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Sanofi expands Iranian presence with memorandum agreement

January 29, 2016
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications Iran, Sanofi, Serge Weinberg

Sanofi has become the latest pharmaceutical company to expand its presence in post-sanctions Iran, signing a memorandum of co-operation with …

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Aslan Pharmaceuticals appoints eminent cancer researcher to chair scientific advisory board

January 28, 2016
Research and Development Aslan, Professor Sir David Lane

Aslan Pharmaceuticals has appointed four global cancer experts to its new scientific advisory board.The Board will be chaired by the …

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New HR head as Roche makes corporate executive committee changes

January 28, 2016
Medical Communications Roche

The Board of Directors has appointed Cristina Wilbur to succeed Silvia Ayyoubi as head of group human resources and member …

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opdivo

BMS says Phase III Opdivo head and neck cancer trial stopped early

January 28, 2016
Medical Communications, Research and Development

Bristol Myers Squibb has announced a Phase III study of Opdivo (nivolumab) in head and neck cancer patients was stopped early …

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Indian pharma market set to grow to $55 billion by 2020

January 28, 2016
Sales and Marketing GlobalData

The pharmaceuticals market in India, valued at $20 billion in 2015, is set to soar to $55 billion by 2020, …

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Roche beats estimates with strong 2015 sales

January 28, 2016
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Esbriet, Herceptin, Roche, avastin

Roche reported full-year financial results today, beating analysts’ estimates, with the Swiss drugmaker announcing Group sales increases for 2015 in …

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Lynparza

AZ’s Lynparza gets prostate cancer breakthrough status

January 28, 2016
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Breakthrough Therapy Designation, FDA, lynparza, olaparib, prostate cancer

AstraZeneca’s Lynparza has been granted breakthrough therapy designation by the FDA as a monotherapy for the treatment of a specific …

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Lilly and Roche team up on new Alzheimer’s diagnostic test

January 28, 2016
Research and Development Alzheimer's disease, Diagnostics, Roche, dementia, lilly

Eli Lilly has partnered with Roche Diagnostics to advance its development of a cerebrospinal fluid test for amyloid-beta 1-42, which …

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Joseph Jimenez

Novartis braces for cuts after mixed 2015 performance

January 28, 2016
Sales and Marketing Novartis, financial results, revenue, sales

Net sales at Novartis fell by 5% in 2015 – prompting the company to make billion-dollar changes to its business …

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Eric Low

Open access research partnership to ‘crowdsource’ new myeloma drugs

January 27, 2016
Research and Development Myeloma UK, Structural Genomics Consortium, collaboration, eric low, myeloma, partnership

Myeloma UK and the Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC) have entered into an open-access research partnership to find new drug targets …

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Former Hospira boss joins Alcon as Novartis makes senior leadership changes

January 27, 2016
Novartis

Swiss firm Novartis has announced several leadership changes, effective February 1, 2016.In a briefing to present the company’s financial results, …

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New biopharma heads for Merck in North America and China

January 27, 2016
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Gary Zieziula, Mark Horn, Merck

Merck has made two appointments in its biopharma business: Gary Zieziula will lead Merck’s biopharma business in North America and …

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Royal College of Physicians appoints new chief executive

January 27, 2016
Medical Communications Ian Bullock, Royal College of Physicians

Ian Bullock has been appointed chief executive of the Royal College of Physicians.  Prior to his appointment to the interim …

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PCI Pharma Services’ Tredegar site celebrates five years accident free

January 27, 2016
Medical Communications PCI Pharma Services

Pharmaceutical outsourcing suppler PCI Pharma Services has reached yet another significant safety milestone this month having operated for five full …

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Press release

Is bioscience still getting lost in translation?

January 27, 2016
Research and Development CASMI, Centre for Sustainable Medical Innovation, Professor Richard Barker, R&D, bioscience

After several years of anguish about pharmaceutical pipelines, R&D productivity seems to be picking up.New medicines and cell and gene …

Feature

Pharma ‘forced to innovate in patient recruitment and retention’

January 27, 2016
Research and Development Tufts, clinical trials, patient recruitment, patient retention

The ‘critical need’ to improve recruitment and retention in clinical trials is driving pharma to create a “structural change in …

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Jardiance

FDA reviews Jardiance as cardiovascular diabetes treatment

January 27, 2016
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, FDA, jardiance

The FDA has accepted Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly’s supplemental New Drug Application for their diabetes drug Jardiance to be …

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Alliance Pharmaceuticals appoints new head of international business

January 27, 2016
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Alliance Pharmaceuticals

Alliance Pharmaceuticals has appointed Karim Husny as head of international business- a role in which he will support all Alliance …

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NICE recommends six drugs in final guidance

January 27, 2016
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE

NICE has published final recommendations approving drug treatments for ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, multiple myeloma, gastric cancer and idiopathic pulmonary …

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Johnson & Johnson hit by fall in 2015 sales

January 27, 2016
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Janssen, Johnson and Johnson, financial results, revenue, sales

Full year sales at the healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson fell by 6% in 2015, to just over $70 billion, …

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