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Plastic surgery app for girls pulled from iTunes

January 15, 2014
Medical Communications Apple, app, digital, itunes, surgery

Experts have welcomed a decision to axe an app that encourages young girls to have plastic surgery saying that it …

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GSK has Tafinlar ‘breakthrough’

January 15, 2014
Sales and Marketing Cancer, FDA, GSK, NSCLC, Tafinlar

GlaxoSmithKline is on a roll, with its cancer drug Tafinlar given breakthrough therapy designation by the FDA in lung cancer …

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AZ bullish on its future – but analysts wary

January 15, 2014
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Roche, analysts, jp morgan

AstraZeneca is combating fears over its long-term future by assuring investors that it has the pipeline and the tenacity to …

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ICON hires Dr Steve Cutler as chief operating officer

January 15, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ICON, cutler

Clinical research organisation ICON has appointed Dr Steve Cutler to the newly created position of chief operating officer (COO).

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UK cancer figures rise

January 15, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, England, NHS, research uk

More people are being diagnosed with cancer than ever before, according to figures from Cancer Research UK – as an …

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SHL to speak at the 18th Annual Drug Delivery Partnership in Florida, USA

January 15, 2014
Manufacturing and Production auto injector, autoinjectors, ddp 2014, pen injector, shl partnerships

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Bayer and Regeneron to co-develop wet AMD antibody

January 14, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Eylea, Regeneron, pdgfr-beta, wet AMD

Bayer and Regeneron are co-developing an antibody to the Platelet Derived Growth Factor Receptor Beta (PDGFR-beta) as a combination therapy …

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FDA approves GSK cancer combo

January 14, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, GSK, Tafinlar, mekinist

US regulators have shown the green light to a combination of two GlaxoSmithKline skin cancer drugs, Mekinist and Tafinlar, to …

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Sanofi signs new genetics deal with Isarna

January 14, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing DNA, RNA, Sanofi, aso, isarna

Sanofi has agreed to produce genetic compounds developed by German biotech Isarna Therepeutics to accelerate their progress to the clinical …

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Incyte names former Novartis president as its chief executive

January 14, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Incyte, Novartis, hoppenot

Biopharma firm Incyte has announced that the former president of Novartis Oncology has been named as its president and chief …

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GSK makes imaging deal

January 14, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing 3D, GSK, imaging, npl

GlaxoSmithKline has signed a deal with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) to develop an imaging system which can show for …

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New managing director for Boehringer Ingelheim UK

January 13, 2014
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Zinta Krumins has been appointed as the managing director of Boehringer Ingelheim UK & Ireland. The appointment will present a …

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NICE: Daily Mail ‘misled’ readers

January 13, 2014
Sales and Marketing Dillon, NHS, NICE, mail

UK drugs watchdog NICE has hit back at an article in the Daily Mail headlined “Champagne perks of NHS drug …

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Sanofi pays $700m to expand rare disease portfolio

January 13, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alnylam, Sanofi, rare sidease

Sanofi and Alnylam have announced the expansion of their 2012 agreement to develop and sell treatments for rare genetic diseases. …

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Thought leader mapping: do we need a radical rethink?

January 13, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Havas, bartley, marketing, sales, thought leader

The effectiveness of healthcare communications is often more reliant on who’s delivering the message than the content of the message …

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New chief executive for Quanta Fluid Solutions

January 13, 2014
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Medical devices firm Quanta Fluid Solutions has announced the appointment of John Milad as chief executive. Milad’s career spans 20 …

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Treat patients ‘more holistically’

January 13, 2014
Sales and Marketing Hunt, Mid Staffs, NHS, new year

UK health secretary Jeremy Hunt has spoken of the challenges faced by the NHS in a New Year message to …

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FDA approves Farxiga

January 10, 2014
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, BMS, FDA, Forxiga, diabetes

The FDA has approved Farxiga, the diabetes treatment developed by AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb as part of their soon-to-be-defunct diabetes …

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Chris Kilbee appointed Group director of UBM Pharma Portfolio



January 10, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CPhI, UBM pharma, amsterdam

Amsterdam: CPhI, part of UBM Live, has announced the appointment of Chris Kilbee to the role of Group director of …

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UK cancer death rate could be halved by 2030

January 10, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Taylor, UCL, wardle

 British cancer deaths could drop 50% by 2030 if early diagnosis and improved treatment policies are put in place academics …

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