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AstraZeneca loses US Pulmicort patent

February 16, 2015
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Budesonide Inhalation Suspension, asthma, pulmicourt, respiratory

British drugmaker AstraZeneca has been dealt a blow by the courts in the US, after a district judge ruled its …

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Onyx Health appoints account manager

February 16, 2015
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UK healthcare marketing communications firm experts Onyx Health have hired Dean Forbes to develop their marketing, PR and branding services.  …

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Big Data has yet to hit the big time

February 16, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astellas, Big Data, chris poole, data, development, mark thornton

Big data has taken quite a knocking over the past year. First, from some sceptics who have warned big data …

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TiGenix and Lonza partner on stem cell manufacturing

February 13, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Crohn’s disease, Lonza, Stem cells, TiGenix, crohn's disease, eascs, manufacturing, spa

Stem cell therapy developer TiGenix has enlisted the help of biologics manufacturer Lonza to produce its medicine Cx601 for late-stage …

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Hormone replacement therapy elevates ovarian cancer risk

February 13, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, HRT, Lancet, Oxford, oncology, ovarian

According to a new study women who undergo hormone replacement therapy nearly double their risk of developing ovarian cancer.  Findings …

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Celgene’s blood cancer pill too expensive for NHS

February 13, 2015
Sales and Marketing Celgene, NHS, NICE, Pomalidomide, imnovid, myeloma

NICE has decided not to recommend Celgene’s Imnovid for treating patients with multiple myeloma – a cancer that affects white …

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Boehringer and Sanofi admit to code breaches

February 13, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Boehringer, PMCPA, Sanofi, afatinib, giotrif

Sanofi and Boehringer Ingelheim have both admitted to breaching the ABPI Code of Practice, with Sanofi set to be publicly …

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Sanofi makes gene therapy move

February 13, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Genzyme, Sanofi, Voyager Therapeutics, gene therapy, merger

Sanofi has signalled its intent to develop gene therapy treatments for nerve diseases through a $745 million deal with US …

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New director at IMC Healthcare Communication

February 13, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing imc healthcare communication, stephanie westwood

Dr Stephanie Westwood has joined IMC Healthcare Communication as a medical and scientific director. Westwood was previously a scientific director …

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Google search results to include health facts

February 12, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing digital, google, health, internet, knowledge graph, wearables

Google is set to introduce health information directly into its search results as increasing numbers of people use search engines …

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Websites selling illegal drugs increasingly face closure

February 12, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing MHRA, counterfeit, drugs, illegal, on tap, websites

The number of websites shut down by the MHRA for selling illegal pharmaceutical products has increased dramatically in recent years, …

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New support guidelines for NHS whistleblowers

February 12, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing CCG, Jeremy Hunt, NHS, comms, robert francis, whistleblowers

New guidelines to support NHS whistleblowers have been proposed by Sir Robert Francis QC – who led the inquiry into …

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Apple hails health benefits of new watch

February 12, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, FDA, cook, healthkit, watch, wearables

Users of the upcoming Apple Watch will be prompted to be more active because ‘sitting is the new cancer’ according …

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RSA hires three new consultants

February 12, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Beatriz de Luis, Maria-Angeles Garcia, Omar de Bary, rsa

Executive search and interims specialist firm RSA has announced three new appointments to its team of consultants in the UK. …

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Pharma is boosting pipelines to avoid patent cliff

February 11, 2015
Sales and Marketing Biogen IDEC, Moody's, dimethyl fumarate, lilly, pharma, pipelines, sofosbuvir, sovaldi, tecfidera

Pharmaceutical companies have improved their pipelines of new drugs over the last 18 months according to financial analysts Moody’s Investors …

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US measles outbreak worst for 15 years

February 11, 2015
Sales and Marketing FDA, cdcp, hamburg, measles, priorix, trimovax, vaccines

The worst measles outbreak in 15 years has reached a startling 121 cases in the US alone according to the …

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GSK buys bacteria vaccine firm

February 11, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EC, GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, GlycoVaxyn, Novartis, vaccines

GlaxoSmithKline is continuing the significant expansion of its vaccine business with the purchase of Swiss biopharma company GlycoVaxyn. The UK …

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MRC Technology hires senior head from Shire

February 11, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Edward Bliss, MRC, Shire

UK medical research charity MRC Technology has appointed Dr Edward Bliss to the new role of general counsel and company …

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Pharma’s reputation ‘is worsening among patients’

February 10, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing HIV, ViiV Healthcare, patientview, pharma, reputation, transparency

Only around four in ten patients believe pharma has a good reputation and many companies are failing to win patient …

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Charity challenges Sovaldi patent

February 10, 2015
Sales and Marketing Gilead, HCV, Médecins du Monde, sofosbuvir, sovaldi, world health organization

Doctors of the World (also known as Médecins du Monde) has filed an opposition to the patent for Gilead’s blockbuster …

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