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Dendreon eyes late 2011 European cancer vaccine filing

January 10, 2011
Sales and Marketing Cancer, Denreon, Provenge, cancer vaccine, sipuleucel, vaccines

Dendreon Group is to seek marketing authorisation in Europe for the world’s first immunotherapy cancer vaccine in late 2011 or …

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Cephalon’s Paul Harmon joins IPHA board

January 10, 2011
Sales and Marketing Cephalon, IPHA, Paul Harmon, appointment, sales and marketing

Cephalon’s Paul Harmon has been elected to the prescription medicines division strategy board of Irish pharma association IPHA, a role …

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Regulators fast-track Merck’s hepatitis C drug boceprevir

January 7, 2011
Sales and Marketing Merck & Co, boceprevir, hepatitis C, telaprevir

Merck’s new oral hepatitis C drug boceprevir will receive fast track reviews from both the FDA and the EMA after …

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Pfizer's Les Meningo – Smash Pursuit iPhone app

Digital Pharma: Pfizer, J&J and Merck withdraw iPhone apps

January 7, 2011
Medical Communications Android, Blackberry, Digital Pharma blog, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Pfizer, apps, ipad, iphone

Big pharma companies have pulled a number of apps from the iTunes store, but it’s not a sign the industry …

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Just:: to help three health charities

January 7, 2011
Medical Communications charity, just health pr

Three healthcare charities are to receive help with communications free of charge from Just:: Health PR. The PR company is …

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GSK's UK headquarters

GSK signs £64m autoimmune antibody deal

January 7, 2011
Research and Development GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, ImmuTune IMP731, Immutep, autoimmune diseases

GlaxoSmithKline has signed a worldwide licence agreement for a novel antibody designed to treat autoimmune diseases.The company will pay up …

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Sanofi workers strike in France

January 7, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi, Sanofi-Aventis, strikes, unions

Sanofi-Aventis workers have gone on strike in France as the company looks to cut jobs. Nine unions representing workers at …

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Clare Panter joins Woolley Pau PR

January 7, 2011
Medical Communications Clare Panter, Woolley Pau, appointment, medical communications

Clare Panter has joined Woolley Pau’s PR arm as a PR account executive. She is a keen writer and recently …

Appointment
Avastin (bevacizumab) packs

Study highlights Avastin heart failure risk

January 6, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Roche, avastin, bevacizumab, breast cancer

A new study confirms that Roche’s Avastin is linked to a small but significant increased risk of heart failure in …

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Biogen Idec appoints new head of R&D

January 6, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Biogen IDEC, Douglas Williams, Steven Holtzman, appointment, research and development, sales and marketing

Biogen Idec has a new head of research and development, appointing Douglas Williams to oversee its global operations. The position …

Appointment

Janssen’s Invega wins schizoaffective approval in Europe

January 6, 2011
Sales and Marketing Invega, Janssen, paliperidone ER, schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia

Janssen’s Invega has become the first drug to be licensed in Europe to treat schizoaffective disorder. European regulators approved Invega …

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Leukaemia drug fast-tracked by NICE

January 6, 2011
Sales and Marketing Bendamustine, Levact, NICE, Napp, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, leukaemia

A treatment for patients with the most common form of leukaemia has been fast tracked by NICE because of strong …

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Bayer submits new Xarelto indications for European approval

January 6, 2011
Sales and Marketing Bayer, DVT, Xarelto, atrial fibrillation, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, rivaroxaban, stroke prevention

Bayer is seeking European regulatory approval for a batch of new indications for its oral anticoagulant Xarelto. The company is …

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GSK's UK headquarters

GSK hits back at 60 Minutes whistleblower interview

January 6, 2011
Manufacturing and Production 60 Minutes, Avandamet, Bactroban, Cheryl Eckard, GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, Kytril, Paxil, manufacturing compliance

GlaxoSmithKline has responded to an edition of US current affairs show 60 Minutes centring on manufacturing problems at its now-closed …

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BMS appoints Dr Veronique Walsh

January 5, 2011
Sales and Marketing BMS, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Dr Véronique Walsh, appointment, sales and marketing

Bristol-Myers Squibb UK has appointed Dr Véronique Walsh as business unit director, neuroscience and immunoscience . She joins the company …

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Merck KGaA opens outsourcing centre in India

January 5, 2011
Research and Development Application and Technology Centre, India, Merck KGaA, Merck Millipore, Millipore, outsourcing

Merck KGaA has opened a new technology centre near Mumbai in India that will offer a range of research services …

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Contract research news in brief

January 5, 2011
Research and Development Accel Synthesis, Almac, Bioanalytical Systems, Caliper Life Sciences, Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, Critical Path Services, Pharmasset, ReSearch Pharmaceutical Services, ResourcingPoint, Warburg Pincus

Private equity firm Warburg Pincus buys RPS for $227 million, plus updates from BASi, Almac, Caliper, and Critical Path Services/Accel …

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medeConnect Healthcare Insight appoints new managing director

January 5, 2011
Research and Development Doctors.net.uk, market research, medeconnect, medical professionals, qualitative, research

 

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Flu ad campaign dusted off as cases rise

January 5, 2011
Medical Communications NHS, UK, disease awareness, flu, influenza

The Department of Health this week relaunched its advertising campaign to remind people of the importance of good hand and …

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NHS faces its toughest ever year

January 5, 2011
BMA, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS White Paper, NHS reforms, clinical commissioning

Doctors leaders and healthcare managers have used their New Year messages to warn of hard times in 2011 for the …

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