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Now China’s pharma firms under spotlight

September 13, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical, China, bribery, corruption, pharma

The net cast out by Chinese authorities over the country’s pharma industry may be about to ensnare its first domestic …

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Fake drugs warning from pharma

September 13, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing EFPIA, WHO, counterfeit, viagra

Pharma has warned that not enough is being done to protect consumers from counterfeit medicines – particularly those bought online …

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Quintiles president to chair Idis

September 13, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing IDIS, Quintiles, thomis

Former Quintiles president Jeff Thomis has been appointed to the role of chairman at Idis. In his new role, Thomis …

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Bayer partners with US academics

September 13, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Cancer, broad, oncology

Bayer HealthCare and a prestigious US academic institution have signed a five-year deal to find new oncology treatments. The German …

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Hunt: GPs to care for elderly

September 12, 2013
Sales and Marketing GP, Hunt, NHS, elderly

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt says that GPs are in line to become the named clinician responsible for elderly people’s care …

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Sanofi withdraws lixisenatide US application

September 12, 2013
Sales and Marketing FDA, Lixisenatide, Sanofi, diabetes, elixa

In a blow to its diabetes pipeline, Sanofi has withdrawn a new drug application (NDA) for lixisenatide in the US …

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Amicus links with Biogen Idec

September 12, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amicus, Biogen IDEC, Parkinson's

Amicus Therapeutics and Biogen Idec have signed a collaboration agreement which will see them look for novel small molecules for …

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LipoScience reappoints chief medical officer

September 12, 2013
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Diagnostics firm LipoScience has once again hired William Cromwell to be its chief medical officer. He joins the company for …

UK trial rules tightened up

September 11, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing all trials, hra, transparency

Anyone wanting to conduct clinical trials in the UK will have to register their research in order to receive a …

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AstraZeneca pays Merck for cancer drug

September 11, 2013
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, Merck, WEE1

AstraZeneca is to pay $50 million up front to get a worldwide licensing deal for one of Merck’s investigational drugs …

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NHS Confederation chief executive quits to be a consultant

September 11, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Mike Farrar, NHS, scandal

Mike Farrar is to stand down as chief executive of the NHS Confederation at the end of the month in …

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Biogen signs neurology deal

September 11, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Biogen IDEC, Isis, antisense, neurology

Biogen Idec and Isis Pharmaceuticals have entered their fourth partnership in two years in a deal that will see the …

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