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ABPI appoints Roche’s Paul Catchpole

April 20, 2010
Sales and Marketing ABPI, UK, appointment, sales and marketing

UK industry association the ABPI has appointed Paul Catchpole as director of value and access. He will join the association …

Appointment

Third Apotex plant cited in FDA warning letter

April 19, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Apotex, generics, manufacturing compliance

Canada’s Apotex has been sent a warning letter citing manufacturing violations at a facility in Toronto that are identical to …

News

Trial boost for Merck KGaA’s cladribine

April 19, 2010
Research and Development Cladribine, MS, Merck KGaA, Merck Serono

New data from German pharma company Merck suggests its oral multiple sclerosis treatment cladribine has been successful in treating relapsing …

News

Novartis set to boost generic portfolio

April 19, 2010
Sales and Marketing Novartis, Sandoz, generics

Novartis’ generics arm Sandoz has signed a deal to acquire US-based inhalable drug specialist Oriel Therapeutics. Sandoz will gain rights …

News

MedImmune: building a biologics future

April 19, 2010
Research and Development MedImmune, biologics

I paid my visit to MedImmune’s UK headquarters in Cambridge only days after its parent company AstraZeneca announced the closure …

Feature

Action Pharma appoints new chief executive

April 19, 2010
Research and Development Action Pharma, appointment, research and development

Ingelise Saunders has joined Danish biotech Action Pharma as its new chief executive. She will be involved in seeking partners …

Appointment

Lane Earl Cox wins allergy blood test account

April 16, 2010
Medical Communications LEC, Phadia, allergy

Healthcare advertising agency Lane Earl & Cox has won the account to promote an allergy blood test product from diagnostics …

News

Genzyme appoint investor to outmanoeuvre Icahn

April 16, 2010
Sales and Marketing Contamination, Genzyme

Genzyme has appointed the head of one of its biggest shareholders to its board in order to block a hostile …

News

Pharma manufacturing news in brief

April 16, 2010
Manufacturing and Production

A round-up of news in the pharmaceutical manufacturing arena includes the removal of CFC-based MDIs from the US market, facility …

News
Roche's China operations

Emerging markets lift Roche in Q1

April 16, 2010
Sales and Marketing Roche, emerging markets

Roche saw its sales grow 9% overall in the first quarter, with emerging markets medicines revenues showing a healthy 38% …

News

Maike Fieber joins Photosound

April 16, 2010
Medical Communications Photosound, appointment, medical communications

Photosound has appointed Maike Fieber as an account manager.She joins the agency from Ogilvy & Mather in Dusseldorf, where she …

Appointment

Cephalon completes acquisition of generics firm Mepha

April 16, 2010
Sales and Marketing Cephalon, generics

Specialist pharmaceutical company Cephalon has completed the $615.4 million acquisition of Mepha. Based in Switzerland, Mepha specialises in using reformulation …

News
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Digital Pharma: Online ‘keepy uppies’ from Bayer

April 15, 2010
Medical Communications Bayer Schering Pharma, Langland, digi game, digital pharma, disease awareness campaigns, haemophilia, iphone

Bayer Schering Pharma is counting down to World Haemophilia Day with a football-themed online disease awareness campaign. The centre-piece of …

News

Lixisenatide scores in phase III trial

April 15, 2010
Research and Development GLP-1, Lixisenatide, diabetes

Sanofi-Aventis’ novel, once-daily diabetes treatment lixisenatide has successfully met its phase III glucose blood level and glycaemic control endpoints. The …

News

Healthcare key to voting preferences

April 15, 2010
NHS, election

Healthcare is a key factor when deciding which political candidate to support for more than half of UK voters, according …

News

Hikma expands in Middle East & North Africa

April 15, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Hikma, em

UK-headquartered Hikma Pharmaceuticals has signed a flurry of deals that expand its position in the fast-growing Middle East and North …

News
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Fred Hassan moves to Bausch & Lomb

April 15, 2010
Sales and Marketing Bausch and Lomb, appointment, sales and marketing

Pharma industry veteran Fred Hassan has been appointed chairman at eye health company Bausch & Lomb. Hassan was previously chairman …

Appointment

Abbott chief exec ordered to hand over email records

April 14, 2010
Sales and Marketing Abbott, conduct

A US judge has ordered Abbott to give prosecutors access to company emails, including those sent by chief executive Miles …

News

Patients ignorant of blood clot risks

April 14, 2010
Sales and Marketing Pradaxa, VTE, thrombosis

Many patients are not aware that they are at risk from blood clots when staying in hospital, according to new …

News

Gilenia cuts relapse rates in MS patients

April 14, 2010
Sales and Marketing Gilena, MS, Novartis

Novartis’ new oral multiple sclerosis treatment Gilenia has been shown to reduce relapse rates significantly in new trial data.Data presented …

News
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