Steve Lowery joins Synovate
January 6, 2010Sales and Marketing appointment, sales and marketing, synovate
Marketing intelligence agency Synovate has appointed Steve Lowery group head, custom healthcare, in the UK. Lowery joins Synovate from Kantar …
GSK’s Andrew Witty appointed president of EFPIA
January 5, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Andrew Witty, EFPIA, GSK, appointment, research and development, sales and marketing
GlaxoSmithKline chief executive Andrew Witty has been appointed president of EFPIA.He previously served as vice-president of the European industry association for two years and takes …
Novartis to acquire majority stake in Alcon
January 5, 2010Sales and Marketing Alcon, Novartis, eye care
Novartis plans to gain a majority hold of global eye care leader Alcon, significantly boosting its presence in the sector. …
Sanofi bags consumer healthcare specialist Chattem
January 5, 2010Chattem, OTC, Sanofi
Sanofi-Aventis looks set to become much bigger in over-the-counter pharmaceuticals with a $1.9 billion agreement to buy US company Chattem. …
Strong growth predicted for pharma contract services
January 5, 2010Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development contract research, industry, manufacturing and production
The market for contract services in the pharmaceutical sector has been pegged back since the end of 2008, but looks …
Lilly extends remit for finance chief Derica Rice
January 5, 2010Sales and Marketing appointment, lilly, sales and marketing
Lilly’s senior vice president and chief financial officer Derica Rice has taken on an expanded role. He becomes executive vice …
Roche plans striking new Basel offices
January 4, 2010Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Basel, Roche, construction
Roche has unveiled plans for its new main office building in Basel, Switzerland, that will accommodate more than 1,800 people …
Serge Weinberg joins board at Sanofi-Aventis
January 4, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi-Aventis, appointment, research and development, sales and marketing
Serge Weinberg has joined the board of directors at Sanofi-Aventis, replacing Gunter Thielen, who has resigned for personal reasons. The …
Medea wins European sedative account
January 4, 2010Medical Communications Medea, orion, sedative
Medical communications agency Medea Communications has landed a brief to prepare the ground for a new sedative from Finnish company …
Cancer Research UK and Merck KGaA to co-develop leukaemia candidate
January 4, 2010Research and Development Merck Serono, leukaemia, oncology
Cancer Research UK and Cancer Research Technology (CRT), the charity’s development and commercialisation arm, are to undertake a phase I …
New approaches in lung cancer
January 1, 2010Sales and Marketing lung cancer
Lung cancer is the most common cancer in the world, with 1.3 million new cases diagnosed every year. The vast …
Celgene
January 1, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Abraxane, Celgene, Revlimid, Thalidomide
Founded in 1986, Celgene was created as a spin off from the Celanese Corporation. Two years later, the company received …
Patient involvement must improve, says European regulator
December 31, 2009Sales and Marketing EMEA, patients
The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has admitted that the level of patient involvement in its activities is unsatisfactory.As a result …
Rebecca Lim to head up WorldEvents’ Asian expansion
December 24, 2009Business Services Rebecca Lim, WorldEvents, appointment, business services
Rebecca Lim has been appointed by WorldEvents to lead its new Hong Kong office. She is an event professional with …
Promising new drugs could bypass UK approval process
December 23, 2009Sales and Marketing MHRA, MISG, hta, market access
UK patients could next year be given access to drugs that are still in the later stages of clinical development, …
Pharma mergers and acquisitions in 2009
December 22, 2009Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Abbott, GSK, J&J, JJ, M&A, MA, Novartis, Pfizer, Wyeth, generics, industry, merger, year in review
This year saw two ‘mega mergers’ in the sector, the acquisition of Wyeth by Pfizer and the reverse takeover of …
PDS appoints Paul Butler and Martin Slade
December 22, 2009Manufacturing and Production PDS, Pharmaceutical Development Services, appointment, manufacturing and production
Pharmaceutical Development Services Ltd (PDS) has expanded its API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) auditing capability, appointing two new associates. Paul Butler …
US health reform heads for decisive vote
December 22, 2009Sales and Marketing Obama, Senate, US healthcare
The US Senate has passed new healthcare legislation, giving President Barack Obama signs of progress on reform in both parliamentary …
Contract research news in brief
December 22, 2009Research and Development AAIPharma, Benten BioServices, CRO, Covance, ICON, PharmaVigilant, Phase Forward, SynRG
Our round-up of developments in the contract research sector includes updates from ICON, SynRG, AAIPharma, Covance, Benten BioServices, Phase Forward …
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