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Bennett appointed chairman of Monitor

February 18, 2011
Sales and Marketing Monitor, NHS

Monitor, the body which will take on a powerful new role in regulating competition in the NHS, has a new …

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Vidaza patient access scheme sways NICE

February 17, 2011
Sales and Marketing Celgene, NICE, Vidaza

Celgene’s Vidaza has been recommended by NICE in final draft guidance issued today. Vidaza (azacitidine) is recommended as a treatment …

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e-Therapeutics success in £17 million financing

February 17, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ETS2101, Invesco, e-Therapeutics

UK drug discovery and development company e-Therapeutics has successfully raised £17.6 million through a new share issue. The deal attracted …

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Tyverb

Pharma industry R&D pipelines

February 16, 2011
Research and Development pipeline, pipelines

 New medicines which advance the treatment of diseases are the lifeblood of the pharmaceutical industry, and billions are invested by …

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Lilly HQ

Lilly hails progress of new R&D approaches

February 16, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Chorus, Mirror Portfolio, R&D, lilly

Lilly says two of its experimental approaches to re-designing R&D are beginning to pay off.Like all of its peers, the …

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Companies join forces to promote AF awareness

February 16, 2011
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AF, Multaq, Pradaxa, apixaban, atrial fibrillation

Boehringer Ingelheim and Sanofi-Aventis are to co-sponsor the World Heart Federation’s global atrial fibrillation (AF) education campaign. AF AWARE was …

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Sanofi seals Genzyme deal for $20 billion

February 16, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Genzyme, Sanofi

Sanofi-Aventis has finally agreed a deal to buy Genzyme for $20.1 billion after eight months of wrangling with the US …

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Sefton takes over at Ketchum Pleon healthcare

February 16, 2011
Medical Communications Ketchum Pleon, PR, appointment, medical communications, recruitment

Ketchum Pleon, the leading communications consultancy in the UK and Europe, has announced today that Amanda Sefton has been named …

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Obama

Obama’s generics plan criticised

February 15, 2011
Sales and Marketing FDA, Obama, PhRMA, generics, reform

US pharma says new plans to end ‘pay-for-delay’ generics deals and shave five years from biologics exclusivity will threaten innovation …

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Sartoris

Sartorius reaps rewards from Asian boom

February 15, 2011
Manufacturing and Production

German lab and processing equipment group Sartorius reported a bumper year in 2010, with revenues up nearly 10% on the …

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Merck repels jaw injury claim

February 15, 2011
Sales and Marketing Fosamax, Merck, US, lawsuit

A New Jersey state court jury has found in favour of Merck & Co in the company’s ongoing legal battle …

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US Senate takes aim at prescription drug shortages

February 15, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Merck, Zostavax, shortages, supply chain

A bill aimed at tackling the ongoing problem of prescription drug shortages in the US has been introduced in the …

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Insulin pens help Gerresheimer to record sales

February 15, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Gerresheimer, glass, packaging, plastic

Gerresheimer has posted a bumper set of results in 2010, thanks to continuing strong demand for its glass and plastic …

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Sale of Organon facility in Oss may avert closure

February 15, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Merck & Co, Netherlands, Oss

The fate of an Organon manufacturing and R&D facility in the Netherlands, currently under threat of closure by parent company …

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R&D productivity worse than previously reported

February 15, 2011
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BIO, BMT, FDA, R&D

A new analysis of pharma’s R&D pipelines suggests the overall success rate for drugs moving from clinical trials to FDA …

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Biberach

Pharmaceutical manufacturing news in brief

February 15, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Boehringer Ingelheim, DSM Biologics, Elan, Novasep

Irish drugmaker Elan has forged an alliance with Boehringer Ingelheim to develop and manufacture antibody-based therapeutics. Under the terms of …

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mosquito

Medivir and Janssen in dengue fever research alliance

February 14, 2011
Research and Development Dengue fever, Medivir

Medivir, the speciality pharma company focused on infectious diseases, it to collaborate with Janssen on discovering and developing new medicines …

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Germany’s Merck pledges emphasis on women executives

February 14, 2011
Sales and Marketing Merck KGaA, Women in pharma, equality

Merck KGaA has set itself the goal of increasing its proportion of women managers over the next five years. The …

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7 Wins for Pulsar!

February 11, 2011
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing

Pulsar have done very well of late and managed to bag 1 silver Rx award and  6  New York Rx …

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Thought Leadership
AstraZeneca's social media white paper

Digital Pharma: AZ presses the case for social media in pharma

February 11, 2011
Medical Communications AZ, AstraZeneca, Digital Pharma blog, FDA, social media

Seemingly fed up with waiting for the FDA’s delayed social media guidance, AstraZeneca has published details of its own feedback …

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