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Otsuka, ViiV and AstraZeneca named in ABPI code complaints

May 26, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, AstraZeneca, Otsuka, PMCPA, ViiV

A ‘senior male employee’ of Otsuka Pharmaceuticals “potentially brought the industry into disrepute” by plying a female healthcare professional with …

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Amgen pulls out of psoriasis deal with AstraZeneca

May 26, 2015
Sales and Marketing Amgen, AstraZeneca, psoriasis

Amgen has ended its agreement with AstraZeneca to develop a new biologic for psoriasis, because of the likelihood of ‘restrictive …

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Medicago invests big into plant-based vaccines

May 26, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Canada, Quebec, medicago, vaccines

Canadian biotech Medicago is building a $245 million new production complex in Quebec to make more vaccines and therapeutics based …

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GSK head joins Nabriva as chief medical officer

May 26, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Elyse Seltzer, GSK, Nabriva Therapeutics

Austrian-based clinical stage biopharma firm Nabriva Therapeutics has appointed Dr Elyse Seltzer as its chief medical officer. Seltzer assumes the role …

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After the UK general election, what’s next for pharma?

May 26, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, BIA, election, medcity

In May the UK went to the polls and elected a Conservative government to replace the coalition that had been …

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EMA recommends eight drugs for approval

May 22, 2015
Sales and Marketing Amgen, BMS, EMA, Janssen, Merck, keytruda

The EMA has recommended eight medicines for approval in a round of reviews, including four new cancer indications. Amgen’s Repatha …

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Bayer wins Cancer Drugs Fund appeal

May 22, 2015
Sales and Marketing Bayer, CDF, Cancer Drugs Fund, Eisai, NHS, lilly

Bayer is the only company to win its appeal to NHS England in the latest round of Cancer Drugs Fund …

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Sanofi’s rheumatoid arthritis biologic performs

May 22, 2015
Sales and Marketing Sanofi, rheumatoid arthritis, sarilumab

French pharma giant Sanofi plans to submit its new rheumatoid arthritis biologic for regulatory approval in the US after it …

Boehringer and Eureka reach cancer antibodies deal

May 22, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, eureka

Boehringer Ingelheim and Eureka Therapeutics have entered into a research agreement for the discovery of novel therapeutic antibodies in oncology.No …

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GW Pharma appoints president and moves CEO to US

May 22, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GW Pharmaceuticals, Julian Gangolli

US biopharma firm GW Pharmaceuticals has appointed Julian Gangolli as president of its North American division, and is also relocating its …

Analysts predict Pfizer to swallow GSK

May 21, 2015
Sales and Marketing AZ, GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, merger

GlaxoSmithKline has been suggested as a potential M&A target for Pfizer, despite the US company backing out of a similar …

Pharma firm seeks judicial review against transparency

May 21, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Richmond Pharmacology, hra, transparency

The battle for greater transparency in the pharma industry is to take another twist after a company lodged a legal …

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J&J to file 10 new key drugs by 2019

May 21, 2015
Sales and Marketing J&J, JJ

Johnson & Johnson says it plans to file 10 new products with regulators between 2015 and 2019 with each having …

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Pfizer board member stepping down

May 21, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Pfizer

Dr Marc Tessier-Lavigne is leaving Pfizer’s board of directors to work on the launch of Denali, a new biotech company …

Industry awaits key immunotherapy results at ASCO

May 20, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, Cancer, oncology, pharma

This year’s American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference has a strong focus on immunotherapy, as pharma ramps up its …

Scottish government doubles fund for new medicines

May 20, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Scotland, cystic fibrosis, medicines

The Scottish government will increase its New Medicines Fund next year to double the amount of money available to fund …

NHS online starting to take shape

May 20, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing HSCIC, NHS, brett wells, nhs online

In England over 55 million patients can now order repeat prescriptions, book GP appointments and access their medical records online …

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Amgen hires senior VP, general counsel and secretary

May 20, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amgen, jonathan graham

Amgen has appointed Jonathan Graham as its senior vice president, general counsel and secretary who will take to his post in July. …

Merck KGaA’s sales climb but key drugs fall

May 19, 2015
Sales and Marketing Erbitux, Merck, Merck KGaA, Q1, Rebif

Merck KGaA encountered an uneven start to 2015, with robust sales in the first quarter offset by declines in key …

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Endo lands a big fish with $8 billion Par Pharma deal

May 19, 2015
Sales and Marketing Endo, Valeant, par pharma

Endo is switching strategies from attempting to buy specialist pharma firms, to generics, having announced a huge $8 billion deal …

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