NICE to review Lucentis decision
August 17, 2011Sales and Marketing Lucentis, NICE, diabetic macular edema
NICE will allow an appeal against its decision not to recommend Novartis’s Lucentis for diabetic macular oedema. The appeal came …
Sanofi Pasteur MSD appoints new UK medical director
August 17, 2011Research and Development, Sales and Marketing appointment, research and development, sales and marketing
Sanofi Pasteur MSD has appointed Dr Aidrian Kilcoyne as medical director in the UK. He joins the company from Roche …
NICE wants more information on Pradaxa
August 17, 2011Sales and Marketing NICE, Pradaxa
NICE has asked for more information on Pradaxa, after deciding in preliminary guidance that the drug is not cost-effective in …
Pfizer triumphs in US Viagra patent trial
August 17, 2011Sales and Marketing Pfizer, generics, viagra
Pfizer has won a US patent infringement case against generics giant Teva, stopping the company from making its own version …
Contract research news in brief
August 17, 2011Research and Development research and development news
Our round-up of news from the contract research sector includes the rejection of a cancer drug by the FDA because …
How the best labs manage talent
August 16, 2011Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development careers, recruitment, talent retention
Of the $1.2 trillion spent globally each year on R&D across corporations and academia, 40 per cent – much the …
Onyx Scientific bought by India’s Ipca Labs
August 16, 2011Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Ipca, Onyx, contract research news, pharma manufacturing news, research and development news
India’s Ipca Laboratories has bought UK chemistry services firm Onyx Scientific for around £4.6 million ($7.5m). The Mumbai-based company, a …
Contract manufacturing market set for return to growth
August 16, 2011Manufacturing and Production contract manufacturing, pharma manufacturing news
The pharmaceutical contract manufacturing sector looks set for a return to historical growth over the next five years, after a …
New head of oncology for Astellas Pharma Europe
August 16, 2011Research and Development, Sales and Marketing appointment, research and development, sales and marketing
Astellas Pharma has appointed Dr Christopher Thomson as executive director of its new European Oncology Unit. Dr Thomson will …
Pharma manufacturing news in brief
August 16, 2011Manufacturing and Production pharma manufacturing news
Jubilant announces an $80 million agreement to supply an unnamed product over the next three years, plus there are facility …
GSK Parkinson’s drug shows motor skills benefits
August 16, 2011Research and Development GSK, Impax Pharmaceuticals, Parkinson's disease, research and development news
GlaxoSmithKline’s new drug IPX066 has helped Parkinson’s disease patients retain their motor skills after their medication wore off. IPX066, which …
Digital Pharma: Pharma adapts to new era on Facebook
August 15, 2011Medical Communications Digital Pharma blog, Facebook
Pharma companies must adapt to a new level of engagement on Facebook after new rules from the social network forcing …
Afrezza could breathe new life into inhaled insulin market
August 15, 2011Research and Development, Sales and Marketing diabetes, inhaled insulin, insulin, research and development news
New trials for MannKind’s investigational inhaled insulin drug Afrezza have been given the go-ahead by the FDA, potentially breathing new …
Study shows new genetic risk factors for MS
August 15, 2011Research and Development genes, multiple sclerosis, research and development news
New genetic links to the immune system have been identified as a possible trigger for multiple sclerosis. The exact causes …
Ranbaxy closes down troubled liquid formulations plant
August 12, 2011Manufacturing and Production FDA, Ranbaxy, pharma manufacturing news, quality control
Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories has decided to close down a manufacturing facility in the USA which has been under scrutiny …
GSK moves into diagnostics with Enigma
August 12, 2011Sales and Marketing Diagnostics, GSK, infectious diseases
GlaxoSmithKline has signed a deal to develop new tests with Enigma Diagnostics, extending a 2009 agreement with the Salisbury-based company. …
Online learning for non-medical prescribers launched
August 12, 2011Medical Communications Pfizer, Prescriber, medical education, non medical prescribing
Therapeutics PLUS, a free online medical education offering to healthcare professionals has been re-launched. The online resource has been created …
Pfizer pays compensation to Nigerian trial victims
August 12, 2011Kano, Pfizer, Trovan, misconduct, out of court
Pfizer has paid out the first compensation to families of children who died during a meningitis drug trial in Nigeria. …
Roche skin cancer drug approval ‘imminent’
August 11, 2011Sales and Marketing Roche, melanoma, vemurafenib
Skin cancer treatment Zelboraf looks set to gain FDA approval months ahead of schedule. Roche and Daiichi Sankyo’s drug is …
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