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MHRA wins data scam case

March 13, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Aptuit, MHRA, data

An ex-employee of research organisation Aptuit has been found guilty of changing pre-clinical trial data as part of a bid to …

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AbbVie guards Humira data

March 13, 2013
Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Abbott, Humira, RA, transparency

AbbVie has issued two injunctions against the European Medicines Agency to prevent the regulator revealing data about rheumatoid arthritis drug …

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Roche chairman standing down

March 13, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Roche, humer

The chairman of the Board of directors at Roche, Franz Humer, has announced that he will not stand for re-election …

A clinically-led NHS: a new opportunity to improve health

March 13, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CCG, NHS, Portmsouth, hogan, pharmafile

 Dr Jim Hogan was speaking at the Prescriber and Pharmafocus conference: CCGs, the new NHS and Pharma in December.First of …

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Janssen submits diabetes combination

March 12, 2013
Sales and Marketing Janssen, diabetes

Janssen has submitted a combination of its investigational diabetes drug canagliflozin with immediate-release metformin to the European Medicines Agency.The manufacturer, …

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Roche bins Galapagos tie-up

March 12, 2013
Sales and Marketing COPD, Galapagos, Roche

Roche has ended its three-year old alliance with Belgian drug discovery specialist Galapagos because of a ‘strategic change’. The companies …

NHS Commissioning Board sets out interim arrangements

March 12, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Hakin, NHS

The NHS Commissioning Board has announced interim arrangements for the post of chief operating officer and deputy chief executive. Later …

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Impax hit by FDA re-inspection failure

March 11, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Impax, hayward

Impax Laboratories has been hit by the news that another (FDA inspection of its troubled manufacturing facility in Hayward, California, …

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New AF possibility for Xarelto

March 11, 2013
Sales and Marketing Bayer, FDA, Xarelto

Bayer HealthCare is to launch a new trial of its oral blood thinner Xarelto just days after the FDA knocked …

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Hospitals not ‘coasting’, Hunt told

March 11, 2013
Sales and Marketing Hunt, NHS

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has angered NHS groups with a speech in which he said some hospitals were ‘coasting’ and …

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Merck to close Irish manufacturing unit

March 11, 2013
Manufacturing and Production MSD, Merck

Merck & Co has said that a manufacturing unit in Rathdrum, Ireland will close by the end of 2015 with …

Ajinomoto expands in bio with Althea acquisition

March 11, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Ajinomoto, althea

Japanese drugmaker Ajinomoto has agreed to acquire Althea Technologies, a provider of biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing services, for an estimated …

Contract research news in brief

March 11, 2013
Research and Development Accelovance, BioLamina, Clinstar LLC, Critical Path Services, PRA, PSI CRO, Radiant Development, Roche, Synta

Consolidation news in the CRO sector as Accelovance buys Radiant and PRA snaps up Clinstar, plus updates from Roche/BioLamina, PSI …

Pharma manufacturing news in brief

March 11, 2013
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production Actavis, DSM, Eisai, J&J, JJ, Marken, SAFC, Sagent Pharma

Actavis revises supply deal with Sagent, facility updates from Marken and SAFC, a supply deal for DSM plus another J&J …

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Growth for Merck KGaA

March 8, 2013
Research and Development

2012 saw German firm’s pharma division helping drive strong sales. Pharma revenue helped drive growth at Merck KGaA last year, with …

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GSK files albiglutide in EU

March 8, 2013
Research and Development

GlaxoSmithKline has filed its investigational, long-acting diabetes drug albiglutide with the European Medicines Agency.The GLP-1 receptor agonist, which will take …

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ABPI supply chain warning

March 7, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing ABPI, API, EFPIA

The ABPI is warning of supply chain problems which may cause a bottleneck in UK pharma manufacture this summer. The …

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Perjeta approved in EU

March 7, 2013
Sales and Marketing Perjeta, Roche

Roche’s oncology brand Perjeta has been approved in Europe to treat patients with an aggressive form of breast cancer. The …

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New developer for Life Healthcare Communications

March 6, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Life healthcare communications

Life Healthcare Communications has expanded its digital department with the appointment of senior software developer Adam Richardson. Richardson brings over …

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Glide Pharma appoints chief executive

March 6, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Glide Pharma

Life sciences development and device firm Glide Pharma has announced the appointment of Dr Mark Carnegie-Brown as its chief executive. …

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