Health Bill ignores research, says charity
June 3, 2011Cancer Research UK, NHS, trials
The Health and Social Care Bill has ignored the opportunity to place clinical research at the heart of the NHS, …
BMS and Roche to team up in melanoma
June 3, 2011Sales and Marketing BMS, Roche, melanoma, oncology
Bristol-Myers Squibb and Roche are to use two of their drugs in an exploratory phase I/II study a bid to …
Tarceva impresses again as it seeks to extend its EU licence
June 3, 2011NSCLC, Roche, Tarceva
Roche and its partner OSI Pharmaceuticals have released another series of positive results for its lung cancer drug Tarceva as …
UNICEF highlights price differences for vaccines
June 2, 2011Sales and Marketing Unicef, developing world, vaccines
A large disparity in the cost of vaccines has been revealed by UNICEF. The United Nations Children’s Fund charity has …
Functional excipients driving US market growth
June 2, 2011Manufacturing and Production API, excipients, functional excipients
Drugmakers are increasingly using more sophisticated excipients and blends in order to defend against generic competition, according to new market …
AstraZeneca to stop paying for international conference trips
June 2, 2011Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, congresses, ethics
AstraZeneca will no longer pay for doctors to attend international conferences. The move is the latest development in the industry’s …
Who is the customer in the new NHS?
June 2, 2011ABPI, Ben Adams, GP consortia, NHS reform, PCTs
As the structure of the NHS is ripped down and rebuilt, the pharma industry is finding itself working in a …
FDA goes public with enforcement actions
June 2, 2011Manufacturing and Production FDA, transparency
The FDA is to publish more details about inspections and court actions on its website as part of a drive …
Pfizer files new kidney cancer drug
June 2, 2011Sales and Marketing Nexavar, Pfizer, rcc
Pfizer has filed its kidney cancer drug axitinib in the EU after impressive head-head- trials with Bayer’s Nexavar. Pfizer is …
Reforms will weaken health service accountability
June 1, 2011Sales and Marketing NHS reform, king's fund
The government has received yet more unwelcome news on health policy with a leading think tank warning its reforms will …
SCM wins contract to make high-potency cancer drug
May 31, 2011Manufacturing and Production SCM Pharma, Speciality European Pharma
UK contract manufacturing organisation SCM Pharma has been awarded a contract to make commercial supplies of a cancer drug due …
Pharma manufacturing news in brief
May 31, 2011Manufacturing and Production Aurobindo Pharma, Gallus, Lonza, ProMetic, Unigene
This week’s round-up of pharmaceutical manufacturing news includes new contracts for ProMetic and Unigene, plus facility updates from Aurobindo, Gallus …
Bayer wields the axe at Emeryville plant
May 31, 2011Manufacturing and Production Bayer, Emeryville, MS
Bayer Healthcare says it will cut 540 jobs at a production facility in Emeryville, California, next year after shifting production …
Quality by Design – the new manufacturing paradigm
May 31, 2011Manufacturing and Production Quality by Design, pharma manufacturing
Pharmaceutical manufacturing currently operates using processes that are widely seen as inefficient, inflexible and outdated. In the current system of …
Pfizer simplifies contract research with Parexel and Icon
May 27, 2011Research and Development ICON, Parexel, Pfizer, cros
Parexel and Icon have been chosen as Pfizer’s two long-term partners, in a move by the US pharma company to …
Clegg calls for further delay to Health Bill
May 27, 2011Health and Social Care Bill, NHS reforms
The government should amend its NHS reform plans and then allow them to be scrutinised further by MPs, the Deputy …
Digital Pharma: Roche launches online warfarin training for patients
May 27, 2011Medical Communications Digital Pharma blog, Roche, anticoagulant, warfarin
Roche has launched an online training tool to help UK patients on long-term warfarin learn about anticoagulation self-monitoring. The CoaguChek …
J&J aims for Japanese pharma expansion
May 27, 2011Research and Development, Sales and Marketing J&J, JJ
Johnson & Johnson has identified Japan as a key growth market for its pharma business as it outlines its strategic …
Bayer contraceptive advert breaches Code of Practice
May 27, 2011Medical Communications ABPI Code of Practice, Bayer, Multaq, Sanofi, Yasmin
Bayer Healthcare has been singled out for “particular censure” by the PMCPA, the body which regulates the ABPI Code of …
Chandler Chicco wins award for work on Botox migraine launch
May 27, 2011Medical Communications Chandler Chicco, awards, medical communications
Chandler Chicco Agency has won an award for its work on the launch of Botox’s chronic migraine indication in the …
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