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Benlysta once again rejected by NICE

July 25, 2013
Sales and Marketing Benlysta, GSK, NHS, NICE

NICE has opened a second public consultation for GSK’s lupus drug Benlysta after the Institute has again rejected the medicine …

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AMRI says troubled Burlington plant back on track

July 24, 2013
Manufacturing and Production AMRI, FDA, GMP

It looks like contract research and manufacturing organisation AMRI can put the quality problems at its facility in Burlington behind …

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GSK sales up – impact of China allegations to follow

July 24, 2013
Sales and Marketing GSK, Q2, Seretide, Seroxat, Witty, bribery, transparency

GlaxoSmithKline has reported a modest rise in sales but the fallout from China’s bribery probe dominates the firm’s release of …

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Transition Therapeutics buys into Lilly bone drug

July 24, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Transition, bone, lilly

Transition Therapeutics has bought Lilly’s early-stage osteoarthritis drug TT-601 that is designed to help patients with chronic bone pain. Transition …

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New Roche leukaemia drug beats rival

July 24, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Rituxan, Roche, leukaemia, obinutuzumab

Roche’s next generation leukaemia drug obinutuzumab has beaten the firm’s ageing blood cancer medicine Rituxan in a late-stage trial. The …

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Pharma groups want limited data release

July 24, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EFPIA, Goldacre, PhRMA, all trials, transparency

The two main US and European pharma lobby groups have released a joint statement saying they welcome independent reviews of …

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Professor Trevor Jones CBE appointed chairman of Simbec Research

July 24, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, simbec, trevor jones

Clinical research organisation Simbec Research has appointed Professor Trevor Jones CBE as non-executive chairman of the Board of directors. Jones …

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AstraZeneca staff questioned in China

July 23, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, China, GSK, bribery

AstraZeneca says it has no details on the reasons why three of its employees in China have been questioned by …

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MSD cleared by PMCPA

July 23, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, MSD, Merck, PMCPA, code

Merck Sharp Dohme has been found not guilty of breaching two clauses in the ABPI Code of Practice – including …

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FDA warning letter for troubled Wockhardt plant

July 23, 2013
Manufacturing and Production FDA, Wockhardt, warning

The US regulator has issued a warning letter to a facility operated by Indian drugmaker Wockhardt already subject to an …

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Pharma manufacturing news in brief

July 23, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Fujifilm, Molecular Profiles, Penn Pharma, Rafarma, Riboxx Pharma, United Arab Emirates

UAE ‘s bid to boost domestic drug industry plus facility updates from Penn Pharma and Molecular Profiles head our round-up …

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Strategic North hires Rosalyn Bilton as consultant

July 23, 2013
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Strategic North, bilton

Healthcare agency Strategic North has welcomed its latest recruit Rosalyn Bilton to the team in the role of consultant. Bilton …

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NICE ‘no’ for MabThera

July 23, 2013
Sales and Marketing MabThera, NHS, NICE, Roche

Roche has been dealt a blow by NICE, with the health watchdog deciding that MabThera should not be used on …

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Doctors urged to cut drug waste

July 22, 2013
Sales and Marketing GPs, NHS, RPS, doctors, prescribing

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has called on doctors to change the way they prescribe in a bid to cut …

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Eight in ten survive skin cancer

July 22, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Yervoy, Zelboraf, melanoma, skin cancer

The vast majority of men and women diagnosed with malignant melanoma are now surviving the disease, according to a new …

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ReNeuron relocates to Wales

July 22, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ReNeuron, Wales, stem cell, stroke

The Welsh government is to fork out a £7.8 million grant package to get English stem cell research company ReNeuron …

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GSK admits: Execs ‘breached Chinese law’

July 22, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, bribes, scandal

A senior GlaxoSmithKline executive has admitted that some of the firm’s staff have broken the law in China as a …

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Panpharma appoints Novartis senior head

July 22, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novartis, celesio AG, panpharma

Pharma trading group Celesio AG has announced that Alexander Triebnigg has taken over the management of the Brazilian pharma wholesaler …

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Secret EFPIA memo on data transparency leaked

July 22, 2013
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, EFPIA, EMA, PhRMA, transparency

A memo from the European pharma lobby group EFPIA has revealed that the industry is trying to ‘mobilise’ patient groups …

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ASCO: Dispatches from the frontline against cancer

July 22, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, McConaghie

The growing promise of pharma’s immunotherapy pipeline for cancer was undoubtedly the hottest topic at this year’s ASCO conference. The …

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