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November 29, 2011
Manufacturing and Production NIB, manufacturing and production

Fujifilm inks another biosimilars deal, an explosion rocks an Aurobindo plant, plus manufacturing updates from Teva, Bellwyck Packaging and Indian …

News

FDA gives green light to BioMarin facility expansion

November 29, 2011
Manufacturing and Production

The US FDA has granted approval to BioMarin Pharmaceutical for a $60 million expansion of its manufacturing facility in Novato, …

News
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Abbott expands diagnostic pact with GlaxoSmithKline

November 29, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Abbott, Cancer, GSK, non-small cell lung cancer

Abbott will develop a diagnostic kit for GlaxoSmithKline’s new lung cancer drug candidate.   This is an expansion of a …

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Roche opens $271m formulations centre

November 29, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Roche, manufacturing

Roche has officially opened a 250 million Swiss franc ($271m) R&D centre in Switzerland that will be used to develop …

News

Onglyza cleared for use with insulin

November 29, 2011
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Merck, Onglyza, diabetes, insulin

European regulators have approved a licence extension for Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca’s type II diabetes treatment Onglyza. The oral DPP-4 …

News

Catalent Pharma Solutions Appoints New Vice President and General Manager – Sterile Technologies

November 28, 2011
Manufacturing and Production

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc. announced the appointment of Jonathan Arnold as Vice President and General Manager – Sterile Technologies effective …

Appointment

Munro & Forster win PRCA Health and Wellbeing Award

November 28, 2011
Medical Communications COPD, ERS, Munro & Forster, PRCA

Healthcare comms agency Munro & Forster has won an industry award for its innovative World Spirometry Day Campaign for the …

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Janssen sets up new mental health social networking site

November 28, 2011
Medical Communications J&J, JJ, Janssen, NHS

Janssen and the NHS Confederation have established a new mental health social networking site. The service, which will be free …

News
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UK government drops Cervarix for Gardasil

November 28, 2011
Sales and Marketing Cervarix, GSK, Gardasil, MSD, Sanofi

The UK government has performed a U-turn on its HPV vaccine programme by favouring Sanofi and MSD’s Gardasil over GlaxoSmithKline’s …

News

UCB appoints Peter Theil as head of non-clinical development

November 28, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing UCB

Peter Theil has joined UCB as its new vice president and head of non-clinical development for the firm’s new medicines …

Appointment

Pfizer to acquire skin specialist firm Excaliard

November 28, 2011
Sales and Marketing EXC 001, Excaliard, Pfizer

Pfizer will acquire skin specialist Excaliard Pharmaceuticals as the firm looks to further diversify its pipeline. Financial terms of the …

News

Shire facility could answer rare disease drug shortage

November 27, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Fabry disease, Gaucher, Shire, Vpriv

Shire has filed applications with the European and US regulators to produce its Gaucher disease drug Vpriv (velaglucerase alfa) at …

News

Pfizer’s Loughbeg first pharma facility to meet green standard

November 27, 2011
Manufacturing and Production ISO 50001, Loughbeg, Pfizer, environmental

A Pfizer facility in Ireland has become the first pharmaceutical plant in the world to meet a tough new standard …

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The changing of the guard – Q3 round up

November 25, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Lipitor, Q3, Ranbaxy

 PfizerOf all the patent cliffs in pharma, Lipitor’s expiry represents the biggest. Pfizer is now staring over the precipice, with …

Feature

Quality fears prompt cancer drug recalls

November 25, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Ben Venue, EU, Hong Kong, manufacturing

Regulatory authorities around the world are recalling cancer drugs manufactured by Boehringer Ingelheim’s Ben Venue Laboratories subsidiary after an inspection …

News

Mixed results for UK in international health survey

November 25, 2011
Sales and Marketing NHS, OECD, healthcare

The NHS in England does not perform well on some patient outcomes for cancer, stroke and respiratory diseases given the …

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NICE okays Eliquis for blood clots after surgery

November 25, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, Eliquis, NICE, Pfizer

NICE is recommending Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Eliquis for blood clots after surgery. Specifically, NICE has said that Eliquis (apixaban) …

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RSA announces raft of new appointments

November 24, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

RSA, the global life sciences executive search and interim management firm, has announced a series of new appointments. RSA Switzerland …

Appointment

Adaptive Trial Design

November 24, 2011
Research and Development

Despite the burgeoning interest in Adaptive Trial Design (ATD), an extremely powerful tool when used effectively in the appropriate circumstances, …

Feature
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NICE confirms ‘no’ for colorectal cancer drugs

November 24, 2011
Sales and Marketing Erbitux, NICE, Vectibix, avastin, colorectal cancer

 

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