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Actavis changes its name to Allergan

June 16, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Actavis, Allergan, Botox, Valeant

Actavis has now officially changed its name to Allergan following the Ireland-based company’s recent acquisition of the botox maker. This …

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Pfizer expands in China with $95m consumer products plant

June 16, 2015
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Pfizer says it has broken ground with a $95 million production facility in Suzhou in China to expand its production …

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FDA links with PatientsLikeMe

June 16, 2015
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The US Food and Drug Administration has signed a research deal with PatientsLikeMe in a move the online patient network …

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Rock Unlimited appoints director

June 16, 2015
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Communications firm Rock Unlimited has appointed a new director to its team in Ben Fisher. Fisher takes to the firm …

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FDA accepts Teva asthma drug for review

June 15, 2015
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline’s mepolizumab, Teva, benralizumab, bla, cinquil, reslizumab

Teva’s investigational biologic for the treatment of inadequately controlled asthma in patients with elevated blood eosinophils, Cinquil, has been accepted …

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Bayer promotes Xarelto benefits

June 15, 2015
Sales and Marketing Bayer, Eliquis, Xarelto, blood, law suits, rivaroxaban

Bayer HealthCare is releasing new evidence to suggest that the risk of taking its best-selling blood thinner Xarelto is outweighed …

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Consumer watchdog highlights FDA failures

June 15, 2015
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Consumer watchdog Public Citizen has criticised the FDA for incorrectly expanding the use of Vanda Pharma’s sleep disorder drug Hetlioz …

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Amgen bets on immunotherapy future

June 15, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amgen, immunotherapy, oncology, oncolytic, tom lillie

When we speak to Tom Lillie he’s brimming with excitement about the future for Amgen in oncology and the future …

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DrugDev looks to Lilly for chairman role

June 15, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing drugdev, jeffrey kasher, lilly

Dr Jeffrey Kasher has joined US healthcare tech firm DrugDev as the chairman of its advisory board. Kasher takes 28 …

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China flu vaccine gets WHO seal of approval

June 12, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Hualan Biological Bacterin, WHO, influenza

A Chinese influenza vaccine has been deemed safe and effective by The World Health Organization (WHO). The approval makes its …

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MSF campaigns to uphold cheap Indian generics

June 12, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Doctors Without Borders, India, MSF, Médecins Sans Frontières

Charity Médecins Sans Frontières is urging Indian prime minister Narendra Modi to stand tall and not give in to pressure …

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Panasonic snaps up Bayer diabetes

June 12, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Bayer, panasonic

Bayer is selling off its Diabetes Care business to Panasonic Healthcare Holdings, giving the Japanese giant access to blood glucose …

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AstraZeneca head of R&D exits role

June 12, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Briggs Morrison

Briggs Morrison who joined AstraZeneca in 2012 and played an instrumental part in defending its takeover by Pfizer, is abruptly …

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NHS could save £5 billion each year with modest reform

June 11, 2015
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The chairman of the NHS procurement and efficiency board Lord Carter has said the UK health body could save billions …

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Turing names R&D president

June 11, 2015
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Turing Pharmaceuticals has appointed life sciences executive and medical researcher Dr Eliseo Salinas to the company as president of R&D. …

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NICE rejects Otelza but SMC recommends it

June 11, 2015
Sales and Marketing Astellas, Celgene, NHS, NICE, SMC, Xtandi, otezla

Draft guidance issued by NICE has seen rejections for products including Celgene’s Otelza and Astellas Pharma’s Xtandi, and a call …

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GSK investigator freed from Chinese prison

June 10, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, brett wells, bribery, scandal

British private investigator Peter Humphrey who worked for GlaxoSmithKline has been released from a Chinese jail following his conviction last …

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Data supports switching to Hospira biosimilar for RA

June 10, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EULAR, Hospira, Janssen, RA, brett wells, celltrion, inflectra, rome

Findings presented at EULAR this week from the first real-world study in patients with rheumatic diseases supports switching from J&J’s …

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Coalition launches to tackle AMR

June 10, 2015
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A new, not-for-profit coalition has launched with a mission to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and what it sees as the …

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Red Door Unlimited appoints two digital consultants

June 10, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Red Door, gill dynn, jock mcewan

Red Door Unlimited has appointed two consultants in Jock McEwan who joins as digital senior account director, and Gill Dunn …

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