Curemark announces executive promotions
July 18, 2012Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Curemark
Curemark has announced the appointment of Matthew Heil to the position of chief scientific officer. Currently, Dr Heil is serving …
Conatus appoints Corporate Development head
July 18, 2012Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Conatus, emricasan
Conatus Pharmaceuticals has announced the appointment of Daniel Ripley as head of Corporate Development. Ripley will lead the commercialisation strategy …
‘Golden parachute’ for AZ’s David Brennan
July 17, 2012Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, David Brennan, GMB
David Brennan, the former chief executive of AstraZeneca, could receive more than £4million as a payout after being ousted from …
EMA appoints head of International and European Co-operation
July 17, 2012Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA
The European Medicines Agency has appointed Emer Cooke as Head of International and European Co-operation. The International and European Co-operation …
Glaxo seals $3 billion acquisition of HGS
July 17, 2012Business Services, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Benlysta, GSK, Human Genome Sciences, R&D
GlaxoSmithKline has finally sealed the acquisition of Human Genome Sciences, the company with which it co-markets lupus treatment Benlysta. The …
Spink expands ethical health team
July 17, 2012Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Spink
Communications firm Spink has strengthened its ethical division with three appointments to work on its healthcare portfolio. Account director Martha …
Spanish API supplier Ercros warned by FDA
July 17, 2012Manufacturing and Production Ercros, FDA, GMP
Spanish chemical supplier Ercros SA has been sent a warning letter from the FDA after an inspection picked up a …
BMS unveils $165m expansion in Puerto Rico
July 17, 2012Manufacturing and Production BMS, Puerto Rico, diabetes, manufacturing
A facility operated by Bristol-Myers Squibb in Puerto Rico stands to benefit from a $165 million investment programme that will …
Fishawack Group boosts client service team
July 16, 2012Business Services, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Fishawhack, Med Comms
The Fishawack Group of companies has appointed Glenn Wilson (pictured), Sissy Easo-Joseph and Anna Timbrell to client service positions across …
Huge increase in emerging market spending to lift pharma
July 16, 2012Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, IMS, emerging markets, pharmerging
The global pharmaceutical market is set to return to stronger growth of 5-7% by 2016, according to a new forecast. …
GSK and Theravance file COPD drug
July 16, 2012Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, GSK, Relovair, Revlar, Spiriva, Theravance
GlaxoSmithKline and US biopharma firm Theravance have submitted their investigational chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) drug to regulators in Europe …
GSK launches Olympics drug test adverts
July 16, 2012Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing GSK, London 2012, Olympics, doping
GlaxoSmithKline has launched a UK advertising campaign to celebrate the role anti-doping science will play in keeping the Games as …
AZ sets up Alzheimer’s research collaborative
July 13, 2012Research and Development Alzheimer's, AstraZeneca, neuroscience
AstraZeneca and Dr Steven Paul of Weill Cornell Medical College have unveiled a new research alliance that brings four leading …
AstraZeneca buys neuroscience molecules
July 13, 2012Research and Development Alzheimer's, AstraZeneca, neuroscience
AstraZeneca is to acquire a portfolio of neuroscience assets from Link Medicine, a private US pharma firm.The deal is the …
Social care plan criticised
July 13, 2012Sales and Marketing Kings Fund, NHS, king's fund, reform, social care
A leading health think-tank has criticised what it calls the ‘financial vacuum’ at the heart of the government’s plans for …
Success Factors in Value Communication Design – Start with the Key Message
July 12, 2012Sales and Marketing interactive apps, value, value communication design
This is Part 1 to the ‘Success Factors in Value Communication Design’ series; a set of articles that examine and explain the …
Success Factors in Value Communication Design – Introduction
July 12, 2012Sales and Marketing interactive apps, sales, value, value communications
This is the introductory article to the ‘Success Factors in Value Communication Design’ series; a set of articles that examine and explain …
Takeda appoints new head of Corporate Communications, Europe and Canada
July 12, 2012Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Takeda, communications
Takeda Pharmaceuticals has appointed Rob Gallo as head of Corporate Communications, Europe and Canada. Since 2010 Gallo has been the …
NHS appoints first CSS managing directors
July 12, 2012Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Hakin, NHS
The first round of appointments to commissioning support service (CSS) managing director posts has been made by the NHS Commissioning …
Jobs under threat in Actelion cost saving
July 12, 2012Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Actelion, R&D, Tracleer, cuts
Swiss speciality pharmaceutical company Actelion has unveiled a new cost saving plan which could include the loss of 260 jobs …
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