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Fishawack buys JK Associates

April 4, 2014
Medical Communications 1010 Digital., Arbor Communications, Endpoint Medical Communications, JK Medical Communications, fishawack, jk associates

Medical communications firm Fishawack has acquired JK Associates in a bid to significantly expand the company’s presence in the US. …

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AbbVie drops EMA legal case after compromise

April 4, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Abbott, EMA, alltrials

AbbVie will no longer seek to stop the European Medicines Agency from releasing data on its blockbuster arthritis treatment Humira. …

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‘BrainSpan’ 3D technology could help drug development

April 4, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NIH, brainscan, digital, nimh

A new three-dimensional atlas of the developing human brain has been made available in the hope that it can help …

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EMG appoints new chair and officers

April 4, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMG, Sanofi, oldfield

Sanofi UK and Ireland’s managing director Steve Oldfield has been elected as chair of the European Medicines Group (EMG).  Oldfield …

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‘E-tattoo’ could help deliver drugs into patients

April 4, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing device, digital, etattoo, nature, wearable tech

Researchers have created a new wearable device that is as thin as a temporary tattoo and can store and transmit …

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More manufacturing misery for GSK

April 4, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing GSK, Ireland, Paxil, cork, manufacturing

GlaxoSmithKline’s manufacturing woes are getting worse after the firm was hit with a second FDA warning in as many days. …

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Glythera makes two senior appointments

April 3, 2014
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Newcastle-based biotech firm Glythera has appointed Dr Nigel Burns as non-executive director and Ian Evetts as commercial director.  Burns (pictured) …

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FDA slams GSK for manufacturing oversights

April 3, 2014
Manufacturing and Production FDA, GMP, GSK, Ireland, cork, mage, manufacturing

The FDA has warned GlaxoSmithKline that the US importation of products from the firm’s facility in Cork, Ireland could be …

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Steve McCairns joins PCI as UK director

April 3, 2014
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Packaging firm PCI has welcomed Steve McCairns as its director of operations for its UK business.

  McCairns is a Lean …

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EU votes for trial transparency

April 3, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, EFPIA, EU, Goldacre, UK, alltrials, transparency, willmott

Europe took a decisive step toward forcing pharma to open up its clinical trial data last night, after the EU …

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Lundbeck teams up with Lieber Institute

April 3, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astellas, AstraZeneca, Lundbeck, Pfizer, Roche, ability, brain, lieber, lilly

Lundbeck has entered into a new partnership with the Lieber Institute for Brain Development in the hope of discovering new …

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Research pact joins Pfizer and Merck Serono with academics

April 3, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Lupus, Merck Serono, Pfizer, broad institute, emd, kidney

Merck’s US affiliate EMD Serono and Pfizer have entered into a research agreement with the Broad Institute to investigate autoimmune …

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Langland appoints director of planning

April 3, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Adrian Zambardino, Langland

Creative healthcare ad agency Langland has appointed Adrian Zambardino as its director of planning.  Zambardino has more than 25 years …

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Inhaled insulin one step closer to approval

April 3, 2014
Sales and Marketing Afrezza, FDA, Mannkind, diabetes, type 1, type 2

After a rocky few years MannKind’s inhaled insulin Afrezza finally looks to be on the path to approval in the …

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GSK China rep speaks out over ‘bribery culture’

April 2, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, Shanghai, Witty, bribery, sales

A former sales representative for GlaxoSmithKline has spoken of the firm’s alleged tactics in bribing poorly paid doctors in China …

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PAN promotes within its ranks

April 2, 2014
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Claire Hay has been promoted to associate director at creative comms agency PAN. Hay joined the agency as a senior account …

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‘More patients want Votrient’

April 2, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, GSK, Pfizer, Sutent, Votrient

GlaxoSmithKline is looking at patient satisfaction as a potential marketing tool for its kidney cancer drug Votrient, setting up a …

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Lung cancer vaccine dropped

April 2, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, MAGE-A3, NSCLC, Vaccine, lung cancer, magrit

GlaxoSmithKline took a hit today after its lung cancer vaccine MAGE-A3 failed to benefit patients. The London-based firm has now …

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Sanofi appoints a chief patient officer

April 2, 2014
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Sanofi has hired Dr Anne Beal to the newly-created position of chief patient officer. The move to hire such a …

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‘Stakes never higher’ for NHS

April 2, 2014
Sales and Marketing CCGs, NHS England, Simon Stevens, UK

The new boss of NHS England has warned that he will not be able to fix its problems and said …

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