Shire moves in on Movetis
August 5, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Movetis, Shire
Shire has made a €428 million offer for Belgium-based Movetis in a bid to grow its business in Europe and …
Austerity measures beginning to bite in Europe
August 5, 2010Sales and Marketing Europe, economic climate, global pricing, price cuts
Major pharmaceutical companies are beginning to feel the direct effects of the austerity measures being introduced across Europe’s healthcare systems.Second …
NICE issues indicators for next QOF
August 5, 2010NHS, qof
Diabetes, dementia and mental health top the list of new indicators to be considered for NICE’s next Quality Outcomes Framework …
NICE set to recommend chronic constipation treatment
August 4, 2010Sales and Marketing Movetis, NICE, Resolor
NICE has provisionally recommended Belgium-based Movetis’s Resolor as an option for the treatment of chronic constipation in women where laxatives …
NHS challenged to become part of the ‘big society’
August 4, 2010NHS
The government has called for more NHS staff to come up with ideas for social enterprises as part of its …
Digital Pharma: Byte-sized roundup
August 4, 2010Medical Communications Digital Pharma blog, Janssen, disease awareness campaigns, iphone, social media
This week’s roundup includes Janssen-Cilag’s YouTube success, FDA to boost social media work, Novartis iPhone profile, Pfizer on SlideShare and …
Wyeth acquisition boosts Pfizer results
August 4, 2010Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, Pfizer, Q2
Pfizer’s second quarter results received a huge boost from the company’s multi-billion dollar acquisition of Wyeth last October. Sales of …
Charles River calls a halt to WuXi merger plans
August 4, 2010Research and Development Charles River Laboratories, WuXi
Charles River Laboratories has terminated its $1.6 billion agreement to acquire Chinese contract research organisation WuXi PharmaTech after an investor …
Cegedim appoints Anne-Marie Masquelier
August 4, 2010Research and Development Cegedim, appointment, research and development
Anne-Marie Masquelier has joined healthcare research company Cegedim Strategic Data as global medical research director. She will be responsible for …
Sanofi appoints Dr Ian Weatherhead UK coms director
August 4, 2010Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi-Aventis, UK, appointment, research and development, sales and marketing
Sanofi-Aventis UK has appointed Dr Ian Weatherhead as its director of communications. Ian will join the Guildford-based company in October, …
EDC: Looking beyond the software
August 4, 2010Research and Development EDC, chiltern
Electronic data capture (EDC) has become the norm for clinical studies. In an EDC study, most of the deliverables are …
Dr Wolfgang Renz joins PharmaNet
August 3, 2010Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development PharmaNet, appointment, manufacturing and production, research and development
PharmaNet Development Group has appointed Dr Wolfgang Renz senior vice president of clinical operations. He will be responsible for the …
Roche appoints Karen Lackey head of medicinal chemistry
August 3, 2010Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Roche, appointment, manufacturing and production, research and development
Karen Lackey has been appointed vice-president and head of medicinal chemistry by Roche. She will be based at the company’s …
Organon workers challenge Merck on Dutch facility closure
August 3, 2010Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Merck & Co, job cuts
Merck & Co’s decision to close down the former Organon facility in Oss, the Netherlands, looks set to be challenged …
New products help lift UCB
August 3, 2010Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, Q2, UCB
UCB’s newer products showed impressive growth in the first six months of this year, helping keep the Belgium-based biopharma firm’s …
Sanofi plant in France under FDA scrutiny
August 3, 2010Manufacturing and Production Sanofi Pasteur, manufacturing compliance
Sanofi-Aventis failed to follow proper quality control procedures at a vaccine manufacturing plant in France, according to the US Food …
Talking Point: Shipping temperature and pharma logistics
August 3, 2010Manufacturing and Production World Courier, logistics, talking logistics
Whether you are forwarding a bulk shipment of finished product across multiple time zones, distributing clinical trial medications to local …
Pharma manufacturing news in brief
August 3, 2010Manufacturing and Production ATMI, CMC Biologics, Cody Laboratories, Colorcon, Farmar, GE Healthcare, ProtAffin
Excipient specialist Colorcon buys an Indian rival, FDA gets tough on unapproved drugs plus facility updates from Farmar, ATMI and …
Susan Macdonald to head up RSA Singapore
August 2, 2010Business Services, Sales and Marketing appointment, business services, rsa, sales and marketing
Global life sciences executive search and interim management firm RSA has appointed Susan Macdonald managing director of its Singapore office. …
Merck merger costs halve profits
August 2, 2010Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, Merck & Co, Q2
Shares in Merck & Co fell as costs relating to the merger with Schering-Plough put a huge dent in second …
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