Star team expands
April 14, 2010Business Services Star, appointment, business services
UK resourcing company Star has appointed three new recruitment consultants and a team leader. Nick Loades joins the head office …
Reprieve for GSK workers as NY plant closure is cancelled
April 13, 2010Manufacturing and Production GSK
The jobs of up to 210 workers at a GlaxoSmithKline plant in New York, USA, have been saved after the …
Indian pharma market ‘impossible to ignore’
April 13, 2010Sales and Marketing India, em
A new report by consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers says that India will become one of the top ten sales markets by …
GSK agrees generic deal on Malarone
April 13, 2010Sales and Marketing GSK, depression, generics
Generic versions of two GlaxoSmithKline products have received the green light for launch in the US. Mylan has been given …
Roche buys insulin patch company
April 13, 2010Research and Development Diagnostics, Roche, diabetes
Roche has acquired insulin delivery specialist company Medingo to consolidate its presence in the diabetes care market. Medingo, formerly a …
Dr Simon Best joins Aquapharm as chief executive
April 13, 2010Research and Development Aquapharm, Aquapharm Biodiscovery, appointment, research and development
Aquapharm has appointed Dr Simon Best (pictured) chief executive in a move that sees the Scottish marine biotechnology company’s current …
Conservatives can manage us best, says NHS staff survey
April 12, 2010Sales and Marketing NHS, election
A new opinion poll suggest frontline NHS clinicians believe the Conservatives are best placed to manage the health service. Market …
NICE responds to Daily Mail cancer drug claims
April 12, 2010Sales and Marketing NICE, Sutent, election, off label
NICE has responded to a Daily Mail article on access to cancer drugs, in order to clear up claims of …
Parexel launches software for post-approval trials
April 12, 2010Research and Development CRO, Parexel
Contract research organisation Parexel has launched a new web-based technology platform for late phase clinical research that it says makes …
Contract research news in brief
April 12, 2010Research and Development Ingenix, Medpace, NIB, NexMed, RDNIB
A round-up of recent developments in the clinical research arena includes an expansion for NexMed’s pre-clinical division, acquisitions for Medpace …
King’s Fund report praises NHS progress
April 12, 2010NHS, election, king's fund
A new King’s Fund report on how the NHS has fared under 13 years of Labour government has concluded that …
Making the matrix work
April 12, 2010Sales and Marketing sales force, sales force effectiveness
The idea of the ‘Matrix Organisation’ has caught on in recent years, but what is it exactly, and what are …
AZ’s Phil Krzyzek moves to Quintiles
April 12, 2010Sales and Marketing Quintiles, appointment, sales and marketing
Phil Krzyzek has joined Quintiles as UK business development director for its Commercial business. Phil was most recently a marketing …
Italy’s new R&D centre launched by Burns
April 9, 2010Research and Development Italy
The recently retired head of Roche’s pharma division has called for more public-private partnerships in the pharma industry. William Burns …
Merck to be hit by Cozaar generics
April 9, 2010Merck, Teva, generics
Generic versions of Merck’s hypertension treatments Cozaar and Hyzaar are to be launched in the US for the first time. …
Sanofi-Aventis signs drug with potential to reverse diabetes
April 9, 2010Research and Development Sanofi, diabetes
Sanofi-Aventis has signed a deal with a US biotech firm to develop a new treatment which could restore patients’ ability …
Mike Isles joins EAASM
April 9, 2010Manufacturing and Production EAASM, appointment, manufacturing and production, supply chain
The European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines (EAASM) has appointed Mike Isles executive director. He was most recently at …
Genentech opens $400m fill-and-finish plant
April 8, 2010Manufacturing and Production Genentech
US biotech giant Genentech has officially opened its new 296,000 sq. ft. biologics manufacturing facility in Hillsboro, near Portland, Oregon. …
AstraZeneca dodges another Seroquel lawsuit
April 8, 2010Sales and Marketing AZ, Seroquel, US
AstraZeneca has defeated another US lawsuit seeking compensation for diabetes side-effects allegedly caused by its drug Seroquel. A US Federal …
Talking Point: Humour and healthcare advertising
April 8, 2010Medical Communications Pulsar, Talking Point, medical communications
It will come as no surprise when I say that humour in healthcare advertising is a rare occurrence. So why …
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