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Pharma firm seeks judicial review against transparency

May 21, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Richmond Pharmacology, hra, transparency

The battle for greater transparency in the pharma industry is to take another twist after a company lodged a legal …

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J&J to file 10 new key drugs by 2019

May 21, 2015
Sales and Marketing J&J, JJ

Johnson & Johnson says it plans to file 10 new products with regulators between 2015 and 2019 with each having …

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Pfizer board member stepping down

May 21, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Pfizer

Dr Marc Tessier-Lavigne is leaving Pfizer’s board of directors to work on the launch of Denali, a new biotech company …

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Industry awaits key immunotherapy results at ASCO

May 20, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, Cancer, oncology, pharma

This year’s American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference has a strong focus on immunotherapy, as pharma ramps up its …

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Scottish government doubles fund for new medicines

May 20, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Scotland, cystic fibrosis, medicines

The Scottish government will increase its New Medicines Fund next year to double the amount of money available to fund …

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NHS online starting to take shape

May 20, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing HSCIC, NHS, brett wells, nhs online

In England over 55 million patients can now order repeat prescriptions, book GP appointments and access their medical records online …

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Amgen hires senior VP, general counsel and secretary

May 20, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amgen, jonathan graham

Amgen has appointed Jonathan Graham as its senior vice president, general counsel and secretary who will take to his post in July. …

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Merck KGaA’s sales climb but key drugs fall

May 19, 2015
Sales and Marketing Erbitux, Merck, Merck KGaA, Q1, Rebif

Merck KGaA encountered an uneven start to 2015, with robust sales in the first quarter offset by declines in key …

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Endo lands a big fish with $8 billion Par Pharma deal

May 19, 2015
Sales and Marketing Endo, Valeant, par pharma

Endo is switching strategies from attempting to buy specialist pharma firms, to generics, having announced a huge $8 billion deal …

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AstraZeneca building $285m biologics plant in Sweden

May 19, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Sweden, Södertälje, brett wells

AstraZeneca is spending around $285 million on a new high-tech facility for manufacturing of biological medicines in Södertälje, Sweden. The …

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Pfizer head joins UK biotech Calchan

May 19, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pfizer, calhan, zahid ali

UK-based biotech Calchan has looked to Pfizer for appointing a new chief scientific officer in Zahid Ali. Ali has almost …

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Cameron restates £8 billion NHS funding plans

May 18, 2015
Sales and Marketing BMA, Cameron, NHS, UK

UK prime minister David Cameron has committed to extra funding for the NHS in his first major speech following the …

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FDA issues more diabetes drug warnings

May 18, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Boehringer, J&J, JJ, lilly

The FDA has warned that a class of type 2 diabetes drugs manufactured by several big pharma firms could cause …

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Boehringer widens IPF drug’s reach

May 18, 2015
Sales and Marketing Boehringer, Esbriet, ats, brett wells, nintedanib, ofev

Boehringer Ingelheim has highlighted new data for its idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) treatment Ofev in a Phase II study on …

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Takeda appoints new business unit director

May 18, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Takeda, craig adkins

Takeda UK has appointed Craig Adkins as the new director of its its inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) business unit. Adkins …

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The EU Falsified Medicines Directive: what does pharma need patients to know?

May 18, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing eu falsified, waarde

Recent legislation assumes that visual information can have direct effects on people’s behaviour. It starts from the assumption that a …

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Merck KGaA reveals ASCO plans

May 15, 2015
Sales and Marketing ASCO, Merck, Merck KGaA, Merck Serono, avelumab

Merck KGaA is the latest company to announce its slate for this year’s ASCO conference, and like other firms it …

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Teva lifted by positive migraine drug results

May 15, 2015
Sales and Marketing TEV-48125, Teva, headaches, migraine

Patients who take either dose of Teva’s investigational treatment for chronic migraine improve more than those taking a placebo according …

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London hospital pilots Apple watch app in chemotherapy

May 15, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, King’s College Hospital, brett wells, chemo, medopad, watch, wearables

King’s College Hospital in London is piloting a scheme whereby cancer patients moving through chemotherapy treatments are given an Apple …

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Virgo Health Education announces new senior team

May 15, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Virgo Health Education

Virgo Health Education has appointed a new head of medical education and announced a number of senior team promotions.  Katherine …

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