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Olivia Wilmshurst-Smith joins Woolley Pau

February 26, 2010
Medical Communications Woolley Pau, appointment, medical communications

Advertising agency Woolley Pau has appointed Olivia Wilmshurst-Smith as an account executive. She is a keen linguist and recently graduated …

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GSK hits back at Avandia safety probe

February 25, 2010
Sales and Marketing Avandia, diabetes

GlaxoSmithKline has hit back at allegations from US Senators that its diabetes drug Avandia raises the risk of heart attacks, …

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Digital Pharma: Novartis tells cystic fibrosis stories

February 25, 2010
Medical Communications Novartis, cystic fibrosis, digi, digi pharma, social media

Novartis has launched a new disease awareness campaign for cystic fibrosis that blurs the lines between fact and fiction. Its …

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Avastin study in ovarian cancer meets primary endpoint

February 25, 2010
Research and Development Cancer, avastin, ovarian

Preliminary results from a trial of Roche’s Avastin in advanced ovarian cancer suggest that the drug lengthens progression-free survival when …

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Sanofi’s breast cancer candidate tipped for future success

February 25, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BSI-201, Sanofi-Aventis, breast cancer

A Sanofi-Aventis drug currently in phase III has been predicted as a future blockbuster in breast cancer treatment. Sanofi’s BSI-201 …

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GSK’s Deidre Connelly named Woman of the Year

February 25, 2010
Sales and Marketing GlaxoSmithKline, HBA, appointment, sales and marketing

The Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association has named Deidre Connelly its 2010 Woman of the Year. Connelly is president of North America …

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CME Spotlight: Restoring confidence

February 25, 2010
Medical Communications CME, CME Spotlight, Eugene Pozniak, ethics

As John Maynard Keynes said: “The long term doesn’t matter very much, because in the long run, we are all …

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New starters at Double Helix

February 25, 2010
Sales and Marketing Double Helix, appointment, sales and marketing

Healthcare consultancy Double Helix has appointed Amanda Siebols (pictured) as a research consultant and Ioanna Maraki as a research executive. …

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Obama ‘closer than ever’ to health reform

February 25, 2010
Sales and Marketing Obama, US healthcare

The continuing showdown over health insurance reform in the US reaches its next potential flashpoint today (Thursday) with what is …

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Merck KGaA posts modest revenue increase

February 24, 2010
2009 financials, Erbitux, Merck KGaA, Merck Serono, Rebif

German pharma company Merck has posted a modest rise in revenue amidst strong pharma growth.  Revenues increased 2.1% to 7.7 …

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Sudler & Hennessey promotes Max Jackson

February 24, 2010
Medical Communications Sudler & Hennessey, appointment, medical communications

Max Jackson has been promoted to chief executive, EMEA and APAC, at advertising agency Sudler & Hennessey (S&H). In his …

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Avastin fails in phase III study

February 24, 2010
Research and Development Roche, avastin, gastric cancer, stomach cancer

Roche’s Avastin does not help patients with a severe form of stomach cancer to live longer, according to the results …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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