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Indian pharma exports ‘set for 20% growth’ to 2018

October 23, 2013
Manufacturing and Production API, CPhI, GMP, India, growth

Representatives of India’s pharma sector pledged to meet the government’s target of raising exports to $25 billion by 2016, as …

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Reckitt Benckiser may shed pharma unit

October 23, 2013
Sales and Marketing Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals, rbp, suboxone

Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals is considering selling its pharma unit within the next year after the recent loss of its biggest …

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HGS founders join IMS Health team

October 23, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing HGS, IMS Health, mcfarlane

Healthcare services firm IMS Health has appointed HGS Europe founders Graeme McFarlane and Angela McFarlane (pictured) to its UK team. 

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NICE ‘yes’ for Jetrea

October 23, 2013
Sales and Marketing Jetrea, NHS, NICE, eye

Jetrea has completed its seemingly inexorable journey to NHS use in England and Wales for a rare eye condition following …

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AZ begins late-stage trial of new cancer drug

October 22, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, NSCLC, selumetinib

AstraZeneca has begun a Phase III study for its investigational lung cancer pill selumetinib in patients with a genetic sub-type …

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US regulator ponders Arzerra

October 22, 2013
Sales and Marketing Arzerra, CLL, FDA, GSK

GlaxoSmithKline and Genmab have submitted their blood cancer drug Arzerra to the FDA as a first-line treatment for chronic lymphocytic …

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Former GSK director joins Publicis Life Brands Resolute

October 22, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, PLBR, publicis

Former director of branding and communications at GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Health Sian Dodwell, has joined Publicis Life Brands Resolute (PLBR) from …

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Opsumit wins US approval

October 22, 2013
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The FDA has approved Actelion’s oral endothelin receptor antagonist Opsumit as a treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a potentially …

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Effectively outsourcing medical and laboratory equipment procurement

October 21, 2013

With Investigator Sites located across the World it is increasingly important to ensure that they all have the right equipment …

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Ariad ditches CML trial

October 21, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ariad, CML, iclusig

Ariad Pharmaceuticals has ditched its late-stage trial of Iclusig in patients with newly-diagnosed chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) after blood clots …

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Eisai: reform NICE or we’ll pull out of the UK

October 21, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Eisai, Hatfield, Hunt, NICE

Eisai has criticised NICE for being too narrow minded on assessing new drugs, and has warned it may pull its …

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No closer to Alzheimer’s cure despite rise in research

October 21, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, depression, markram

A scientist charged with developing a digital model of the human brain has said that patients with neurological and neurodegenerative …

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The new paradigm in oncology drug marketing

October 21, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Herceptin, Roche, marketing, oncology

Twenty years ago drugs to treat cancer were made up of chemotherapy agents which are essentially ‘blunt tools’ against the …

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Mylan hires president of European business

October 21, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Mylan, glinka

Mylan has announced that from December Jacek Glinka will be the president of its European business. Glinka served as chief …

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Dust settles on US shutdown

October 21, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing FDA, Obamacare, PhRMA, shutdown

The FDA has said that it was able to carry out a significant part of its remit during the suspension …

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MHRA recalls five Wockhardt medicines

October 18, 2013
Manufacturing and Production FDA, GMP, MHRA, Violations, Wockhardt, recall

The UK drugs regulator has recalled five more generic medicines made by Indian drugmaker Wockhardt after an inspection uncovered quality …

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Shire slated following Adderall T-shirt controversy

October 18, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Adderall, EMA, FDA, Shire

A senior doctor and patient welfare advocate has criticised Shire after T-shirts emblazoned with the word ‘Adderall’ appeared for sale …

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Roche rules out merger talk

October 18, 2013
Sales and Marketing Cancer, Herceptin, Novartis, Roche, merger

Roche has dismissed talk of merging with fellow Swiss manufacturer Novartis as it revealed its results for the last three …

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SCM Pharma appoints new director

October 18, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing SCM Pharma, simon bellamy

Contract development and manufacturing organisation SCM Pharma has expanded its commercial management team with the appointment of a new director. …

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Astellas gets NICE nod

October 18, 2013
Sales and Marketing Cancer, NHS, NICE, Xtandi

Astellas Pharma’s new prostate cancer drug Xtandi which has been shown to shrink and kill cancer cells, has been recommended …

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