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Professor Malcolm Grant

Grant nominated for key NHS Commissioning Board post

October 18, 2011
Commissioning Board, Malcolm Grant, NHS, Nicholson

The government has named its choice for one of the key roles at the new NHS Commissioning Board. Professor Malcolm …

News

EMA resources stretched by Mediator scandal

October 18, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, Mediator

The European Medicines Agency has been forced to use ‘considerable resources’ to deal with a flood of enquiries over Mediator …

News

Pharma Brands – join the live discussion on Twitter

October 17, 2011
Sales and Marketing branding, brands

Do pharma marketers need to kill off the ‘smiley happy people’ and update their approach to branding?  InPharm will host …

Feature
Roche

Roche buys US firm Anadys for $230 million

October 17, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Roche, hepatitis C

Roche has acquired US firm Anadys for $230 million, bolstering its infectious drugs pipeline. California-based Anadys develops oral, small molecule …

News

Russian diabetes market to grow to $1.7 billion

October 17, 2011
Sales and Marketing Russia, diabetes

Russia’s diabetes market is set be worth $1.7 billion by 2015, according to a new report. Industry analysts Decision Resources’ …

News

Frontera appoints creative director

October 14, 2011
Medical Communications appointment, medical communications

Covent Garden-based comms agency Frontera has appointed Bruno Cepollina as creative director. The former creative partner at McCann Healthcare is …

Appointment

Health service’s £1bn patent expiry windfall

October 14, 2011
Sales and Marketing generics, patent expiry

Patent expiries could shave £1 billion from  the NHS drugs bill, and could yield major savings by 2015 for the …

Feature

Pfizer to research prescription drug costs for the elderly

October 14, 2011
Sales and Marketing Pfizer

Pfizer has signed a five-year research pact with US healthcare insurer Humana to investigate treatment costs for the elderly. The …

News

Genzyme completes expansion at Waterford plant

October 14, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Genzyme, Sanofi

Sanofi’s Genzyme unit has officially opened a €150 million expansion at its ten-year-old biotechnology facility in Waterford, Ireland that will …

News
Yervoy

NICE: Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Yervoy too costly

October 14, 2011
Sales and Marketing NICE, Yervoy

Bristol Myers Squibb has failed to win NICE backing for its melanoma drug Yervoy after the Institute judged its £80,000 …

News
Avastin

NHS regions back Avastin for eye disease

October 14, 2011
Sales and Marketing avastin

Regional NHS authorities around England are approving the use of Avastin instead of Lucentis for ophthalmology patients. A number of …

News
Kindle Fire

Keep taking the tablets

October 13, 2011
Sales and Marketing ipad, tablet pc

Online giant Amazon has just launched Fire, its rival to Apple’s trendsetting iPad, upping the ante in the ‘tablet’ market. …

Feature
Roche

Roche revenue drops as key products underperform

October 13, 2011
Sales and Marketing Roche

Roche has posted worse-than-expected figures for the first nine months of this year after key products failed to shine and …

News

NICE recommends RoActemra for early use in arthritis

October 13, 2011
Sales and Marketing NICE, RoActemra

NICE has recommended Roche’s drug RoActemra be used at an earlier stage for some arthritis patients. In draft guidance NICE …

News

Lords’ Health Bill challenge fails

October 12, 2011
NHS reform

The government’s NHS reforms have survived a challenge in the House of Lords that have delayed them until the next …

News

Bayer planning joint venture to make drugs in Russia

October 12, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Bayer, pharma manufacturing news

Germany’s Bayer AG has joined a number of its peers in the pharmaceutical industry with the signing of an agreement …

News
Europe

Pharmacovigilance at heart of EC patient information proposals

October 12, 2011
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing patient information

Pharmacovigilance is at the centre of revised proposals announced this week setting out what information pharma firms can put on …

News

Charities support new electronic patient records

October 12, 2011
Sales and Marketing IT, NHS, electronic patient records

The troubled project to launch an NHS-wide electronic patient record system has received new support from patient groups.The Summary Care …

News

Quintiles opens new European headquarters in the UK

October 12, 2011
Research and Development Quintiles, research and development news

Pharmaceutical services company Quintiles has opened a new European headquarters in the UK. The Reading, Berkshire facility will house more …

News

Peers to vote on delaying the Health Bill

October 12, 2011
NHS reforms

The government’s health reforms face the prospect of a significant delay if a vote today goes against them. Peers in …

News
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