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NHS challenged to become part of the ‘big society’

August 4, 2010
NHS

The government has called for more NHS staff to come up with ideas for social enterprises as part of its …

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Digital Pharma: Byte-sized roundup

August 4, 2010
Medical Communications Digital Pharma blog, Janssen, disease awareness campaigns, iphone, social media

This week’s roundup includes Janssen-Cilag’s YouTube success, FDA to boost social media work, Novartis iPhone profile, Pfizer on SlideShare and …

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Wyeth acquisition boosts Pfizer results

August 4, 2010
Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, Pfizer, Q2

Pfizer’s second quarter results received a huge boost from the company’s multi-billion dollar acquisition of Wyeth last October. Sales of …

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Charles River calls a halt to WuXi merger plans

August 4, 2010
Research and Development Charles River Laboratories, WuXi

Charles River Laboratories has terminated its $1.6 billion agreement to acquire Chinese contract research organisation WuXi PharmaTech after an investor …

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Cegedim appoints Anne-Marie Masquelier

August 4, 2010
Research and Development Cegedim, appointment, research and development

Anne-Marie Masquelier has joined healthcare research company Cegedim Strategic Data as global medical research director. She will be responsible for …

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Sanofi appoints Dr Ian Weatherhead UK coms director

August 4, 2010
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi-Aventis, UK, appointment, research and development, sales and marketing

Sanofi-Aventis UK has appointed Dr Ian Weatherhead as its director of communications. Ian will join the Guildford-based company in October, …

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EDC: Looking beyond the software

August 4, 2010
Research and Development EDC, chiltern

Electronic data capture (EDC) has become the norm for clinical studies. In an EDC study, most of the deliverables are …

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Dr Wolfgang Renz joins PharmaNet

August 3, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development PharmaNet, appointment, manufacturing and production, research and development

PharmaNet Development Group has appointed Dr Wolfgang Renz senior vice president of clinical operations. He will be responsible for the …

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Roche appoints Karen Lackey head of medicinal chemistry

August 3, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Roche, appointment, manufacturing and production, research and development

Karen Lackey has been appointed vice-president and head of medicinal chemistry by Roche. She will be based at the company’s …

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Organon workers challenge Merck on Dutch facility closure

August 3, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Merck & Co, job cuts

Merck & Co’s decision to close down the former Organon facility in Oss, the Netherlands, looks set to be challenged …

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New products help lift UCB

August 3, 2010
Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, Q2, UCB

UCB’s newer products showed impressive growth in the first six months of this year, helping keep the Belgium-based biopharma firm’s …

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Sanofi plant in France under FDA scrutiny

August 3, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Sanofi Pasteur, manufacturing compliance

Sanofi-Aventis failed to follow proper quality control procedures at a vaccine manufacturing plant in France, according to the US Food …

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Talking Point: Shipping temperature and pharma logistics

August 3, 2010
Manufacturing and Production World Courier, logistics, talking logistics

Whether you are forwarding a bulk shipment of finished product across multiple time zones, distributing clinical trial medications to local …

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Pharma manufacturing news in brief

August 3, 2010
Manufacturing and Production ATMI, CMC Biologics, Cody Laboratories, Colorcon, Farmar, GE Healthcare, ProtAffin

Excipient specialist Colorcon buys an Indian rival, FDA gets tough on unapproved drugs plus facility updates from Farmar, ATMI and …

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Susan Macdonald to head up RSA Singapore

August 2, 2010
Business Services, Sales and Marketing appointment, business services, rsa, sales and marketing

Global life sciences executive search and interim management firm RSA has appointed Susan Macdonald managing director of its Singapore office. …

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Merck merger costs halve profits

August 2, 2010
Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, Merck & Co, Q2

Shares in Merck & Co fell as costs relating to the merger with Schering-Plough put a huge dent in second …

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Stem cell trial can re-start

August 2, 2010
Research and Development Geron, Stem cells, spinal injury, stem cell

US regulators have given the green light for the first human trial of an embryonic stem cell therapy to resume. …

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Working with a changing NHS

August 2, 2010
Sales and Marketing HCA, NHS, commissioning, market access

The first Healthcare Communications Association (HCA) forum of 2010 took place this April in London and looked at the central …

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Doctors.net.uk boosts team

August 2, 2010
Sales and Marketing appointment, doctors.net, sales and marketing

UK healthcare professional network Doctors.net.uk has appointed Marie Pickford and Ben Mansfield to its pharmaceutical team. Marie joins in a …

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Amgen's Prolia

NICE halts Prolia appraisal

August 2, 2010
Sales and Marketing Amgen, NICE, Prolia

NICE says it has been forced to terminate a review of Amgen’s bone density drug Prolia after the US biotech …

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