Digital Pharma: Byte-sized roundup
November 27, 2009Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, counterfeits, digi, digital pharma
The ABPI this week became the latest pharma industry body to launch an official Twitter account, @ABPI_APS.It’s the voice of …
Roche invests in Spanish genome project
November 27, 2009Research and Development Roche, Spain, genomics
Roche is investing in a Spanish health authority programme to analyse the genomes of people with rare diseases.The pharma company …
Pfizer UK’s Zubair Hussain appointed president-elect of TOPRA
November 27, 2009Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Zubair Hussain, appointment, appointments, research and development, sales and marketing, topra
Pfizer UK’s Zubair Hussain has been appointed president-elect of global regulatory affairs organisation TOPRA.
Dr Jan Lundberg to succeed Dr Steven Paul as head of Lilly Research Laboratories
November 27, 2009Research and Development AstraZeneca, appointment, appt, lilly, research and development
Dr Jan Lundberg has been appointed executive VP, science and technology, and president of Lilly Research Laboratories.He will succeed Dr …
Doctors.net.uk and Emap Limited form collaboration agreement
November 26, 2009Sales and Marketing doctors.net, nursing times, service company news
Doctors.net.uk, the largest and most active network of medical professionals in the UK, and Emap Limited, publisher of the Health …
Digital Pharma: AstraZeneca joins the blogosphere
November 26, 2009Medical Communications AstraZeneca, blog, digi, digital pharma
AstraZeneca recently launched its first official corporate blog, joining the likes of Johnson & Johnson and
Novartis opens $1bn flu vaccine plant
November 25, 2009Manufacturing and Production Novartis, US, vaccines
Novartis has opened a new $1 billion vaccine manufacturing plant that is the first to be set up as a …
Isabelle Scali and Rikki Jones, Cohn & Wolfe
November 25, 2009Medical Communications Cohn & Wolfe, appointment, medical communications
Cohn & Wolfe has boosted its 35-strong healthcare practice with the hire of two new account directors, Isabelle Scali and …
Global Awards wins for Langland
November 25, 2009Medical Communications Bayer, Langland, Pfizer, awards, counterfeits, get real
Windsor-based advertising agency Langland has won three trophies at the prestigious Global Awards for healthcare communications.Two of these were for …
UK industry reminded of its supply obligations
November 25, 2009Manufacturing and Production supply chain
UK pharma trade bodies, including the ABPI, have agreed a set of guidelines intended to address problems in supplying branded …
Edelman wins AstraZeneca oncology account
November 24, 2009Medical Communications AZ, Edelman
AstraZeneca has handed global PR responsibility for its oncology brands to communications agency Edelman. The deal includes the pharma company’s …
Merck Serono opens Beijing R&D centre
November 24, 2009Research and Development China, Merck Serono, em
China’s allure for pharma companies continues unabated with Merck Serono’s opening of a research and development centre in Beijing. The …
Langland appoints Faisal Ahmed, Seeta Gill and Bridget Christie
November 24, 2009Medical Communications Langland, Langland. appt, appointment, appt, medical communications
Langland appoints Faisal Ahmed and Seeta Gill (pictured) to its digital team and Bridget Christie to its client services teamApointed …
SHAs: the NHS innovation leaders?
November 24, 2009Sales and Marketing NHS, sha
Sandwiched between the national NHS policy makers and the local delivery Trusts are England’s ten regional Strategic Health Authorities. The …
Digital Pharma: Byte-sized roundup
November 20, 2009Medical Communications LinkedIn, digi, digital pharma, eczema, electronic patient records, patients
LinkedIn and Microsoft have signed a deal that will see the forthcoming version of Outlook incorporate feeds from the social networking platform.The …
RSA appoints Matt Ryans as its new finance director.
November 19, 2009Business Services appointment, business services, rsa
Global life sciences executive search and interim management specialist RSA has appointed Matt Ryans as its new finance director.He previously …
Digital Pharma: Reacting to sidewiki
November 18, 2009Medical Communications AstraZeneca, digi, digital pharma, google, sidewiki
Over the last two months pharmaceutical company websites have been plagued by unwanted, un-moderated comments thanks to Google’s sidewiki.The search …
Digital Pharma: FDA listens on social media
November 16, 2009Medical Communications FDA, digi, digital pharma, social media
The FDA’s last internet-related hearing took place more than ten years ago in 1996, a time when its concerns centred around …
Digital Pharma: Byte-sized roundup
November 13, 2009Medical Communications Merck Serono, Solvay, Twitter, bing, digi, digital, digital pharma, google
Solvay Pharma has joined the ranks of pharma companies using Twitter, setting up a Russian language account for its Moscow-based …
Digital Pharma: Byte-sized roundup
November 13, 2009Medical Communications FDA, Merck Serono, Solvay, digital pharma, google, social media
Solvay Pharma has joined the ranks of pharma companies using Twitter, setting up a Russian language account for its Moscow-based …
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