BMS appoints UK market access director
September 13, 2010Sales and Marketing BMS, UK, appointment, sales and marketing
Patrick Hopkinson has joined Bristol-Myers Squibb as director of market access and external affairs in the UK. He joins the …
AZ signs cancer development deal
September 13, 2010Research and Development AstraZeneca, CRT, Cancer Research UK
AstraZeneca has agreed a deal with charity Cancer Research UK to develop a first-in-class cancer treatment. AZD-3965 targets the monocarboxylate …
Sanofi readies cancer drugs’ coms support
September 10, 2010Medical Communications just health pr
Sanofi-Aventis is readying communications support for two cancer drugs in its portfolio. The pharma company has handed UK communications for …
Merck plans jobs cuts in Ireland
September 10, 2010Manufacturing and Production Ireland, Merck & Co, Schering-Plough, job cuts
A manufacturing plant in Ireland is the latest to face staff cuts in the wake of Merck & Co’s merger …
Transgene acquires rights to cancer vaccine
September 10, 2010Research and Development JX-594, Jennerex, Transgene, cancer vaccine
French biotech company Transgene has acquired rights to commercialise a novel cancer vaccine that is being tested against multiple types …
Low dose Victoza on track for NICE approval
September 10, 2010Sales and Marketing NICE, Novo Nordisk, Victoza
Novo Nordisk is on track to receive NICE approval for its type II diabetes drug Victoza, but will still have …
Adventis Health adds new recruits
September 10, 2010Medical Communications Adventis, appointment, medical communications
Beaconsfield, UK-based healthcare communications agency Adventis Health has added two more recruits to its multi-disciplinary teams. Dan Blomfield (pictured left), …
GSK paves way for biopharmaceuticals growth
September 9, 2010Research and Development GlaxoSmithKline, Lonza, biologics
GlaxoSmithKline has handed Swiss contract manufacturer Lonza a contract to produce clinical trial batches of five monoclonal antibodies that are …
Universities attack European research grant
September 9, 2010Research and Development EFPIA, IMI, Innovative Medicines Initiative, academia
A European initiative aimed at fostering new medical research is neglecting its public partners in favour of its private ones, …
EU set to pass stricter laws for experiments on animals
September 9, 2010Research and Development Animal testing, Animal tests
The number of animals used in scientific experiments will be reduced under new EU legislation agreed by the European Parliament …
Tzvi Palash joins Protalix BioTherapeutics
September 9, 2010Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Portalix BioTherapeutics, appointment, manufacturing and production, research and development
Protalix BioTherapeutics has appointed Tzvi Palash to the newly-created position of chief operating officer. He will be responsible for overseeing …
J&J and Merck heading for showdown over drug rights
September 8, 2010Sales and Marketing Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Remicade
Johnson & Johnson’s disagreement with Merck over rights to two arthritis drugs is set to come to a head in …
inVentiv Health acquires French advertising group
September 8, 2010Medical Communications France, advertising, inVentiv Health
InVentiv Health is to acquire Star Terre Santé, a leading group of healthcare marketing and communications agencies based in Paris. …
Pharma sector optimism growing
September 8, 2010Sales and Marketing Eversheds, economic climate
Pharma execs are more confident about the sector’s outlook than they were at the start of the year. A survey …
Greece to cut 4,000 drug prices by a fifth
September 8, 2010Sales and Marketing Greece, economic climate, price cuts, pricing & Reimbursement
The Greek government has released a list of over 4,000 drugs on which it will impose heavy price cuts. This …
BMS to acquire ZymoGenetics
September 8, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, hepatitis
Bristol-Myers Squibb is to acquire biopharma company ZymoGenetics for $885 million to add to its ‘string of pearls’of small biotech …
GSK patient recruitment head joins Exco InTouch
September 8, 2010Research and Development Exco InTouch, appointment, research and development
Judith Teall has been appointed director of patient recruitment at clinical trial technology company Exco InTouch. She has spent more …
Working Life: Dr Meena Jain
September 8, 2010Business Services, Research and Development Napp, Working Life, careers, recruitment
How did you find your way into your most current role? I’ve been at Napp for four years now having …
PCT managers have ‘no automatic right’ to GP commissioning
September 8, 2010GP, NHS, commissioning, government
Primary care trust managers should not have a legal right to transfer to similar roles in GP commissioning groups, according …
Pfizer drops brain cancer vaccine
September 7, 2010Research and Development Celldex Therapeutics, Pfizer, cancer vaccine
Pfizer has dropped its experimental brain cancer vaccine rindopepimut, handing back worldwide rights to Celldex Therapeutics from November. Rindopepimut targets …
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