Amgen promotes two senior executives
October 29, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amgen
Amgen has promoted two senior executives as Brian McNamee becomes executive vice president and Stuart Tross senior vice president. McNamee …
New online tool to hear lung cancer patients’ stories
October 29, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, NSCLC, glcc, lung cancer
The Global Lung Cancer Coalition and Boehringer Ingelheim have teamed-up to increase awareness of the challenges facing individuals and families …
PMCPA: Sanofi ‘discredited pharma’
October 28, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, PMCPA, Sanofi, breach
Sanofi has lowered the public’s confidence in the pharma industry, according to the PMCPA, which enforces the ABPI Code of …
Novo recalls insulin shots on mis-dosing fears
October 28, 2013Manufacturing and Production Novo Nordisk, flexpen, novomix, recall
Novo Nordisk is recalling around 3 million insulin products used to treat diabetes in Europe because of a possible manufacturing …
Positive CHMP verdicts for Actelion and Lundbeck
October 28, 2013Sales and Marketing Actelion, CHMP, FDA, Lundbeck
Actelion and Lundbeck both took a step closer to EU approval for two drugs seen as pivotal to their future …
Strategic planning: don’t just do it, use it
October 28, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MSI, craig, strategic planning
Every year, thousands of pharma employees spend endless hours in meetings discussing, building and presenting brand plans. Countless teams develop …
Sanofi starts C. diff study
October 28, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing C diff, Sanofi Pasteur, cdi, clostridium
Sanofi’s vaccines division is beginning a Phase III programme looking at the safety and effectiveness of an investigational treatment for …
Shire hires finance director
October 28, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Shire, dominic blakemore
Dominic Blakemore will join Shire’s Board from January next year as a non-executive director and member of its Audit, Compliance …
AstraZeneca to close Brixham environmental lab
October 25, 2013Manufacturing and Production API, AstraZeneca, brixham
AstraZeneca’s UK workers are facing more disruption following the company’s decision to close down a laboratory in Brixham focussing on …
Samsung signs biologics deal with Roche
October 25, 2013Manufacturing and Production Korea, Roche, Samsung
Roche is leaving nothing to chance in its pursuit of the biologics drug market, adding to its internal investment programme …
Sharon Hurley
October 25, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Med Comms
Synergy Vision expands client services team to meet demand in UK and Ireland Award-winning medical communications agency Synergy Vision is …
Phoenix from Charnwood’s ashes
October 25, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Charnwood, medilink
The shuttering of AstraZeneca’s R&D site at Charnwood in Leicestershire has had a positive effect on the region’s life sciences …
NICE ‘yes’ to Lucentis – with price cut
October 25, 2013Sales and Marketing Dillon, Lucentis, NICE, Novartis
A price cut is the deal-breaking condition attached to NICE’s final draft guidance recommending Lucentis as an option for patients …
Banker joins Lilly Board
October 25, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing jackson tai, lilly
Eli Lilly has appointed ex-investment banker Jackson Tai to its Board to serve on the Audit and Finance Committee from …
LEO Pharma to release clinical trial data
October 24, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Goldacre, LEO Pharma, all trials, transparency
LEO Pharma has announced that it will start releasing clinical trial data from studies dating back to almost 25 years …
IBM tests cancer diagnostic
October 24, 2013Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Zurich, ibm
IT giant IBM has teamed up with the University Hospital in Zurich to research a new oncology diagnostic test, in …
bmore creative appoints strategy director
October 24, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing bmore creative
Design, advertising and digital agency bmore creative has appointed Paul Haley to join its management team as a strategy director.Having …
Corruption probe hits GSK
October 24, 2013Sales and Marketing China, GSK, Q3, corruption
The fallout from corruption investigations in China has hit GlaxoSmithKline, which announced third quarter sales in the country were down …
Open access splits researchers
October 24, 2013Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMJ, open access, publishing, research
Small medical research charities are worried that the extra costs of open access publishing will have a significant impact on …
Horizon Discovery chairman steps down from Board
October 24, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing evans, horizon
Research tools firm Horizon Discovery has confirmed that David Evans has stepped down as chairman of its Board. Dr Ian …
Latest content
Pharma sees climate disruption as growing supply-chain risk
Manchester NHS-MHRA partnership to test new technologies in real-world care
