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The health crunch: can the NHS flourish in leaner times?

March 22, 2010
NHS, NHS funding, qof

The economic downturn which hit the UK in 2009 coincided with a pre-planned slowing down in the investment in the …

Feature

Pfizer’s Kindler elected PhRMA chairman

March 22, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing PhRMA, appointment, research and development, sales and marketing

Jeffrey Kindler, chairman and chief executive of Pfizer, has been elected chairman of PhRMA, succeeding AstraZeneca’s chief executive David Brennan …

Appointment

Merck joins coalition for biosecurity vaccine plant

March 22, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development biodefence, vaccines

Merck & Co will join in a new US project to create a vaccine research and manufacturing facility designed to …

News

Novelos abandons candidate in lung cancer

March 20, 2010
Research and Development NSCLC, breast cancer

 

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Baxter Alzheimer’s candidate shows promise

March 20, 2010
Research and Development Alzheimer's, baxter

Baxter’s Gammagard has shown promise in treating Alzheimer’s disease, with patients showing better cognitive function and less brain enlargement than …

News

GSK’s Relovair moves into phase III

March 19, 2010
Research and Development GlaxoSmithKline, Relovair, Seretide, Theravance, respiratory

GlaxoSmithKline has started phase III asthma trials of Relovair, the respiratory treatment it is developing with San Francisco biopharma firm …

News

European approval for ‘double strength’ Faslodex

March 19, 2010
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Faslodex, breast cancer

AstraZeneca’s Faslodex has expanded its European licence after winning approval to treat women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer in a …

News

Cephalon to develop new class of cancer drug

March 19, 2010
Research and Development CRT, Cancer, Cancer Research UK, Cephalon

Pennsylvania-based Cephalon has signed a deal with the discovery arm of charity Cancer Research UK to develop a new class …

News

LEC appoints Matthew Baker

March 19, 2010
Medical Communications Lane Earl Cox, appointment, medical communications

UK healthcare advertising agency Lane Earl Cox (LEC) has appointed Matthew Baker as deputy managing director. He joins LEC from …

Appointment

Brandcast strengthens healthcare team

March 19, 2010
Medical Communications Brandcast, appointment, medical communications

Digital agency Brandcast Media has added two new members to its London-based team. Lily Max (pictured left) joins as video …

Appointment
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Digital Pharma: Novartis’ transplant community

March 19, 2010
Medical Communications Novartis, PatientsLikeMe, community, digital pharma, digital pharma research, patient information

Novartis has become the second pharma company to partner with PatientsLikeMe on an online community, working with the site on …

News

Manufacturing news in brief

March 19, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Angel Biotech, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Fresenius Kabi, Haselmeier, Patheon, W.R. Grace, excipients

Developments in the pharmaceutical manufacturing arena in the last week include facility news for Dr Reddy’s, Dishman, W. R. Grace, …

News

Talking Point: Responding to trial emergencies

March 19, 2010
Research and Development Talking Point, Talking R&D, research and development

Patients taking part in a clinical trial will sometimes experience a medical emergency, at which point the potential need to …

Feature

Teva to buy Ratiopharm for €3.6 billion

March 18, 2010
Sales and Marketing Ratiopharm, Teva

Teva has secured the acquisition of German generics business Ratiopharm with a last minute bid of 3.62 billion euros. Teva …

News

IMS adds countries to ‘pharmerging’ hit-list

March 18, 2010
Sales and Marketing China, IMS, em

IMS Health has added 10 more countries to its list of ‘pharmerging markets’ which represent the future of pharma industry …

News

Rooftop raiders steal $76m of Lilly products

March 18, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing lilly, supply chain, theft

Thieves have made off with $75 million-worth of central nervous system, cardiovascular and cancer drugs from an Eli Lilly distribution …

News

Roche delivers updated pipeline

March 18, 2010
Cancer, Roche

Roche says its pipeline can sustain its growth in oncology and increase its presence in personalised healthcare. Roche also plans …

News

Publication planning: piecing the jigsaw together

March 18, 2010
Medical Communications medical education, publication

In the pharmaceutical industry where every statement of fact must be referenced, trial data is fundamental to the delivery of …

Feature
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Athena expands account team

March 18, 2010
Medical Communications Athena, appointment, medical communications

London-based PR agency Athena has appointed Rhian Mullock as senior account executive.She have more than two and a half years …

Appointment

WHO suspends use of Sanofi-Aventis vaccine

March 18, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Sanofi-Aventis, Shantha Biotechnics, Vaccine

The World Health Organization has temporarily stopped procurement and use of a combination vaccine supplied by Sanofi-Aventis subsidiary Shantha Biotechnics …

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