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Price cut not enough for Pixuvri

October 15, 2013
Sales and Marketing Cell Therapeutics, NICE, pixuvri

NICE is still saying no to Cell Therapeutics’ lymphoma drug Pixuvri, despite the firm offering a discount on the treatment’s …

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Roche poised to get even bigger in biomanufacturing

October 15, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Jobs, Merck, Roche, cuts

Roche plans to invest a massive 800 million Swiss francs ($882m) over the next five years to increase manufacturing capacity …

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String of appointments to BIA Board

October 15, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BIA, appointments

The BioIndustry Association has appointed Kevin Cox, Donna Hackett, Jane Osbourn, Stephen Taylor, Patrick Verheyen and Tim Watts to its …

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FDA throws Ranbaxy a manufacturing lifeline

October 15, 2013
Manufacturing and Production FDA, Ranbaxy, recall

Problems have plagued Ranbaxy’s manufacturing operations in the last couple of years, but it enjoyed a bit of light relief …

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Boehringer submits NSCLC pill

October 14, 2013
Sales and Marketing

Boehringer Ingelheim has submitted its oral triple angiokinase inhibitor nintedanib for scrutiny by the European Medicines Agency. Nintedanib was impressive …

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Trials and tribulations

October 14, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, eric low, myeloma, transparency

I have been chief executive of Myeloma UK since its inception 17 years ago, and its unique bedside to bench …

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inVentiv Health creates two senior appointments



October 14, 2013
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing inVentiv Health

The comms division of inVentiv Health has appointed two 
social media veterans to expand its digital footprint. Emma D’Arcy joins …

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Janssen agrees Zytiga deal

October 14, 2013
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Janssen, Zytiga

Janssen has agreed to co-promote its once-daily prostate cancer pill Zytiga with AstraZeneca in Japan for an undisclosed sum. A …

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Vetter swells filling capacity with $100m investment

October 11, 2013
Manufacturing and Production API, Vetter, sterile liquid

German contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) Vetter says it is planning to invest over $100 million across its production …

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Mixed tale for Pfizer psoriasis drug

October 11, 2013
Sales and Marketing Enbrel, Pfizer, psoriasis, tofacitinib

Pfizer has seen its novel, oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor tofacitinib turn in a mixed showing in late-stage trials in …

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US shutdown affecting medical science

October 11, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, Obama, Obamacare, us shutdown

American scientists and the latest Nobel Prize winners have condemned the US shutdown this week saying it is putting scientific …

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Teva to axe 5,000 jobs in savings drive

October 11, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Copaxone, FDA, Teva, cuts

The world’s largest generic drugmaker Teva will cut around 5,000 jobs from its global workforce as it looks to speed-up …

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Alzheimer’s research ‘turning point’

October 11, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Alzheimer’s, MRC, research

There is new hope that Alzheimer’s disease could be cured, according to a discovery by scientists from the Medical Research …

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Glide Pharma confirms Board changes and chairman

October 11, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Glide Pharma, morton

Pharma development and device firm Glide Pharma has appointed EUSA Pharma’s founder Bryan Morton as a non-executive chairman. The company …

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PAN hires new associate director and head of Art

October 10, 2013
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pan, burchell, ohare, reiss

Creative agency PAN has strengthened its senior team with the arrival of Jan Reiss as associate director and the promotion …

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NHS ‘behind the curve’, warns government

October 10, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, curve, technology

The government is on track to deliver a paperless NHS by 2018, according to parliamentary undersecretary of state for health …

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Sanofi appoints senior vice president

October 10, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi, warnery

Vincent Warnery has been appointed as the senior vice president to Sanofi’s new Global Consumer Healthcare Division. He will remain …

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Lilly staff ‘divulged secrets’

October 10, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, bribery, lilly

Two former staff from Eli Lilly & Company have been accused in a US court of passing on industrial secrets …

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Life makes senior changes

October 10, 2013
Medical Communications Life Healthcare

Marketing comms agency Life has restructured as several senior personnel change their positions and titles. Reg Manser is leaving his …

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Janssen takes on GSK hep C drug

October 9, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, GSK2336805, HCV, Janssen

Janssen Pharmaceuticals has acquired one of GlaxoSmithKline’s investigational hepatitis C treatments and will look at it in combination with various …

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