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Pharmaceutical manufacturing: news in brief

June 22, 2009
Manufacturing and Production Genzyme

Pharmafocus presents a round-up of developments in manufacturing, including facility updates from Genzyme, Norwich Pharma and Kemwell/Boehringer Ingelheim, progress with …

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Merck Serono breast cancer vaccine enters phase III

June 22, 2009
Research and Development Cancer, Merck Serono, Stimuvax, vaccines

Merck Serono is to begin a global phase III study for its therapeutic cancer vaccine Stimuvax in patients with advanced, …

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Swiss CRO moves into Indian clinical trials market

June 22, 2009
Research and Development CRO, Switzerland

Switzerland-based contract research organisation PFC Pharma Focus has set up an Indian subsidiary with the help of Excel Life Sciences, …

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NICE takes on quality and outcomes

June 19, 2009
GP, NICE, healthcare, qof, quality

Some developments at NICE, now celebrating its 10th birthday, may have passed you by. They have moved beyond their technology …

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NHS under fire for productivity failure

June 19, 2009
NHS, healthcare

The NHS is under fire from MPs for failing to improve productivity despite a pay bill which has risen 5.2% …

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BMS and AZ launch diabetes patient survey

June 19, 2009
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing diabetes

Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca have joined forces with Diabetes UK to launch a national patient survey on the effects of …

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Sanofi to donate millions of flu vaccines for developing world

June 18, 2009
Research and Development Sanofi-Aventis, h1n1, vaccines

Sanofi-Aventis is to set aside 100 million flu vaccine doses for the developing world in order to fight the emerging …

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Boehringer collaboration targets Alzheimer’s

June 18, 2009
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, CNS

Boehringer Ingelheim and Pennsylvania-based Vitae Pharmaceuticals have signed a global agreement to develop novel treatments for Alzheimer's. The disease currently …

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ASCO 2009: advance of the blockbusters

June 18, 2009
Sales and Marketing ASCO, Cancer

Key highlights of the recent American Society of Clinical Oncology's 45th Annual Meeting in Florida saw current blockbusters advance standard …

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Don’t pick on medicines in health service downturn, says ABPI’s Barker

June 18, 2009
Research and Development ASCO, Cancer

The UK's health service is heading for a severe financial shortfall and will have to consider limiting spending, including on …

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Indian pharma meets Big pharma

June 17, 2009
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing India, business models, clinical trials, pharma

 

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Abbas Hussain

GSK to co-market generics with Dr. Reddy’s

June 17, 2009
Sales and Marketing Dr Reddy, GSK, em, generics

 GlaxoSmithKline will increase its reach into emerging markets with a new deal to co-market generics with Dr. Reddy’s.The Indian company …

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Plavix to face six generic competitors in Europe

June 17, 2009
Sales and Marketing Plavix, Sanofi-Aventis

Plavix is to face competition from six generics in Europe, potentially decimating sales of Sanofi-Aventis' brand in the region. Plavix …

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EC backs away from Directive on excipient GMP

June 17, 2009
Manufacturing and Production Europe, excipients

The European Commission has opted not to press ahead with developing a Directive on Good Manufacturing Practices for ‘certain’ pharmaceutical …

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New PR association takes aim at digital promotion

June 17, 2009
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing PR

A new PR body has been launched and tasked with shedding some light on how to promote healthcare clients online …

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Lilly invites researchers to submit novel compounds online

June 16, 2009
Medical Communications, Research and Development digi, lilly

Lilly is launching a new web portal which it hopes will attract drug discovery researchers with promising new compounds. The …

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Contract research sector: news in brief

June 16, 2009
Medical Communications CRO, mds

Pharmafocus presents a round-up of developments in the contract research sector, including CBI's acquisition of a peptide specialist, MDS Pharma …

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Novartis cooks up first swine flu vaccine batch

June 16, 2009
Manufacturing and Production Novartis

Novartis is ready to press ahead with clinical trials of its candidate vaccine against influenza (A)H1N1, having completed manufacturing of …

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Scaling up the UK’s research ambition

June 15, 2009
Research and Development NHS, clinical trials, healthcare, patients

The UK has always been one of the world's leaders in drug discovery, with around half of all major medicines …

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Icon extends strategic contract from Lilly

June 15, 2009
Manufacturing and Production ICON

Irish contract research organisation Icon will manage clinical trial set-up and management for Lilly's European trials in a deal that …

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