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NICE comes out fighting against appraisal delays story

May 17, 2012
Sales and Marketing Daily Mail, Dillon, NHS, NICE, Pfizer, Victrelis

NICE has criticised a report that says the watchdog has taken up to nine years to appraise certain drugs.   The …

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Medivir appoints commercial executive vice president

May 17, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Juserius, Medivir

Research-based speciality firm Medivir has appointed Henric Juserius to be the new head of the company’s commercial activities.  Juserius who …

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Torisel fails in head-to-head study with Nexavar

May 16, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Nexavar, Pfizer, Torisel, inlyta, rcc

Pfizer’s kidney cancer drug Torisel has failed to best Bayer’s Nexavar in a head-to-head trial.  The Phase III study was …

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Pharma funds drug discovery partnership

May 16, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Dundee, MRC, drug discovery, funding, partnerships, pharma

Half a dozen pharma firms are contributing £14.4 million to work by Dundee University and the Medical Research Council (MRC) on …

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Merck KGaA’s colon cancer drug fails trial

May 16, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Erbitux, Merck KGaA, Merck Serono, colon cancer

Merck KGaA has suffered a setback with key brand Erbitux as the colerectal cancer drug failed in a late-stage trial.  …

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Capturing the Brazilian pharma opportunity

May 16, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Brazil, McKinsey, market access, middle class, pharma

 Many multinationals are hungry to sell their goods and services to the emerging markets’ growing middle class, comprising nearly two …

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Price cut sways NICE on Zytiga

May 16, 2012
Sales and Marketing Jevtana, NICE, Zytiga, prostate cancer

NICE is recommending Janssen’s prostate cancer pill Zytiga, reversing its previous stance.  In its final guidance, the watchdog is recommending …

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Open Health appoints new digital designer

May 16, 2012
Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Open Health

Leo Jacobs has been appointed by Open Health as a digital designer to sit within its OPEN Source team. The …

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Merck KGaA sets out savings target as staff threaten to strike

May 15, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck KGaA, R&D, Serono, cuts

Merck KGaA has outlined its plan to make €300 million in savings from its Serono drugs unit, with over half …

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CoreLab Partners collaborates at industry conferences worldwide

May 15, 2012
Research and Development

Princeton, NJ May 15, 2012 – CoreLab Partners, Inc, a leading independent core lab providing centralized cardiac safety services and …

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Genentech taken to task over Avastin production

May 15, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Genentech, Phil Taylor, avastin, manufacturing

FDA inspections of a manufacturing facility for Roche/Genentech’s cancer drug Avastin (bevacizumab) uncovered a number of deficiencies which could increase …

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ABPI launches new NHS partnership guide

May 15, 2012
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, COPD, NHS, code

The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry has launched a new guide to explain how pharma and the NHS can …

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GlaxoSmithKline to acquire Cellzome for £61 million

May 15, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cellzome, Domantis, GSK, R&D

GlaxoSmithKline will expand its platform technology capability with the acquisition of a chemical proteomics company.  GSK will acquire those shares …

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Synthetic Biologics appoints Carol Reed

May 15, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Carol Reed, Synthetic

Synthetic Biologics has appointed Carol Reed as senior vice president of Clinical & Regulatory Affairs. In this position Reed will …

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Gilenya to stay on US market – but with new safety warnings

May 15, 2012
Sales and Marketing EMA, FDA, Novartis, PML, gilenya

The FDA says that Novartis’ multiple sclerosis pill Gilenya should stay on the market, but has added new safety warnings …

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Scottish watchdog rejects Yervoy

May 14, 2012
Sales and Marketing BMS, Cancer, NICE, SMC, Yervoy, melanoma

The Scottish Medicines Consortium is not recommending Bristol-Myers Squibb’s melanoma treatment Yervoy.  The SMC said that Yervoy (ipilimumab), which has …

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New Quad HIV pill on track for FDA approval

May 14, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, Compera, FDA, Gilead, HIV, The Quad

Gilead Sciences’ four-in-one HIV pill has been given the thumbs up by an FDA advisory group.  The US regulator is …

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Obesity drugs vie for approval as FDA panel backs lorcaserin

May 14, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Arena, Eisai, FDA, Qnexa, lorcaserin, obesity

An FDA panel has recommended Arena’s obesity drug lorcaserin, setting up a showdown with Vivus’ Qnexa. Qnexa was recommended by an FDA panel …

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BASF buys Equateq to tap into growing health ingredient business

May 11, 2012
Manufacturing and Production BASF, Equateq, Phil Taylor, omega-3

BASF has said it intends to buy Equateq, a UK-based specialist in lipid ingredients that represent a ‘global growing market’, …

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Outsourcing on the up, but contract manufacturing still under pressure

May 11, 2012
Manufacturing and Production CMO, Jim Millar, PharmaSource, Phil Taylor, outsourcing

The pharmaceutical contract services sector experienced something for a recovery in 2011 after a lean couple of years, although the …

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