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AbbVie spells out Shire benefits

June 26, 2014
Sales and Marketing ADHD, AbbVie, Abbott, Humira, Shire, merger

AbbVie has spelt out exactly why it believes that Shire should accept its $46.5 billion bid. The US firm wants …

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Retrogenix appoints US director



June 26, 2014
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Biotech firm Retrogenix has appointed Matthew Britz as its North American business development director.  Britz will operate out of the …

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Review into NHS cover ups

June 25, 2014
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Ministers have ordered a review into the whistleblowing culture within the NHS as it’s announced that 20% of hospitals have …

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Willetts champions UK life sciences

June 25, 2014
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Science minister David Willetts has been banging the drum for UK life sciences at a major conference in the US, …

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Seb Coe: pharma needs to collaborate more

June 25, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Open Health, olympic, pharma, seb coe

British Olympic Association chair Sebastian Coe has called on pharma firms to participate more in corporate-sponsored disease prevention projects and …

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New BMS cancer treatment shines

June 25, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, BMS, Cancer, Yervoy, braf, melanoma, nivolumab

Bristol-Myers Squibb’s investigational cancer treatment nivolumab has helped patients with the deadliest form of skin cancer to live longer. The …

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India ‘likely’ to increase price caps

June 25, 2014
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India’s government is ‘likely’ to increase the number of drugs which are subject to price caps, according to a report …

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Bamboo hires three

June 25, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing bamboo, jones, lake, medical communications, pegg

Bamboo Medical Communications has appointed three new staff in Beki Jones who joins as an account director, and Laura Pegg …

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Data authority chair calls for pharma transparency

June 24, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing HSCIC, NHS, care data, care.data, manning, transparency

 The chair of the UK’s national healthcare information provider says that government and industry have “a lot of work to …

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Packer Forbes and emotive join forces

June 24, 2014
Medical Communications Packer Forbes, agency, comms, digital, emotive

Med comms agency Packer Forbes Communications is teaming up with healthcare digital experts emotive to strengthen their offering to clients. …

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Shortlist announced for best new pharma product

June 24, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Esbriet, InterMune, Lemtrada, Orphan, dificlir, innovative, pif, prix galion, selincro

Treatments for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, hepatic encephalopathy and meningococcal infection are among 14 new medicines shortlisted for the UK Prix …

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AstraZeneca faces olaparib questions

June 24, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, FDA, olaparib, ovarian

AstraZeneca is facing questions from US regulators over the efficacy of one of its most promising late-stage treatments. Olaparib is …

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Lilly launches online board game

June 24, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, Gamification, Syrum, destination discovery, lillypad

Eli Lilly has created an online board game called ‘Destination Discovery’ that it says can help users enjoy the challenges …

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Bayer enters $252 million Dimension deal

June 24, 2014
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Bayer HealthCare will pay up to $252 million to Dimension Therapeutics in a deal which sees the companies collaborate on …

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Cello Health Insight promotes two

June 24, 2014
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Healthcare research agency Cello Health Insight has made two director level appointments from within to manage a training programme. Leyla …

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Roche to launch new MS collaboration

June 23, 2014
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Roche has launched a new research collaboration to investigate ways of reversing the debilitating nerve damage caused by multiple sclerosis …

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Novartis back under microscope

June 23, 2014
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Novartis is under the microscope yet again in Italy, with police visiting the company’s sites at Siena and Origgio in …

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Life Sciences Hub Wales – new COO and
 board



June 23, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Life Sciences Hub Wales, Wales, ian barwick

Dr Ian Barwick has been appointed chief operating officer for Life Sciences Hub Wales along with several new board members.
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£100 million funding stream aids UK biotech

June 23, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BIA, Steve Bates, biomedical catalyst, funding

UK biotech companies are developing new therapies for cancer, Parkinson’s, diabetes and tinnitus as a direct result of the £100 …

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Drug prices defy gravity – until patent expiry

June 23, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing John LaMattina, LaMattina, Pfizer, drug, pharma, pricing, research

How drugs are priced is a hot topic these days, and a new Bloomberg article will cause it to heat-up …

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