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inVentiv Health president joins from eBay

November 11, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing inVentiv Health, jeff wilks

Life sciences services company inVentiv Health has announced the appointment of Jeffrey Wilks as the president of its advertising businesses. …

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UCB sells generics business

November 10, 2014
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UCB is to sell its US generics business Kremers Urban to two private equity firms in a $1.5 billion deal. …

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Novartis to present inflammatory data

November 10, 2014
Business Services AS, Novartis, PSA, Secukinumab, acr

Novartis is to present data from four pivotal Phase III trials in two debilitating inflammatory diseases at the American College …

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BMS claims advance with hepatitis C regimen

November 10, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, Gilead, HCV, dcv-trio, hep C, hepatitis C, liver, sovaldi

Bristol-Myers Squibb has reported data for its hepatitis C virus cocktail that it says outperforms even newer all-oral therapies in …

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Working Life: Shire’s Mark Rus

November 10, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Shire, Working Life, mark rus, neuroscience

How did you find your way into your current role? After completing an MSc in Economics at the London School …

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Chief executive promotion at myoscience

November 10, 2014
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Californian medical device firm myoscience has appointed Jeffrey Gold as its chief executive.  Gold who was the president and chief …

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New editor for Pharmafocus named

November 7, 2014
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Lilian Anekwe has been named as the new editor for the Pharmafocus and Pharmafile brands, and joins the publishing team …

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EU and drug industry set aside €280m for Ebola

November 7, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, Ebola, WHO, chan, vaccines, virus, west

The EU’s Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) has unveiled a new programme to find vaccines, drugs and diagnostics for Ebola, funded …

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Doctors must help NHS save money, says report

November 7, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, GPs, NHS, government, hospitals

A report has suggested the National Health Service could make nearly £2 billion in cost savings if doctors ‘provided more …

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Perrigo acquires Omega for $4.5 billion

November 7, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Actavis, Boehringer Ingelheim, Boehringer Ingelheim., Elan, Perrigo, Sanofi, omega

In a deal worth $4.5 billion Perrigo has announced the acquisition of over-the-counter (OTC) drugmaker Omega. This places the Irish …

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Why use a specialised mother-tongue translator?

November 7, 2014

“Translation is that which transforms everything so that nothing changes.”  Günter Grass The art of a good translation is to …

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Two senior appointments for MJL

November 7, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing mjl, nicky oates, nina buckley

UK healthcare agency MJL has made two appointments in Nina Buckley as managing director and Nicky Oates as a senior …

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Connect with SHL through our newest Podcast Series

November 7, 2014
Sales and Marketing auto injector podcast, auto injector testing, shl podcasts

To help customers better understand SHL products and services, a suite of communication tools including articles, white papers, case studies, …

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App could crack fake antimalarial drugs market

November 6, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, antimalarial, app, colourassist, malaria, talanta

A cheap iPhone app developed last year has demonstrated high-level effectiveness towards identifying bogus antimalarial treatments. A recent study published …

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Lundbeck sales slide as generic competition bites

November 6, 2014
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Lundbeck’s sales fell dramatically in the third quarter of 2014 as it struggles with expiring patents, although several of its …

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Allergan and Valeant trade blows as shareholder meeting looms

November 6, 2014
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Allergan’s efforts to block a key supporter of Valeant’s hostile takeover bid from voting at next month’s special shareholder meeting …

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Consumers want more from wearables market

November 6, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, mhealth, pwC, watch, werables

The interest in mobile health (mHealth) wearables is gaining traction, but consumers want more affordable devices that offer greater engagement …

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Roche unveils plans for first Asian diagnostics plant

November 6, 2014
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Roche has said it will invest 450 million Swiss francs ($468m) in the construction of a diagnostics manufacturing facility in …

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ROCK medical communications appoints MD

November 6, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Creston, ROCK, terence bradley

ROCK medical communications has appointed Terence Bradley to be its managing director. Most recently Bradley was the founding director of …

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Former Vodaphone head to lead ABPI comms

November 5, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Aileen Thompson, meadon, vodaphone

The ABPI has appointed a new director of communications in Aileen Thompson, a former Vodaphone head who replaces Catherine Meadon in …

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