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Digital Pharma: Online ‘keepy uppies’ from Bayer

April 15, 2010
Medical Communications Bayer Schering Pharma, Langland, digi game, digital pharma, disease awareness campaigns, haemophilia, iphone

Bayer Schering Pharma is counting down to World Haemophilia Day with a football-themed online disease awareness campaign. The centre-piece of …

News

Lixisenatide scores in phase III trial

April 15, 2010
Research and Development GLP-1, Lixisenatide, diabetes

Sanofi-Aventis’ novel, once-daily diabetes treatment lixisenatide has successfully met its phase III glucose blood level and glycaemic control endpoints. The …

News

Healthcare key to voting preferences

April 15, 2010
NHS, election

Healthcare is a key factor when deciding which political candidate to support for more than half of UK voters, according …

News

Hikma expands in Middle East & North Africa

April 15, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Hikma, em

UK-headquartered Hikma Pharmaceuticals has signed a flurry of deals that expand its position in the fast-growing Middle East and North …

News
FredHassan

Fred Hassan moves to Bausch & Lomb

April 15, 2010
Sales and Marketing Bausch and Lomb, appointment, sales and marketing

Pharma industry veteran Fred Hassan has been appointed chairman at eye health company Bausch & Lomb. Hassan was previously chairman …

Appointment

Abbott chief exec ordered to hand over email records

April 14, 2010
Sales and Marketing Abbott, conduct

A US judge has ordered Abbott to give prosecutors access to company emails, including those sent by chief executive Miles …

News

Patients ignorant of blood clot risks

April 14, 2010
Sales and Marketing Pradaxa, VTE, thrombosis

Many patients are not aware that they are at risk from blood clots when staying in hospital, according to new …

News

Gilenia cuts relapse rates in MS patients

April 14, 2010
Sales and Marketing Gilena, MS, Novartis

Novartis’ new oral multiple sclerosis treatment Gilenia has been shown to reduce relapse rates significantly in new trial data.Data presented …

News

Just how resilient are you?

April 14, 2010
Business Services careers, work life balance

The concept of ‘resilience’ in relation to our working lives has become widely used in recent years, and individuals and …

Feature

Star team expands

April 14, 2010
Business Services Star, appointment, business services

UK resourcing company Star has appointed three new recruitment consultants and a team leader. Nick Loades joins the head office …

Appointment

Reprieve for GSK workers as NY plant closure is cancelled

April 13, 2010
Manufacturing and Production GSK

The jobs of up to 210 workers at a GlaxoSmithKline plant in New York, USA, have been saved after the …

News
IndiaFlagWeb

Indian pharma market ‘impossible to ignore’

April 13, 2010
Sales and Marketing India, em

A new report by consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers says that India will become one of the top ten sales markets by …

News

GSK agrees generic deal on Malarone

April 13, 2010
Sales and Marketing GSK, depression, generics

Generic versions of two GlaxoSmithKline products have received the green light for launch in the US. Mylan has been given …

News

Roche buys insulin patch company

April 13, 2010
Research and Development Diagnostics, Roche, diabetes

Roche has acquired insulin delivery specialist company Medingo to consolidate its presence in the diabetes care market.  Medingo, formerly a …

News
AquapharmSimonBest

Dr Simon Best joins Aquapharm as chief executive

April 13, 2010
Research and Development Aquapharm, Aquapharm Biodiscovery, appointment, research and development

Aquapharm has appointed Dr Simon Best (pictured) chief executive in a move that sees the Scottish marine biotechnology company’s current …

Appointment
David Cameron

Conservatives can manage us best, says NHS staff survey

April 12, 2010
Sales and Marketing NHS, election

A new opinion poll suggest frontline NHS clinicians believe the Conservatives are best placed to manage the health service. Market …

News

NICE responds to Daily Mail cancer drug claims

April 12, 2010
Sales and Marketing NICE, Sutent, election, off label

NICE has responded to a Daily Mail article on access to cancer drugs, in order to clear up claims of …

News

Parexel launches software for post-approval trials

April 12, 2010
Research and Development CRO, Parexel

Contract research organisation Parexel has launched a new web-based technology platform for late phase clinical research that it says makes …

News

Contract research news in brief

April 12, 2010
Research and Development Ingenix, Medpace, NIB, NexMed, RDNIB

A round-up of recent developments in the clinical research arena includes an expansion for NexMed’s pre-clinical division, acquisitions for Medpace …

News
BlairReidPatient

King’s Fund report praises NHS progress

April 12, 2010
NHS, election, king's fund

A new King’s Fund report on how the NHS has fared under 13 years of Labour government has concluded that …

News
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