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Merck establishes new R&D centre in China

December 8, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Merck is moving further into China by establishing its new Asian research and development headquarters in Beijing.  The Wangjing Park …

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Biogen and Samsung invest $300m on joint biosimilars venture

December 8, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Biogen, Samsung, biosimilars

Biogen Idec and Samsung will invest $300 million in a joint venture to develop biosimilars. Both firms will contribute a …

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Novo confident on ultra-long acting insulin

December 8, 2011
Sales and Marketing Novo Nordisk, diabetes, insulin

Novo Nordisk says a new combination of a long-acting insulin with a short-acting insulin helps patients maintain better control of …

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New EU Cosmetics Regulation

December 7, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

The European Cosmetics Directive has been recast and the new legislation takes the form of Regulation 1223/2009.  As a Regulation, …

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Lonza to make Elan’s Alzheimer’s candidate

December 7, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Abbott, Elan, Lonza

Elan has awarded a manufacturing contract to Lonza to supply the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) for its small-molecule candidate Alzheimer’s …

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Contract research news in brief

December 7, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Almac, GVK Biosciences and PreClinOmics/AIT, PPD, Quintiles

Our round-up of news from the contract research sector includes PPD’s sales to a private equity consortium, new clinical supply …

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Catalent Announces plans to increase Biologic Development and Manufacturing Capabilities

December 7, 2011
Manufacturing and Production

SOMERSET, NJ, December 7, 2011 — Catalent Pharma Solutions, a leading provider of drug and biologic development services, delivery technologies …

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Ketchum Pleon appoints Andrew Lamb as healthcare digital strategist

December 7, 2011
Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Ketchum Pleon

Ketchum Pleon’s London office has appointed Andrew Lamb as a digital strategist for healthcare. Lamb will use his digital expertise …

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Health Protection Agency welcomes the Approval of ERWINAZE™ Biologics License Application for Treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

December 7, 2011
Manufacturing and Production

Salisbury, UK – 18th November 2011 –the Health Protection Agency (HPA) today welcomed the news that the U.S. Food and …

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Roche unveils Zurich translational partnership

December 7, 2011
Research and Development Roche, Zurich, academic alliance, translational research

Roche has unveiled a new research collaboration with academic researchers and leading clinical centres in Switzerland. The Basel-based pharma company …

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NICE gains wider public health role

December 7, 2011
Sales and Marketing NICE

NICE is to gain new powers to advise local authorities in England and Wales about public health.From 2013 responsibility for public health will …

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No cancer link with Lantus, says Sanofi

December 7, 2011
Sales and Marketing Cancer, Lantus, Sanofi, diabetes, insulin, safety

Sanofi has presented a new meta-analysis which suggests its insulin blockbuster Lantus does not raise the risk of cancer. A …

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NICE recommends two Novartis cancer treatments

December 6, 2011
Sales and Marketing Glivec, Novartis, Sprycel, Tasigna

Two of Novartis’ cancer drugs have been recommended by NICE for the first line treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) …

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GlaxoSmithKline moves closer to green power goals

December 6, 2011
Manufacturing and Production GSK, manufacturing

GlaxoSmithKline took a step closer to becoming a generator of electricity in a bid to offset the high energy demands …

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Pharma manufacturing news in brief

December 6, 2011
Manufacturing and Production GSK, Hospira, PharmaS, UPS, Uquifa, Vivimed

India’s Vivimed buys Spanish API maker, Hospira tries to spend its way out of manufacturing woes, plus updates from PharmaS, …

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SciGen sells Israeli vaccines plant to FDS

December 6, 2011
Manufacturing and Production FDS, SciGen

UK drugmaker FDS Pharma has bought a manufacturing facility in Israel operated by Singapore biopharmaceutical concern SciGen. FDS Pharma has …

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Actavis buys packager to boost manufacturing efficiencies

December 6, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Actavis, pharmapack

Generic drugmaker Actavis has acquired Netherlands-based company PharmaPack International in a bid to cut its lead times for packaging and …

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Cervarix was the ‘wrong decision’ for the UK

December 6, 2011
Sales and Marketing

The UK government’s choice to use GlaxoSmithKline’s Cervarix for its HPV vaccination programme was the ‘wrong decision’, according to a …

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Big pharma: big rewards come from big risks

December 5, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pfizer, R&D productivity

John LaMattina joined Pfizer in 1977 after having completed his PhD in organic chemistry, and moved up through the ranks …

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AstraZeneca to freely share drug compounds with UK groups

December 5, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, research

AstraZeneca will make 22 of its compounds available free of charge to UK academia next year as part of a …

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