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EMA: Aligning regulation with the lifecycle of medicines

November 30, 2009
Research and Development EMA, EMEA, Thomas Lönngren, regulatory affairs

The European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products was set up in 1995 in London’s Docklands, an isolated eastern …

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Digital Pharma: Byte-sized roundup

November 27, 2009
Medical 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 …

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Roche invests in Spanish genome project

November 27, 2009
Research 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 …

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Pfizer UK’s Zubair Hussain appointed president-elect of TOPRA

November 27, 2009
Research 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.

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Dr Jan Lundberg to succeed Dr Steven Paul as head of Lilly Research Laboratories

November 27, 2009
Research 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 …

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Doctors.net.uk and Emap Limited form collaboration agreement

November 26, 2009
Sales 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 …

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AstraZeneca's Health Connections blog

Digital Pharma: AstraZeneca joins the blogosphere

November 26, 2009
Medical Communications AstraZeneca, blog, digi, digital pharma

AstraZeneca recently launched its first official corporate blog, joining the likes of Johnson & Johnson and

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Novartis opens $1bn flu vaccine plant

November 25, 2009
Manufacturing 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 …

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Isabelle Scali and Rikki Jones, Cohn & Wolfe

November 25, 2009
Medical 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 …

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Global Awards wins for Langland

November 25, 2009
Medical 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 …

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UK industry reminded of its supply obligations

November 25, 2009
Manufacturing and Production supply chain

UK pharma trade bodies, including the ABPI, have agreed a set of guidelines intended to address problems in supplying branded …

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Edelman wins AstraZeneca oncology account

November 24, 2009
Medical Communications AZ, Edelman

AstraZeneca has handed global PR responsibility for its oncology brands to communications agency Edelman. The deal includes the pharma company’s …

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Merck Serono opens Beijing R&D centre

November 24, 2009
Research 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 …

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Langland appoints Faisal Ahmed, Seeta Gill and Bridget Christie

November 24, 2009
Medical 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 …

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SHAs: the NHS innovation leaders?

November 24, 2009
Sales 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 …

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LinkedIn's recently launched Twitter integration

Digital Pharma: Byte-sized roundup

November 20, 2009
Medical 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 …

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RSA appoints Matt Ryans as its new finance director.

November 19, 2009
Business 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 …

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AstraZeneca's Google sidewiki entry

Digital Pharma: Reacting to sidewiki

November 18, 2009
Medical 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 …

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FDA's Twitter account

Digital Pharma: FDA listens on social media

November 16, 2009
Medical 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 …

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Solvay Pharma on Twitter

Digital Pharma: Byte-sized roundup

November 13, 2009
Medical 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 …

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