Marketing ABPI, National Voices, PPRS, Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme, Simon Jose, UK drug pricing, VBP, value-based pricing
The ABPI wants the current drug pricing system to remain, but has welcomed government proposals to take a broader view …
Japan’s pharma industry pledges to maintain medicines supply
March 17, 2011Sales and Marketing Astellas, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo, Eisai, Japan, earthquake
Pharmaceutical firms in Japan have escaped the very worst of the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami, and have …
MSD’s Deepak Khanna to chair American Pharmaceutical Group
March 17, 2011Research and Development, Sales and Marketing American Pharmaceutical Group, Deepak Khanna, MSD, merck sharp and dohme
Merck Sharp and Dohme’s UK managing director Deepak Khanna has been appointed chairman of the American Pharmaceutical Group. The APG …
Novartis to close UK manufacturing site, research downsized
March 16, 2011Research and Development Horsham, Novartis, respiratory
Novartis is to close its manufacturing site in Horsham, West Sussex, but will retain its work in respiratory research at …
Novartis to close UK research site
March 16, 2011Research and Development Horsham, Novartis, job cuts, pharma job cuts
[UPDATE: Novartis has confirmed it will close its manufacturing site in Horsham, but continue to conduct respiratory research at the site …
Novo’s diabetes drug Victoza approved in China
March 16, 2011Sales and Marketing Glucagon-Like Peptide-1, Novo Nordisk, Victoza, diabetes in China, liraglutide, type 2 diabetes
Novo Nordisk’s injectable diabetes drug Victoza has been given regulatory approval in China. The Chinese State Food and Drug Administration …
Digital Pharma: UK healthcare Twitter group is launched
March 16, 2011Medical Communications Digital Pharma blog, Twitter, hcsmeu, hcsmuk
A new Twitter group is launched today to provide a forum for discussing social media and its impact on healthcare …
New Regulatory & Pharmacovigilance training webinars available
March 15, 2011Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
Wainwright Associates have designed a multitude of courses on general and specific regulatory & pharmacovigilance topics including:• Analytical Validation• Appeals, Hearings and …
Pfizer’s CRO plans for Sandwich will have limited impact
March 15, 2011Business Services, Research and Development Jobs, Kent, Pfizer, Sandwich, job cuts
Pfizer’s efforts to attract contract research organisations to take over part of its Sandwich research site will only benefit a …
CO2 could simplify pharma processing, say US chemists
March 15, 2011C02, carbon dioxide, manufacturing techniques, pharma manufacturing
Carbon dioxide could hold the key to a quicker, easier and greener method for manufacturing a range of commonly-used pharmaceuticals, …
J&J charged with US manufacturing violations
March 15, 2011Manufacturing and Production J&J, JJ, Johnson and Johnson, McNeil Consumer Healthcare, McNeil Fort Washington, McNeil recall, Motrin recall, manufacturing compliance, pharma manufacturing, recalls
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary McNeil Consumer Healthcare has been officially charged with manufacturing and distributing drugs in violation of federal …
Daiichi recalls contaminated paediatric vaccines
March 15, 2011Manufacturing and Production ActHIB, Daiichi Sankyo, manufacturing compliance, padiatric vaccine recall, recalls, vaccines
Japanese drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo has recalled around 1.3 million doses of the paediatric vaccine ActHIB, manufactured by Sanofi-Aventis, because of …
Lib Dems push for major amendments in Health Bill
March 14, 2011Dr Even Harris, Health and Social Care Bill, Liberal Democrat health policy, NHS, NHS reforms
Liberal Democrats activists have rejected the government’s NHS reform programme, voting overwhelmingly in favour of a major amendment to the …
Bayer-helmed oncology biomarker project launched
March 14, 2011Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development AstraZeneca, Bayer, Janssen, Max Planck Institute, Merck, OncoTrack, Pfizer, Roche, biomarkers, oncology
A project to develop the next generation of oncology biomarkers has been launched in Berlin. The pharma industry and European …
Pfizer sells Irish manufacturing facility to Amgen
March 14, 2011Manufacturing and Production Amgen, Dun Laoghaire, Ireland, Pfizer, pharma manufacturing, pharma manufacturing in Ireland
Amgen has come to the rescue of 280 workers whose jobs were threatened by the closure of a manufacturing facility …
Diabetes trial disappointment for GSK and Tolerx
March 14, 2011Research and Development DEFEND-1, DEFEND-2, GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, Tolerx, diabetes, otelixizumab, type I diabetes
GSK and Tolerx’s type I diabetes drug otelixizumab has failed to meet its primary endpoint in a late-stage trial. Anti-CD3 …
Anticipating the competition in pharma
March 14, 2011Sales and Marketing business intelligence, competitor intelligence, market research
Sun Tzu, the ancient Chinese military strategist wrote: “Conquerors estimate before the war begins, and they consider everything; the defeated …
NICE rejects PharmaMar’s ovarian cancer drug Yondelis
March 14, 2011Sales and Marketing Cancer, NICE, PharmaMar, Trabectedin, Yondelis, ovarian cancer
NICE has rejected PharmaMar’s ovarian cancer drug in final draft guidance due to a lack of ‘robust’ data. Yondelis (trabectedin) …
Former Gates Foundation director joins Sanofi
March 14, 2011Research and Development Dr Richard Klausner, Sanofi-Aventis, appointment, research and development
Sanofi-Aventis has appointed a former Gates Foundation director to chair its strategic development and scientific advisory council. Dr Richard Klausner …
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