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NICE approves Yondelis

February 24, 2010
Sales and Marketing NICE, PharmaMar, Yondelis

Cancer drug Yondelis has been approved by NICE for use on the NHS, but only after the manufacturer offered to …

News

NHS Alliance finds its own third way

February 24, 2010
NHS, NHS Alliance

The NHS Alliance has proposed a new business model for the NHS that would draw on the health service’s founding …

News

Methylene blue poised to move into the clinic

February 24, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Novasep, ProveBlue, Provepharm, malaria

A new purer form of the reagent methylene blue could take the compound out of the testing laboratory and into …

News
McCannAndrewBerrie

New role for McCann’s Andrew Berrie

February 24, 2010
Medical Communications McCann Healthcare, appointment, medical communications

Andrew Berrie’s roll within McCann Healthcare Worldwide’s Medical Communications arm has been enlarged.  His remit will now also include being …

Appointment
IcahnWebV

Predatory Icahn moves in on weakened Genzyme

February 23, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Gaucher, Genzyme, Icahn

Corporate raider Carl Icahn has made a bid to gain control of beleaguered Genzyme as it struggles to overcome major …

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Avandia

Reports raise fresh Avandia safety questions

February 23, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline, diabetes

GlaxoSmithKline’s troubled diabetes drug Avandia has been hit by fresh reports from the US that it increases the risk of …

News

Baroness Thornton joins the Department of Health

February 23, 2010
DH, UK, appointment

Baroness Thornton has been appointed parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department of Health. Prior to this she was government …

Appointment

Pfizer, Lilly and Merck partner for cancer research

February 23, 2010
Research and Development Asia, Cancer, developing world, em, emerging markets

Three pharma companies have formed a not-for-profit organisation, the Asian Cancer Research Group (ACRG), to boost work on treating common …

News

Digital Pharma: Searching for clinical trials

February 23, 2010
Research and Development CRO, TrialReach, digi, digital pharma, digital pharma research, digital research, patient recruitment

A new clinical trials search and referral engine has launched to help patients who are considering taking part in a …

Feature

Chiltern Announces Partnership with Charles River

February 23, 2010
Research and Development

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Press release

Shire readies Gaucher drug Vpriv

February 23, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Cerezyme, Gaucher's, Shire, Vpriv

Shire Pharmaceuticals says it has already manufactured enough of its Vpriv to treat around 400 Gaucher disease patients and could …

News

Lilly UK appoints Ramona Sequeira managing director

February 23, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing appointment, lilly, research and development, sales and marketing

Lilly UK has appointed Ramona Sequeira managing director, UK and Republic of Ireland.She replaces Andrew Hotchkiss who becomes vice president …

Appointment
Shire's Adderall

Low Adderall sales hit Shire

February 22, 2010
Sales and Marketing 2009 financials, Adderall, Shire

Shire has posted negative growth due to generic competition for its flagship ADHD drug Adderall XR. Product sales were down …

News
Brain picture

Novartis gains edge in MS treatment race

February 22, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cladribine, Gilenia, MS, Novartis

Novartis’ new oral multiple sclerosis treatment Gilenia will be given a priority review by the FDA.This could lead to a …

News

Sanofi’s Humenza poised to be Europe’s fifth swine flu vaccine

February 22, 2010
Sales and Marketing Sanofi Pasteur, Tyverb, Zeftera, swine flu

Sanofi Pasteur’s Humenza is set to become the fifth swine flu vaccine in Europe after gaining the support of a …

News

Taro will close Irish facility next month

February 22, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Sun Pharma, Taro Pharma, manufacturing and production

Israeli drugmaker Taro Pharma has decided to halt manufacturing at a plant in Tipperary, Ireland, resulting in the loss of …

News

RTS Life Science Appoints Richard Carpenter

February 22, 2010
Manufacturing and Production appointment, manufacturing and production, rts life science

RTS Life Science has expanded its US field-based sales team, appointing Richard Carpenter Mid-Atlantic sales manager.  The company, which supplies …

Appointment

ReNeuron to begin landmark stem cell trial for stroke

February 19, 2010
Research and Development ReNeuron, stem cell

ReNeuron has been given the go-ahead to begin clinical trials of the first ever stem cell therapy for patients disabled …

News

UK contractor Excelsyn sold to AMRI

February 19, 2010
Manufacturing and Production AMRI, Excelsyn

UK contract development and manufacturing services company Excelsyn has been bought for $19 million by US rival AMRI, which said …

News

Pharma manufacturing news in brief

February 19, 2010
Manufacturing and Production AMPAC Fine Chemicals, Avrio, Haupt Pharma, NeoStem

German contract manufacturing organisation (CMO) Haupt Pharma said its site in Latina, Italy, has passed an FDA inspection. Following the …

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