First details emerge of Pfizer site closures
October 20, 2009Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MA, Pfizer, restructure
The completion of Pfizer’s deal to acquire Wyeth has been followed swiftly by news that a number of manufacturing and …
Gail Flockhart joins Fishawack Communications as managing director
October 19, 2009Medical Communications appointment, appointment fishawack, fishawack, medical communications
Fishawack Communications has appointed Gail Flockhart managing director following a restructure of its board of directors.Gail has over two decades …
Cambridge biotech – innovation and global partnerships
October 19, 2009Research and Development Cambridge, ERBI, biotech, regenerative medicine
Just two years ago it cost $10m to sequence a human genome, now for $48,000 you can have a personal …
GSK’s Cervarix finally wins US approval
October 19, 2009Sales and Marketing Cervarix, GSK, US
US regulator the FDA has approved GlaxoSmithKline's cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix, finally allowing the company to bring it to the …
Pharma manufacturing news in brief
October 19, 2009Manufacturing and Production Neopharma
A round-up of developments in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector, with facility updates from Neopharma, Nextpharma and Arch Pharmalab and new …
AZ-BMS launch Onglyza in Europe
October 19, 2009Sales and Marketing AZ, BMS, DPP-4, Onglyza, diabetes
Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca’s long-awaited type II diabetes drug Onglyza has been launched in the UK, its first European market.Designed …
Hannah Stacey, senior account manager, Athena
October 16, 2009Medical Communications Athena, appointment, medical communications
Athena has promoted Hannah Stacey to senior account manager. Hannah has played an integral role in Athena’s new business initiatives …
Digital Pharma: Byte-sized roundup
October 16, 2009Medical Communications Merck, digi, digital pharma, hcsmeu, iphone
Quality regulator slams NHS trusts
October 16, 2009Sales and Marketing NHS, hc
The Care Quality Commission has slammed nearly 50 NHS trusts in its latest annual report on the care which patients …
Johnson & Johnson rides out patent attack
October 16, 2009Sales and Marketing JJ, generics
Profits at Johnson & Johnson have risen in the third quarter, despite deep cuts into pharma sales caused by new …
Lilly finds buyer for threatened manufacturing unit
October 16, 2009Manufacturing and Production Evonik, lilly
Lilly has found a buyer for its manufacturing facility Tippecanoe Laboratories in Indiana, USA, which had been under threat of …
Dr Lisa Rojkjaer, head of clinical development, MorphoSys
October 15, 2009Research and Development appointment, morphosys, research and development
MorphoSys has appointed Dr Lisa Rojkjaer as vice president and head of clinical development. Dr Rojkjaer joins MorphoSys from Novartis …
Linda Dyson, global healthcare practice leader, Cohn & Wolfe
October 15, 2009Medical Communications Cohn & Wolfe, appointment, medical communications
Cohn & Wolfe has appointed Linda Dyson as executive vice president and global healthcare practice leader. She will report to …
Sarah Butterworth and Sarah Lucas join ERL Medicom
October 15, 2009Medical Communications appointment, appointment medicom, medical communications, medicom
ERL Medicom has appointed Sarah Butterworth (pictured) as a director and Sarah Lucas as an account executive.Sarah Butterworth moves to …
Tim Herman, Managing Director, Seven Stones
October 15, 2009Medical Communications appointment, medical communications, seven stones
Tim Herman has joined independent healthcare specialist Seven Stones as managing director, after six years running Ogilvy Healthworld Advertising.Tim has …
CME Spotlight: Moving CME forward in Europe
October 15, 2009Medical Communications CME, CME Spotlight, Eugene Pozniak, ethics
As a young advertising account exec in the early nineties I was once told not to concern myself with any …
Tamiflu windfall helps Roche to bumper sales growth
October 15, 2009Sales and Marketing Roche, Tamiflu
Roche has raised its sales growth prediction for 2009 on the back of a strong third quarter and record sales …
Huntsworth Health reshuffles global operations
October 15, 2009Medical Communications Huntsworth, Tonic
Healthcare marketing and communications agency Huntsworth Health is reorganising its global operations.Part of Huntsworth plc, it will be split into …
Pfizer completes Wyeth merger
October 15, 2009Sales and Marketing MA, Pfizer, restructure
Pfizer expects to complete its $68 billion acquisition of Wyeth today after receiving sign-off on the deal from regulators in …
US health reform clears first hurdle
October 14, 2009Sales and Marketing Obama, Senate, US, US healthcare, hc, reform
The US Senate has approved the bill to reform America’s health care system, raising hopes that it can become law …
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