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EMA to review two new Pfizer cancer drugs

August 19, 2011
Sales and Marketing Cancer, Pfizer, bosutinib, crizotinib

The EMA has accepted Pfizer’s regulatory submissions for two of its new cancer compounds. The first is its much-lauded crizotinib, …

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Idea Pharma boosts project management team

August 19, 2011
Sales and Marketing appointment, sales and marketing

Phase II strategy consultancy Idea Pharma has appointed two new project managers to its team – Suzanne Axford-Bryars and Lidia …

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OPEN Health launches research service

August 19, 2011
Medical Communications Open Health, medical communications agency

Healthcare communications agency OPEN Health, has launched OPEN Plan, a market research and brand planning specialist team. The company says …

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Roche

Roche’s Zelboraf approved by FDA months ahead of schedule

August 18, 2011
Sales and Marketing Yervoy, Zelboraf, skin cancer

The FDA has approved Roche and Daiichi Sankyo’s new skin cancer drug Zelboraf two months ahead of schedule. Zelboraf (vemurafenib) …

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Virgo Health appoints GSK’s Rebecca Neil

August 18, 2011
Medical Communications appointments, medical communications

Healthcare comms agency Virgo Health has appointed GlaxoSmithKline’s Rebecca Neil to its education team. Rebecca spent six years at the …

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Novartis

New discount persuades NICE to back Novartis’ Tasigna

August 18, 2011
Sales and Marketing Glivec, NICE, Sprycel, Tasigna

NICE has recommended Novartis’ Tasigna for use in the NHS after the blood cancer drug’s manufacturer submitted a new patient …

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6 challenges facing pharma communications

August 18, 2011
Medical Communications communications, emerging markets

Brian O’Riordan looks at how the pharma industry is adapting to the changing world of 21st Century communications. 1) New …

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Joint API inspection pilot proves successful

August 17, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Wainwright Associates

Over recent years compliance with GMP in the manufacture of active substances (APIs) has been the subject of increasing regulatory …

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Digital Pharma: Bayer reprimanded over social media use

August 17, 2011
Medical Communications ABPI Code of Practice, Bayer, Digital Pharma blog, PMCPA

Bayer will be named in the medical press after being found guilty of the first social media breach of the …

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NICE to review Lucentis decision

August 17, 2011
Sales and Marketing Lucentis, NICE, diabetic macular edema

NICE will allow an appeal against its decision not to recommend Novartis’s Lucentis for diabetic macular oedema. The appeal came …

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Sanofi Pasteur MSD appoints new UK medical director

August 17, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing appointment, research and development, sales and marketing

Sanofi Pasteur MSD has appointed Dr Aidrian Kilcoyne as medical director in the UK. He joins the company from Roche …

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NICE wants more information on Pradaxa

August 17, 2011
Sales and Marketing NICE, Pradaxa

NICE has asked for more information on Pradaxa, after deciding in preliminary guidance that the drug is not cost-effective in …

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Pfizer triumphs in US Viagra patent trial

August 17, 2011
Sales and Marketing Pfizer, generics, viagra

Pfizer has won a US patent infringement case against generics giant Teva, stopping the company from making its own version …

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Contract research news in brief

August 17, 2011
Research and Development research and development news

Our round-up of news from the contract research sector includes the rejection of a cancer drug by the FDA because …

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How the best labs manage talent

August 16, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development careers, recruitment, talent retention

Of the $1.2 trillion spent globally each year on R&D across corporations and academia, 40 per cent – much the …

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Onyx Scientific bought by India’s Ipca Labs

August 16, 2011
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Ipca, Onyx, contract research news, pharma manufacturing news, research and development news

India’s Ipca Laboratories has bought UK chemistry services firm Onyx Scientific for around £4.6 million ($7.5m). The Mumbai-based company, a …

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Contract manufacturing market set for return to growth

August 16, 2011
Manufacturing and Production contract manufacturing, pharma manufacturing news

The pharmaceutical contract manufacturing sector looks set for a return to historical growth over the next five years, after a …

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New head of oncology for Astellas Pharma Europe

August 16, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing appointment, research and development, sales and marketing

Astellas Pharma has appointed Dr Christopher Thomson as executive director of its new European Oncology Unit.   Dr Thomson will …

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Pharma manufacturing news in brief

August 16, 2011
Manufacturing and Production pharma manufacturing news

Jubilant announces an $80 million agreement to supply an unnamed product over the next three years, plus there are facility …

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GlaxoSmithKline

GSK Parkinson’s drug shows motor skills benefits

August 16, 2011
Research and Development GSK, Impax Pharmaceuticals, Parkinson's disease, research and development news

GlaxoSmithKline’s new drug IPX066 has helped Parkinson’s disease patients retain their motor skills after their medication wore off. IPX066, which …

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