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Turning business intelligence managers into business performance leaders

October 26, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cello, MSI, business leaders, intelligence

Never before have business intelligence people played such a leading role in the marketing planning process. For those who view …

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Sharp fall for AstraZeneca

October 26, 2012
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Brennan, Q3, Soriot

AstraZeneca saw its third quarter revenue and pre-tax profit both fall 15%, to $6.7 billion and $2 billion, respectively. The …

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Astellas announces compliance officer for the Americas

October 26, 2012
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astellas, McCauley

Astellas recently named J. Patrick McCauley Jr, a longtime pharmaceutical industry veteran and Astellas employee, to the post of Regional …

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Shire poaches new head from Bayer

October 26, 2012
Sales and Marketing Angus Russell, Flemming Omskov, Shire

Flemming Ornskov, currently chief marketing officer at Bayer, is to take over at Dublin-based Shire Pharmaceuticals next year. He will …

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Contaminated steroids blamed for deadly meningitis outbreak

October 25, 2012
Manufacturing and Production FDA, GMP, NECC

As many as 14,000 patients may have been exposed to contaminated steriods that have led to 23 deaths due to …

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Lilly censured for rep photo

October 25, 2012
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, GP, PMCPA, lilly

Lilly has breached the ABPI’s Code of Practice because one of its representatives insisted on taking pictures of doctors underneath …

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AstraZeneca and Ironwood announce $150 million China pact

October 25, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, China, IBS, Ironwood

AstraZeneca has signed a deal with Ironwood to co-develop and co-market Ironwood’s irritable bowel syndrome treatment in China. In August …

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Perception of pharma online ‘negative’

October 25, 2012
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Digital Health Coalition, Endo, WEGO Health

Pharma manufacturers must take to social media in a bid to correct misinformation about the industry and their products, according …

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Management Forum NSF-DBA Medical Devices Certification Programme

October 24, 2012
Research and Development

Management Forum has teamed up with NSF-DBA, experts in medical device professional training, to bring certification programmes aimed at demonstrating …

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European green light for Novo’s Tresiba

October 24, 2012
Sales and Marketing EMA, Novo Nordisk, Tresiba

The European Medicines Agency has given the go-ahead for Novo Nordisk’s Tresiba, a new basal analogue insulin to treat diabetes …

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Streamlining Key Services your Drug Delivery Device Partner Provides

October 24, 2012
Manufacturing and Production auto injector, autoinjector, final assembly, pen injector, shl group, shl pharma

Extensive project management expertise and logistical control know-how are obviously required when working on a combination product from the concept …

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Merck Serono’s Christoph Schnorr joins Quintiles

October 24, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Christoph Schnorr, Quintiles

Dr Christoph Schnorr has joined Quintiles as head of its European Research and Development consulting practice. Schnorr joins quintiles from Merck …

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UK medicine costs ‘under control’

October 24, 2012
Sales and Marketing ABPI, PCT, R&D, UK medicine

The ABPI has seized on two reports – one its own and one independent – published this week to assert …

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Turkey ‘can be pharma R&D, production hub by 2023’, says PwC

October 23, 2012
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing R&D, Turkey, pwC

Despite lagging behind its peers among ‘pharmerging’ economies, Turkey has the potential to become a major R&D and production hub …

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FDA committee recommends Kynamro

October 23, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, Genzyme, Kynamro, Sanofi

Sanofi’s anti-cholestrol drug Kynamro has been recommended by an FDA committee, paving the way for US approval early next year. …

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Dr Reddy’s offers €27m for Dutch formulation firm OctoPlus

October 23, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Dr Reddy's, OctoPlus, outsourcing

India’s Dr Reddy’s Laboratories has signed an agreement to buy Netherlands-based formulation and drug delivery specialist OctoPlus in a €27m …

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WuXi cuts ribbon on biologics plant

October 23, 2012
Manufacturing and Production CGMP, WuXi AppTec

China’s WuXi AppTec has officially opened a new biologics manufacturing facility that forms the centrepiece of the company’s recently-signed alliance …

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Pfizer buys NextWave Pharmaceuticals

October 23, 2012
Sales and Marketing ADHD, Pfizer, Qullivant, nextwave

Pfizer is to acquire NextWave Pharmaceuticals by the end of the year in a deal that could be worth $680 …

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Amgen’s Roger Perlmutter joins Heptares

October 23, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amgen, Heptares, Roger Perlmutter

GPCR drug discovery firm Heptares Therapeutics has elected Dr Roger Perlmutter, the former executive VP, Research and Development, at Amgen …

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Coping with transformational change – the key to winning

October 22, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Moorhouse

Imagine you are investing £3.4 billion in changing your business, half of it in business-critical projects such as drug supply …

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