Activaero appoints Christian Pangratz

June 27, 2011
Sales and Marketing appointment, sales and marketing

Activaero GmbH has appointed Christian Pangratz as chief business officer, with a brief to lead its business development, marketing and …

Boehringer Ingelheim Eli Lilly Trajenta linagliptin

CHMP backs Boehringer-Lilly diabetes drug Trajenta

June 27, 2011
Sales and Marketing Tradjenta, Trajenta, diabetes

Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly’s new type II diabetes drug Trajenta has been recommended for European approval. It was given …

Bury the NHS reform bill, says BMJ

June 27, 2011
Health and Social Care Bill, NHS reforms

The influential British Medical Journal has called on the government to abandon its healthcare reform bill, which it says has …

Beyond technology: how pharma marketing will be transformed…..

June 27, 2011
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing digital marketing, pharma marketing

I speak about social media and pharma company communications all the time. I find myself talking about it not just …

Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk invests €134m in Danish facility

June 24, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Novo Nordisk, biologics, pharma manufacturing news

Novo Nordisk plans to invest almost 1 billion Danish kroner (134 million euros) in a new biologics manufacturing facility at …

Chamberlain moves under CCC umbrella

June 24, 2011
Medical Communications medical communications, medical communications agency, medical communications news

Health PR specialist Chamberlain Communications Group is to come under the umbrella of Chandler Chicco Companies (CCC) as a prelude …

Pfizer R&D Sandwich, Kent

Pfizer to retain 350 jobs at Sandwich

June 24, 2011
Research and Development Pfizer, Sandwich, pharma jobs, recruitment

Pfizer has made the surprise decision to retain 350 jobs at its research and development site in Sandwich, Kent, providing …

Roche

Roche and Evotec to collaborate on cancer biomarkers

June 24, 2011
Research and Development Evotec, Roche, biomarkers

Roche and Evotec are to collaborate to find biomarkers for Roche oncology drugs under development. Roche has been one of …

Roche

Roche launches R&D Institute in France

June 24, 2011
Research and Development Roche, translational research

Roche has launched a new R&D Institute in France, furthering its links with academic centres in the country. The Institute, …

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Succinct Communications boosts team

June 24, 2011
Medical Communications appointment, medical communications

Succinct Healthcare Communications has strengthened its team with four new appointments.Andrea Scales joins Amersham, UK-based agency as editorial assistant, James …

Service Insight: Creative consumer communications and pharma

June 24, 2011
Medical Communications Service Insight, advertising, creativity, fmcg

SERVICE INSIGHTI arrived in healthcare communications having spent 12 years as a creative PR consultant within the FMCG and technology …

Menarini pilots UK gout awareness campaign

June 23, 2011
Medical Communications Menarini, disease awareness, disease awareness campaigns

A. Menarini Pharma UK has piloted a new gout awareness campaign in the North East and is preparing to give …

John Burt takes on leadership of PolyTherics

June 23, 2011
Research and Development appointment, research and development

PolyTherics has promoted John Burt from chief business officer to chief executive.Prior to joining PolyTherics, which applies precision chemistry to …

Merck KGaA

Merck scraps MS pill cladribine

June 23, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cladribine, Merck KGaA, Movectro, multiple sclerosis

Merck KGaA has pulled all pending applications for its multiple sclerosis pill Movectro and will withdraw it from the markets …

Sanofi to boost early-stage research with ‘real world’ evidence

June 23, 2011
Research and Development Sanofi, patient data, pharma research

Sanofi is aiming to maximise its R&D investment by including ‘real world’ evidence in its product development strategy. The company …

AstraZeneca sells off dental business for $1.8bn

June 23, 2011
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, strategy

AstraZeneca is to sell its dental products firm Astra Tech to DENTSPLY for $1.8 billion. Astra Tech comprises two business …

FDA looks to make drugs risks clearer for patients

June 22, 2011
Medical Communications FDA, advertising

Potential side effects from medicines need to be presented more clearly on prescription drug advertising so patients can understand the …

European approval for BMS kidney transplant drug Nulojix

June 22, 2011
Sales and Marketing BMS, EMA, Nulojix, transplant

European regulators have followed their US counterparts in granting marketing authorisation for a drug which aims to prevent kidney transplant …

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