Heartbeat Ideas joins forces with Saatchi & Saatchi Health

October 31, 2013
Medical Communications health, heartbeat, saatchi

Publicis Groupe has announced that its digital health agency Heartbeat Ideas has joined Saatchi & Saatchi Health in the US. …

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Teva boss quits over Board struggles

October 31, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Copaxone, Levin, Teva, generics

Teva’s president and chief executive Dr Jeremy Levin has unexpectedly quit as the firm struggles with staff cuts and management …

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Almac appoints US vice president of business development



October 31, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Almac, seigel

Contract manufacturing firm Almac has hired Richard Segiel Jr as its vice president of Business Development for the US. He …

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Sanofi cuts earnings guidance despite return to sales growth

October 31, 2013
Sales and Marketing Sanofi, Viehbacher, vaccines

Sanofi cut its earnings guidance for 2013 after its third quarter results missed targets, despite a return – barely – …

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GSK strikes new vaccines deal with Gates Foundation

October 30, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Gates, bmgf, vaccines

GSK and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) will invest a combined $1.8 million in early-stage research into making …

Cancer drugs lift Pfizer in third quarter

October 30, 2013
Sales and Marketing Lipitor, Lyrica, Pfizer, Q3, Xalkori

Pfizer saw a drop in revenue for the third quarter but the future looks bright as new products begin to …

Unpublished trials ‘violates ethical obligation’ to patients

October 30, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMJ, Goldacre, all trials, trials

A new study published in the BMJ has found almost one in three (29%) of large clinical trials remain unpublished …

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Aesica hires business development manager and director

October 30, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Aesica, muganga

Contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) Aesica has appointed Baali Muganga to the role of east coast US business development …

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‘Game-changing’ hep C pill gets FDA panel nod

October 29, 2013
Sales and Marketing FDA, Gilead, hep C, sofosbuvir

Gilead Science’s investigational hepatitis C drug sofosbuvir is one step closer to approval in the US after an FDA advisory …

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Strong sales for Biogen Idec’s MS drug

October 29, 2013
Sales and Marketing Biogen IDEC, Q3, gilenya, tecfidera

Biogen Idec’s oral multiple sclerosis (MS) drug Tecfidera lived up to its blockbuster-in-waiting billing with third quarter sales that exceeded …

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Amgen promotes two senior executives

October 29, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amgen

Amgen has promoted two senior executives as Brian McNamee becomes executive vice president and Stuart Tross senior vice president. McNamee …

New online tool to hear lung cancer patients’ stories

October 29, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, NSCLC, glcc, lung cancer

The Global Lung Cancer Coalition and Boehringer Ingelheim have teamed-up to increase awareness of the challenges facing individuals and families …

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PMCPA: Sanofi ‘discredited pharma’

October 28, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, PMCPA, Sanofi, breach

Sanofi has lowered the public’s confidence in the pharma industry, according to the PMCPA, which enforces the ABPI Code of …

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Novo recalls insulin shots on mis-dosing fears

October 28, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Novo Nordisk, flexpen, novomix, recall

Novo Nordisk is recalling around 3 million insulin products used to treat diabetes in Europe because of a possible manufacturing …

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Positive CHMP verdicts for Actelion and Lundbeck

October 28, 2013
Sales and Marketing Actelion, CHMP, FDA, Lundbeck

Actelion and Lundbeck both took a step closer to EU approval for two drugs seen as pivotal to their future …

Strategic planning: don’t just do it, use it

October 28, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MSI, craig, strategic planning

Every year, thousands of pharma employees spend endless hours in meetings discussing, building and presenting brand plans. Countless teams develop …

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Sanofi starts C. diff study

October 28, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing C diff, Sanofi Pasteur, cdi, clostridium

Sanofi’s vaccines division is beginning a Phase III programme looking at the safety and effectiveness of an investigational treatment for …

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Shire hires finance director

October 28, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Shire, dominic blakemore

Dominic Blakemore will join Shire’s Board from January next year as a non-executive director and member of its Audit, Compliance …

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AstraZeneca to close Brixham environmental lab

October 25, 2013
Manufacturing and Production API, AstraZeneca, brixham

AstraZeneca’s UK workers are facing more disruption following the company’s decision to close down a laboratory in Brixham focussing on …

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