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Pfizer in break up talks for Sandwich research site

March 1, 2011
Research and Development Kent, Pfizer, Sandwich, job cuts

Pfizer is in confidential talks over the future of its Sandwich, Kent research facility that could see the site broken …

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Service Insight: Discovery metrics – creating the right balance

February 28, 2011
Research and Development Atkinson Cowan, Kinapse, Service Insight, metrics, research and development

SERVICE INSIGHTMetrics can be powerful tools for driving performance in organisations and have proliferated in the pharmaceutical industry over the …

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David Redfern appointed ViiV chairman

February 28, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing David Redfern, GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, ViiV, ViiV Healthcare, appointment, research and development, sales and marketing

David Redfern has been appointed as chairman of ViiV Healthcare, the joint GlaxoSmithKline-Pfizer venture focused on HIV.

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Black Swan Analysis appoints Luke McDermott

February 28, 2011
Sales and Marketing Black Swan Analysis, Luke McDermott, appointment, sales and marketing

Maidenhead, UK-based Black Swan Analysis has expanded its analysis and forecasting team with the appointment of Luke McDermott.He joins the …

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AZ opens new global HQ in London

February 28, 2011
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AZ, AstraZeneca, London

AstraZeneca has moved its London global headquarters from Mayfair to new, larger premises in Paddington. The new offices are located …

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Healthcare IT and patients: lessons from the NHS experience

February 28, 2011
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Healthcare IT, NHS, NHS IT, electronic patient records, online health information

Many countries are investing heavily in electronic health records and health information exchange to drive improvements in the quality of …

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Vertex’s cystic fibrosis drug shows huge promise

February 28, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing VX-770, Vertex, cystic fibrosis

US pharma company Vertex has announced extremely promising results for a drug that could be a major advance in treating …

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New agreement seeks to speed up UK research

February 25, 2011
Research and Development BIA, Industry Collaborative Research Agreement, MRC, Medical Research Council, National Institute for Health Research, Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure, UK research, clinical research, mICRA

The government has revised the research contracting process in a bid to streamline research between pharma and biotech companies, universities …

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Pfizer research Sandwich, Kent

MPs to question Pfizer management over R&D closure

February 25, 2011
Research and Development Kent, Pfizer, Sandwich, Science and Technology Select Committee, research and development

Senior Pfizer executives will appear before MPs next week to answer questions on the closure of the company’s Kent research …

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Virgo Health boosts consultancy team

February 25, 2011
Medical Communications Caroline Gosling, Vantage, Virgo, Virgo Health PR, appointment, medical communications

Former Virgo Health PR managing director Caroline Gosling has moved to the company’s consultancy arm Vantage. She takes on a …

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Sanofi picks two agencies for UK diabetes account

February 25, 2011
Medical Communications Lantus, Sanofi-Aventis, Tudor Reilly, diabetes, medical communications account win, red health

Healthcare PR agencies Tudor Reilly and Red Health have jointly won the Sanofi-Aventis UK diabetes account after a five-way pitch. …

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Cally Clarkson joins HealthEd

February 25, 2011
Medical Communications Cally Clarkson, HealthEd, appointment, medical communications

Cheshire, UK-based medical education agency HealthEd has appointed Cally Clarkson as client services director. She has 10 years of healthcare …

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MedImmune

Retaining pharma top talent

February 25, 2011
Business Services MedImmune, careers, recruitment, talent retention

Strategies to co-ordinate talent retention differ between companies, and they may not always be as forward-focused as they could – …

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Glioblastoma vaccine enters phase II

February 24, 2011
Research and Development Cancer, GBM, ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, oncology

The first patient has been enrolled in a phase II trial of ICT-107, a cancer vaccine candidate for the treatment …

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Digital Pharma: Sanofi shifts video focus to YouTube

February 24, 2011
Medical Communications Digital Pharma blog, Sanofi-Aventis, online pharma video, youtube

Sanofi-Aventis has scaled back its online video ambitions and moved its web TV channel to YouTube. The move sees the …

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Working Life: BMS UK’s market access director Patrick Hopkinson

February 24, 2011
Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing BMS, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Patrick Hopkinson, Working Life, recruitment

Patrick Hopkinson, director of market access and external affairs at Bristol-Myers Squibb UK, talks to Pharmafocus about how he got …

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Minesh Ghelani joins Astralis Group

February 24, 2011
Business Services Astralis Group, Mishesh Ghelani, appointment, business services

Recruitment consultancy Astralis has appointed Minesh Ghelani as a senior consultant to its Life Sciences Practice.After obtaining his degree in …

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Abbott's Humira (adalimumab)

Abbott wins $1.7bn Humira case

February 24, 2011
Sales and Marketing Abbott, Abbott Laboratories, Centocor, Johnson and Johnson, Remicade, Simponi, TNF, golimumab, infliximab, rheumatoid arthritis

Abbott has been saved from paying Johnson & Johnson $1.7 billion after a US appeals court quashed a patent dispute …

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50,000 NHS jobs to be cut

February 24, 2011
False Economy, GPs, NHS, NHS reforms, TUC, nurses

NHS trusts are preparing to make a major series of job cuts as the health service wrestles with the need …

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Red Door boosts management team

February 24, 2011
Medical Communications Laura Clark, Liz Adams, Red Door Communications, appointment, medical communications

Red Door Communications has appointed its first `home grown’ consultant to its management team. Laura Clark has been made an …

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