Now China’s pharma firms under spotlight
September 13, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical, China, bribery, corruption, pharma
The net cast out by Chinese authorities over the country’s pharma industry may be about to ensnare its first domestic …
Fake drugs warning from pharma
September 13, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing EFPIA, WHO, counterfeit, viagra
Pharma has warned that not enough is being done to protect consumers from counterfeit medicines – particularly those bought online …
Quintiles president to chair Idis
September 13, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing IDIS, Quintiles, thomis
Former Quintiles president Jeff Thomis has been appointed to the role of chairman at Idis. In his new role, Thomis …
Bayer partners with US academics
September 13, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Cancer, broad, oncology
Bayer HealthCare and a prestigious US academic institution have signed a five-year deal to find new oncology treatments. The German …
Hunt: GPs to care for elderly
September 12, 2013Sales and Marketing GP, Hunt, NHS, elderly
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt says that GPs are in line to become the named clinician responsible for elderly people’s care …
Sanofi withdraws lixisenatide US application
September 12, 2013Sales and Marketing FDA, Lixisenatide, Sanofi, diabetes, elixa
In a blow to its diabetes pipeline, Sanofi has withdrawn a new drug application (NDA) for lixisenatide in the US …
Amicus links with Biogen Idec
September 12, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amicus, Biogen IDEC, Parkinson's
Amicus Therapeutics and Biogen Idec have signed a collaboration agreement which will see them look for novel small molecules for …
LipoScience reappoints chief medical officer
September 12, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing cromwell, liposcience
Diagnostics firm LipoScience has once again hired William Cromwell to be its chief medical officer. He joins the company for …
UK trial rules tightened up
September 11, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing all trials, hra, transparency
Anyone wanting to conduct clinical trials in the UK will have to register their research in order to receive a …
AstraZeneca pays Merck for cancer drug
September 11, 2013Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, Merck, WEE1
AstraZeneca is to pay $50 million up front to get a worldwide licensing deal for one of Merck’s investigational drugs …
NHS Confederation chief executive quits to be a consultant
September 11, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Mike Farrar, NHS, scandal
Mike Farrar is to stand down as chief executive of the NHS Confederation at the end of the month in …
Biogen signs neurology deal
September 11, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Biogen IDEC, Isis, antisense, neurology
Biogen Idec and Isis Pharmaceuticals have entered their fourth partnership in two years in a deal that will see the …
Regeneron appoints senior VP from Pfizer
September 11, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pfizer, Regeneron, landry
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has hired Robert Landry from Pfizer to be its senior vice president and chief financial officer. Landry will …
Hospira’s Inflectra approved in Europe
September 10, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Hospira, Janssen, Remicade, biosimilars, inflectra
Hospira has been the first firm to meet the European Commission’s approval for a biosimilar monoclonal antibody therapy with its …
EFPIA slams EMA data proposals
September 10, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AZ, EFPIA, EMA, GSK, Pfizer, Roche
The intense debate over how pharma should make trial data available has taken another turn as a major European industry …
GSK completes £1.35 billion Suntory deal
September 10, 2013Sales and Marketing GSK, Suntory, lucozade, ribena
GlaxoSmithKline has confirmed it is to sell Lucozade and Ribena to Japanese drinks giant Suntory Beverage & Food for £1.35 …
Capsugel on the acquisition trail once again
September 10, 2013Manufacturing and Production Bend Research, Capsugel
Capsugel has agreed to buy US company Bend Research in another transaction that expands its drug delivery division. The deal …
J&J’s manufacturing recovery hits a hurdle
September 10, 2013Manufacturing and Production API, J&J, JJ, McNeil, Motrin, recall
Johnson & Johnson’s path back to regulatory compliance in its manufacturing operations has hit another snag after the firm was …
Robert Brooks joins Achilles from Abbott
September 10, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Abbott, achilles, brook
Supply chain firm Achilles has hired Dr Robert Brooks to be a Business Development director from pharma firm Abbott. Brooks …
Mid Staffs not only ‘dark spot’ in NHS
September 10, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing BMJ, Mid Staffs, NHS
The scandal of poor patient care at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust is likely to be far from an …
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