Lonza hires ex-journalist as comms head
March 12, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Lonza, ward
Pharma and biotech supply firm Lonza has appointed Constance Ward to head-up its external communications. She joins Lonza from her …
Roche makes Manchester connection
March 12, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Manchester, NHS, Roche, ahsc, mahsc
Roche has signed a deal with a research group in the north-west of England to develop ideas which it hopes …
GSK increases India stake
March 11, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing FDA, GSK, India, Nashik, OTC, Thane, bangalore
GlaxoSmithKline has taken a further step into the Indian pharma market by increasing its stake in its subsidiary company there, …
Halesway bought by FCB Health
March 11, 2014Medical Communications Draftfcb Healthcare, fcb health, halesway, interpublic
Draftfcb Healthcare which has been rebranded as FCB Health has confirmed it is buying Halesway, the UK-headquartered healthcare agency. This …
Sanofi and UCB launch new partnership
March 11, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi, UCB, arthritis, autoimmune, partnership
Sanofi and UCB have announced a new partnership that will see the companies research and develop new medicines together. Specifically, …
Moderna Therapeutics hires Goldman Sachs head
March 11, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Goldman Sachs, Moderna Therapeutics, lorence kim
Drug development biotech firm Moderna Therapeutics has hired Dr Lorence Kim to join its executive leadership team as chief financial …
Proteus to trial smart pills in UK
March 11, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, helius, nhsa, proteus, smart pills, ukti
A US biotech specialising in smart pills is to set up its first manufacturing site in the UK creating 200 …
New Alzheimer’s test ‘90% accurate’
March 10, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, US, mdi, washington dc
US researchers have developed a blood test which they say is able to predict with overwhelming accuracy if someone will …
Ranbaxy hit with second generic Lipitor recall
March 10, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Daiichi Sankyo, FDA, Ranbaxy, hamburg, manufacturing
India’s largest native generic drugmaker Ranbaxy has come under greater pressure this week after the US has again sent out …
ABPI worried about Prolia use
March 10, 2014Sales and Marketing ABPI, Amgen, NHS, Xgeva
The ABPI has once again voiced concern that NHS patients in some areas of England are not getting access to …
Breaking into the oncology market
March 10, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, Cancer, NSCLC, edwards, gilotrif, oncology
In many ways, the US approval of Boehringer’s Gilotrif for patients with late-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) last year …
Boston Scientific hires new director
March 10, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing boston scientific, ludwig
Medical device development firm Boston Scientific has elected Edward Ludwig as a director. Ludwig was formerly the chief executive, president …
160 jobs in peril at BMS Ireland plant
March 7, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing BMS, Cruiserath, Dublin, Ireland, swords
Bristol-Myers Squibb will close its Dublin manufacturing facility at Cruiserath in Ireland by the end of 2015 the firm has …
Roche replaces chairman
March 7, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Roche, franz, humar
Christoph Franz who has been on the board at Roche since 2011 has now been elected as its new chairman. …
Smartphone health monitor unveiled
March 7, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Android, azoi, digital, health tracking, iOS, smartphone, wello
A health monitoring device which is embedded into a mobile phone cover and can measure heart rate, blood pressure and …
GSK tops drug approval rates
March 7, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing FDA, GSK, J&J, JJ, Merck, Sanofi, ep, evaluate pharma, lilly, nme
GlaxoSmithKline is riding high when it comes to the approval of new medicines but US firm Lilly is falling behind. …
Novasep adds chairman role to its chief executive


March 7, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novasep, spagnol
Life sciences manufacturing firm Novasep has appointed Michel Spagnol as chairman of its supervisory 
board following the departure of the …
First payments made under PPRS scheme
March 7, 2014Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, abp. pars, government
The first payments in pharma’s new pricing deal with the Department of Health are to be made this month as …
US regulator to launch ‘openFDA’
March 6, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications APIs, FDA, data, manufacturing, open fda
The FDA is planning to introduce a new digital resource in order to open up its data to the public …
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