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Valeant recalls drug used on hospitalised infants

January 6, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Actavis, Allergan, FDA, Valeant, manufacturing, recall, ribavirin, virazole

North American drug firm Valeant Pharmaceuticals has issued a voluntary nationwide recall of Virazole due to microbial contamination. Virazole (ribavirin …

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UK nurse with Ebola in ‘critical condition’

January 6, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, Ebola, GSK, Mapp, WHO, cafferky, johnson, zmapp

A British nurse that was diagnosed with Ebola last week is said to be in a critical condition at the …

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MRC head joins CPRD as director

January 6, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MHRA, MRC, cprd, janet valentine

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced an appointment of a new director for The Clinical Practice …

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Next-generation Cempra antibiotic meets endpoints

January 5, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, FDA, cempra, moxifloxacin, solitaire-oral

Cempra Pharmaceuticals has become the first company to publish results from a Phase III study completed under FDA regulations governing …

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Pharma industry set for bumper 2015

January 5, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing 2015, FDA, bumper, harvoni, opdivo, pharma, sovaldi

Industry analysts predict 2015 will be another year of growth for the pharma, after approvals of new drugs soared to …

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Medical publishing: can we rely on it?

January 5, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Les Rose, csr, journals, medical publishing, peer, publishing, transparency

The explosive proliferation of journals suggests that medical publishing is an attractive business. But it’s not without its critics, as …

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New CFO for Echo Therapeutics

January 5, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing alan schoenbart, echo therapeutics

US medical device firm Echo Therapeutics has appointed Alan Schoenbart as its chief financial officer.Schoenbart who has more than 30 …

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Novo Nordisk obesity drug gets FDA nod

December 24, 2014
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The US Food and Drug Administration has shown Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug Saxenda the green light to aid chronic weight …

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NHS plans bashed over cancer and heart disease

December 24, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, England, NHS, Simon Stevens, funding, heart

Hundreds of healthcare experts have signed an open letter to NHS chief executive Simon Stevens calling for him to scrap …

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Actavis hires senior head from PwC

December 24, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Actavis, Jonathon Kellerman, pwC

Jonathon Kellerman has joined Ireland-based speciality pharma firm Actavis as its executive vice president and global chief compliance officer.  Reporting …

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NICE rejects Takeda Crohn’s disease drug

December 23, 2014
Sales and Marketing Crohn’s disease, Entyvio, NHS, NICE, Takeda, crohn's disease, vedolizumab

Takeda has seen its treatment for people with Crohn’s disease Entyvio rejected by NICE in an initial appraisal. The healthcare …

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EMA ramps up adaptive pathways pilot

December 23, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, adaptive pathways, drugs, regulator

Six medicines have been selected to move to the next stage of the EMA’s adaptive pathways pilot project, to explore …

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New hope through Ebola vaccine trial

December 23, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, Ebola, GAVI, GSK, US, marburg, uganda

A report in the Lancet medical journal has highlighted a treatment found to be well-tolerated in healthy Ugandan adults during …

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New chairman for Egenix

December 23, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing egenix, lionel goldfrank

Lionel Goldfrank has been elected to sit on the board of the US-based biotech firm Egenix. Goldfrank is to succeed Donald …

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Zerbaxa

Cubist boosts antibiotics market presence

December 22, 2014
Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, Zerbaxa, antimicrobial resistance, bacteria, cubist, infections, infectious diseases

Cubist has followed-up its successful European approval for a new antibiotic by winning an endorsement by the US FDA. The …

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Lilly to market stomach cancer drug in Europe

December 22, 2014
Sales and Marketing Eli Lilly, Europe, FDA, US, cyramza, ramucirumab, stomach cancer

Eli Lilly has been granted permission by the European Commission to market Cyramza in Europe. Lilly’s Cyramza (ramucirumab) is the …

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Abbvie Hep C drug gains FDA approval

December 22, 2014
Sales and Marketing AbbVie, FDA, Gilead, Viekira Pak, dasabuvir, harvoni, hepatitis, hepatits C

Abbvie has gained sign-off for its rival treatment to challenge Gilead’s dominance of the growing market for new hepatitis C …

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Chiesi gets first-ever European stem cell nod

December 19, 2014
Sales and Marketing Chiese, Chiesi, EMA, Holoclar, LSCD, MHRA, Stem cells, orexigen

Chiesi has received the first approval for an advanced therapy medicinal product containing stem cells for use in Europe. The …

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Visions for the future: FT pharma and biotech event

December 19, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing 2020, ABPI, Deloitte, Medidata, Whitehead, financial ties, freeman, ft pharma

The FT Global Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Conference held in London recently asked: “What will the life science company of the …

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Merck acquires Swiss firm OncoEthix

December 19, 2014
Sales and Marketing Cancer, FDA, Merck, OTX015, cubist, keytruda, oncoethix, pembrolizumab

Hot on the heals of its Cubist buyout Merck has confirmed the acquisition of OncoEthix, a Swiss based firm which …

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