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Aesica hires business development manager and director

October 30, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Aesica, muganga

Contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) Aesica has appointed Baali Muganga to the role of east coast US business development …

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‘Game-changing’ hep C pill gets FDA panel nod

October 29, 2013
Sales and Marketing FDA, Gilead, hep C, sofosbuvir

Gilead Science’s investigational hepatitis C drug sofosbuvir is one step closer to approval in the US after an FDA advisory …

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Strong sales for Biogen Idec’s MS drug

October 29, 2013
Sales and Marketing Biogen IDEC, Q3, gilenya, tecfidera

Biogen Idec’s oral multiple sclerosis (MS) drug Tecfidera lived up to its blockbuster-in-waiting billing with third quarter sales that exceeded …

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Amgen promotes two senior executives

October 29, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amgen

Amgen has promoted two senior executives as Brian McNamee becomes executive vice president and Stuart Tross senior vice president. McNamee …

New online tool to hear lung cancer patients’ stories

October 29, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, NSCLC, glcc, lung cancer

The Global Lung Cancer Coalition and Boehringer Ingelheim have teamed-up to increase awareness of the challenges facing individuals and families …

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PMCPA: Sanofi ‘discredited pharma’

October 28, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, PMCPA, Sanofi, breach

Sanofi has lowered the public’s confidence in the pharma industry, according to the PMCPA, which enforces the ABPI Code of …

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Novo recalls insulin shots on mis-dosing fears

October 28, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Novo Nordisk, flexpen, novomix, recall

Novo Nordisk is recalling around 3 million insulin products used to treat diabetes in Europe because of a possible manufacturing …

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Positive CHMP verdicts for Actelion and Lundbeck

October 28, 2013
Sales and Marketing Actelion, CHMP, FDA, Lundbeck

Actelion and Lundbeck both took a step closer to EU approval for two drugs seen as pivotal to their future …

Strategic planning: don’t just do it, use it

October 28, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MSI, craig, strategic planning

Every year, thousands of pharma employees spend endless hours in meetings discussing, building and presenting brand plans. Countless teams develop …

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Sanofi starts C. diff study

October 28, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing C diff, Sanofi Pasteur, cdi, clostridium

Sanofi’s vaccines division is beginning a Phase III programme looking at the safety and effectiveness of an investigational treatment for …

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Shire hires finance director

October 28, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Shire, dominic blakemore

Dominic Blakemore will join Shire’s Board from January next year as a non-executive director and member of its Audit, Compliance …

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AstraZeneca to close Brixham environmental lab

October 25, 2013
Manufacturing and Production API, AstraZeneca, brixham

AstraZeneca’s UK workers are facing more disruption following the company’s decision to close down a laboratory in Brixham focussing on …

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Samsung signs biologics deal with Roche

October 25, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Korea, Roche, Samsung

Roche is leaving nothing to chance in its pursuit of the biologics drug market, adding to its internal investment programme …

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October 25, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Med Comms

Synergy Vision expands client services team to meet demand in UK and Ireland Award-winning medical communications agency Synergy Vision is …

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Phoenix from Charnwood’s ashes

October 25, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Charnwood, medilink

The shuttering of AstraZeneca’s R&D site at Charnwood in Leicestershire has had a positive effect on the region’s life sciences …

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NICE ‘yes’ to Lucentis – with price cut

October 25, 2013
Sales and Marketing Dillon, Lucentis, NICE, Novartis

A price cut is the deal-breaking condition attached to NICE’s final draft guidance recommending Lucentis as an option for patients …

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Banker joins Lilly Board

October 25, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing jackson tai, lilly

Eli Lilly has appointed ex-investment banker Jackson Tai to its Board to serve on the Audit and Finance Committee from …

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LEO Pharma to release clinical trial data

October 24, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Goldacre, LEO Pharma, all trials, transparency

LEO Pharma has announced that it will start releasing clinical trial data from studies dating back to almost 25 years …

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IBM tests cancer diagnostic

October 24, 2013
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Zurich, ibm

IT giant IBM has teamed up with the University Hospital in Zurich to research a new oncology diagnostic test, in …

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bmore creative appoints strategy director

October 24, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing bmore creative

Design, advertising and digital agency bmore creative has appointed Paul Haley to join its management team as a strategy director.Having …

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