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Roche schizophrenia drug fails

January 21, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Roche, biopertin, schizophrenia

Roche’s investigational schizophrenia drug bitopertin has failed to help patients with the disorder’s negative symptoms when pitted against placebo. Two …

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Manufacturing news in brief

January 21, 2014
Manufacturing and Production BASF, Heidelberg CSAT, Markem-Imaje, SEPIPROD and Micro-Sphere/NanoMaterials Technology, SPL, Shenzhen Hepalink

Shenzhen Hepalink buys SPL and Markem-Imaje takes over Heidelberg CSAT, plus a new science park in the UK and updates …

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Novasep adds president to complete its executive team

January 21, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Nieuwenhove, Novasep

Thierry Van Nieuwenhove has joined contract manufacturing organisation Novasep as president of its Synthesis business unit. Educated as a bio-engineer, Van …

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Actavis makes Aurobindo sale

January 21, 2014
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Actavis is to sell its commercial operations in seven European countries to Aurobindo Pharma in a bid to put more …

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Government sugar tsar works for Coca-Cola and Mars

January 20, 2014
Sales and Marketing UK government, action on sugar, macdonald

It has been revealed that the man tasked by the UK government to help implement tougher regulation on sugar levels …

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Ranbaxy quality issues hit sixth plant; seeks Diovan workaround

January 20, 2014
Manufacturing and Production FDA, Ranbaxy, fines, manufacturing

Yet another plant operated by India’s Ranbaxy has been held up by US Food and Drug Administration over quality deficiencies, …

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Merck recalls Liptruzet on packaging defects

January 20, 2014
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Merck & Co has been forced to undertake a massive recall of its combination cholesterol-lowering drug Liptruzet in the US …

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J&J to sell division for $4.1 billion

January 20, 2014
Sales and Marketing Diagnostics, J&J, JJ, carlyle, ocd, ortho-clinical

Johnson & Johnson has been offered $4.15 billion by private equity firm The Carlyle Group to buy its Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics …

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Shire sheds Dermagraft at $650m loss

January 20, 2014
Sales and Marketing Organogenesis, Shire, dermagraft

Shire has offloaded its Dermagraft business to Organogenesis just three years after purchasing the company. Given the sale has come …

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Problems and solutions

January 20, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing adams, culture, pharma, problems, social media

Not long ago I was asked to be involved in a project that filmed UK-based pharma journalists in order to …

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New chair for British Generic Manufacturers Association

January 20, 2014
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Thomas Broeer has been elected as chair of 





The British Generic Manufacturers Association (BGMA). Broeer, managing director of Kent Pharmaceuticals, …

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Europe nod for Gilead HCV pill

January 20, 2014
Sales and Marketing FDA, Gilead, HCV, hep C, sofosbuvir, sovaldi

Gilead Sciences’ once-daily, oral hepatitis C treatment Sovaldi has been given the green light by the European Commission, just a …

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Google to use contact lens as diabetes monitor

January 17, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing calico, contact, diabetes, google, lens

Google is developing a new type of contact lens designed to help patients with diabetes measure their blood sugar levels. …

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Actavis: China is ‘too risky’

January 17, 2014
Sales and Marketing Actavis, China, bribery, generics, risky

The boss of generic drug manufacturer Actavis says his company is pulling out of China because the business environment there …

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Technology to dominate 2014 for businesses

January 17, 2014
Medical Communications 2014, Cloud Computing, IT, digital, e-zest, technology

2014 will see healthcare businesses and governments rapidly absorb new technologies in order to enhance user experience and foster innovation …

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Ian Gilham appointed chairman of the board at Horizon Discovery





January 17, 2014
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Research tools firm Horizon Discovery has appointed Dr Ian Gilham as chairman of its board of directors.



  Gilham’s healthcare industry …

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Gene trial ‘restores sight’

January 17, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, choroideremia, eyes

A UK Phase I trial of a gene therapy designed to restore sight in patients suffering from an inherited form …

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FDA issues online guidance

January 16, 2014
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The FDA has issued new guidance on what online promotional material pharma needs to show it. The document is out …

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Reprieve for Merck’s vorapaxar

January 16, 2014
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An FDA committee has voted that Merck’s troubled heart drug vorapaxar should be approved by the US regulator. The advisory …

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Heptares appoints Tim Tasker as chief medical officer



January 16, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Heptares, tim tasker

Drug development firm Heptares Therapeutics has appointed Dr Tim Tasker as its chief medical officer (CMO) and VP of Development. …

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