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SMC must be ‘more flexible’ – health minister

October 9, 2013
Sales and Marketing CDF, NICE, SMC

The Scottish health secretary Alex Neil has announced a series of fundamental changes to improve access to new medicines in …

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Bayer pill gains FDA approval despite shutdown

October 9, 2013
Sales and Marketing Bayer, FDA, adempas, hypertension

In the midst of the US shutdown of government agencies the FDA has managed to approve Bayer’s Adempas for patients …

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Three hires for RSA

October 9, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Interim, life sciences, rsa

Life sciences executive search and interim management firm RSA has made three appointments to its European team. Elmar Scheuba has …

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Nobel Prize could point to diabetes treatment

October 9, 2013
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The Nobel Prize for medicine or physiology has been won jointly by three scientists whose research has uncovered the mechanism …

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EMA bows to pressure on its own transparency

October 8, 2013
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA)’s management board has agreed to publish agendas and minutes from the meetings of all the …

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GSK sets malaria vaccine roll-out date to 2015

October 8, 2013
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GlaxoSmithKline says it is just two years away from marketing the world’s first malaria vaccine RTS,S. This follows results from …

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Aesica gets bigger in pre-filled syringes

October 8, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Aesica, CDMO, pre-filled syringe

UK contract development and manufacturing organisation Aesica is expanding production capacity for pre-filled syringes at its plant in Nottingham to …

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Red Door Communications appoints three managers

October 8, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Red Door Communications

Comms agency Red Door Communications (RDC) has strengthened its consultancy team with the appointment of three new senior account managers. …

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US shutdown derided by pharma groups

October 7, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing FDA, Obamacare, PhRMA, shutdown

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New UK drug pricing plans ‘delayed’

October 7, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Drug pricing, Hunt, Lansley, NHS, NICE, VBP

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1,100 jobs to go as Ben Venue confirms closure of Bedford unit

October 7, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Ben Venue, Boehringer, FDA

Boehringer Ingelheim is calling time on its troubled facility in Ohio operated by Ben Venue Laboratories and says it will …

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EMA gets first line Arzerra submission

October 7, 2013
Sales and Marketing Arzerra, GSK, Genmab, blood cancer

GlaxoSmithKline and Genmab have submitted their blood cancer drug Arzerra to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in a first line …

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‘Kick in the teeth’ for NHS

October 7, 2013
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The UK Labour party has hit back at a government move to scrap a 1% pay rise for more than …

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Labour may sue Hunt over ‘cover-up’ tweet

October 7, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Hunt, Labour, NHS, Twitter, cover up

The Labour Party is considering suing the health secretary Jeremy Hunt over an alleged libellous Twitter post made on the …

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Manufacturing facilities news in brief

October 7, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Capsugel, Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, Pfizer, Purdue Pharma, Warner Chilcott

New facilities, plant shutdowns and layoffs in the pharma manufacturing sector.

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SHL reaches a new milestone of 2000 employees in Taiwan

October 7, 2013
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SHL, the world’s largest privately-owned designer, developer and manufacturer of advanced drug delivery devices, officially announced reaching a new milestone …

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Pharma blogs: going beyond the press release?

October 7, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, blogs, press releases, social media

The rise of personal blogging has grown in the past decade with millions taking to the internet to tell their …

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Daiichi Sankyo hires two new executives

October 7, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Daiichi Sankyo

Daiichi Sankyo has appointed Glenn Gormley to be its corporate president and chairman, and Greg Barrett as a new acting …

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J&J partners with European biotech firms

October 4, 2013
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The London Johnson & Johnson Innovation Centre has teamed up with several biotech partners from the European region. Announced at …

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Brintellix ‘yes’ from FDA

October 4, 2013
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Takeda Pharmaceutical Company and Lundbeck are celebrating after the FDA approved their depression treatment Brintellix – despite there being no …

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