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MedImmune Ventures appoints Ron Laufer

June 18, 2010
Research and Development AstraZeneca, MedImmune, appointment, research and development

Ron Laufer has joined MedImmune’s venture capital arm as senior managing director. The company, which is the worldwide biologics unit …

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Bayer signs cancer stem cell research deal

June 18, 2010
Research and Development Bayer Schering Pharma, Cancer, OncoMed, Stem cells

Bayer Schering Pharma has teamed up with a US oncology specialist to develop novel antibodies, protein therapeutics and small molecules …

News

Kemwell expands Swedish production unit

June 17, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Kemwell, contract manufacturing

Indian contract manufacturer Kemwell has doubled production capacity at its facility in Sweden in order to help it serve customers …

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Trials of cancer vaccine Stimuvax can resume

June 17, 2010
Research and Development Merck Serono, Stimuvax, cancer vaccine, vaccines

Merck Serono has been given clearance to resume part of its clinical trials of its cancer vaccine Stimuvax. Trials of …

News

UCB’s new lupus treatment promising

June 17, 2010
Research and Development Benlysta, Lupus, UCB, epratuzumab

A new monoclonal antibody treatment for lupus has shown promise in phase II trials, according to UCB. The biopharmaceutical company …

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PAN makes creative appointments

June 17, 2010
Medical Communications Pan, appointment, medical communications

UK agency PAN Advertising has made two new appointments to its creative department – Gareth Goh as copywriter and Adam Wood as …

Appointment

ABPI appoints former AZ innovation head

June 17, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, appointment, research and development, sales and marketing

UK industry association the ABPI has appointed Carol Blount as its new head of commercial affairs. Carol has more than …

Appointment
Tom McKillop and Fred Goodwin

Reinventing Management

June 17, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing management

The investment banking industry officially ceased to exist on September 21, 2008. That was the day the last two remaining …

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NICE rejects Tarceva maintenance treatment

June 17, 2010
Sales and Marketing NICE, NSCLC, Roche, Tarceva, lung cancer

Roche’s Tarceva should not be used in lung cancer patients who have already been treated and whose disease remains stable, …

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Digital Pharma: Amgen’s online village

June 16, 2010
Medical Communications Amgen, ITP, community, disease awareness campaigns

Amgen has launched an online community for European healthcare professionals, patients and carers affected by autoimmune disease immune thrombycytopenia. Styled …

News

FDA to make safety reviews public

June 16, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, drug safety

The US medicines regulator is to make safety reviews of recently approved prescription medicines more readily available to the public. …

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Former FDA and MHRA regulators join Parexel Consulting

June 16, 2010
Research and Development CRO, Parexel, appointment, research and development

Parexel Consulting has appointed former regulators Toby Silverman, M.D. and Keith Watson, Ph.D. as principal consultants. The company is a …

News

Novo agrees price cut deal with Greece

June 16, 2010
Sales and Marketing Greece, Novo Nordisk, insulin, pricing

Novo Nordisk has agreed to resume supply of its insulins to the Greek market after pulling them last month as …

News

GSK’s Votrient approved in Europe

June 16, 2010
Sales and Marketing GlaxoSmithKline, Kidney cancer, Votrient

The European Commission has granted a conditional marketing authorisation for a GlaxoSmithKline drug that treats the most common form of …

News

R&D: a new world order

June 16, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development industry, job cuts, research, research and development

Big pharma is today demolishing the in-house drug discovery and research structures built up over the last decade, and is …

Feature

Patrick Walker appointed to PPRS resolution panel

June 16, 2010
Sales and Marketing DH, UK, appointment, sales and marketing

The Department of Health has appointed Patrick Walker to chair the Dispute Resolution Panel for UK pricing system the Pharmaceutical …

Appointment

Novavax makes manufacturing promotions

June 16, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Novavax, appointment, manufacturing and production, research and development

US biotech company Novavax has made a brace of manufacturing management promotions. It has appointed John Madsen as head of …

Appointment

Nexavar fails in lung cancer trial

June 15, 2010
Research and Development Bayer, NSCLC, Nexavar, Onyx

Bayer and Onyx Pharmaceutical’s oncology drug Nexavar has failed to meet its primary endpoint in a phase III study for …

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Pfizer forms rare diseases unit

June 15, 2010
Research and Development Orphan, Pfizer

Pfizer is seeking to boost its coverage of research into orphan conditions with the creation of a new unit focused …

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Ben Fisher joins OgilvyHealthPR

June 15, 2010
Medical Communications Ogilvy, appointment, medical communications

OgilvyHealthPR has appointed Ben Fisher as associate director. He joins the agency from Porter Novelli and has ten years experience …

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