Trials of cancer vaccine Stimuvax can resume
June 17, 2010Research and Development Merck Serono, Stimuvax, cancer vaccine, vaccines
Merck Serono has been given clearance to resume part of its clinical trials of its cancer vaccine Stimuvax. Trials of …
UCB’s new lupus treatment promising
June 17, 2010Research and Development Benlysta, Lupus, UCB, epratuzumab
A new monoclonal antibody treatment for lupus has shown promise in phase II trials, according to UCB. The biopharmaceutical company …
PAN makes creative appointments
June 17, 2010Medical Communications Pan, appointment, medical communications
UK agency PAN Advertising has made two new appointments to its creative department – Gareth Goh as copywriter and Adam Wood as …
ABPI appoints former AZ innovation head
June 17, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, appointment, research and development, sales and marketing
UK industry association the ABPI has appointed Carol Blount as its new head of commercial affairs. Carol has more than …
Reinventing Management
June 17, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing management
The investment banking industry officially ceased to exist on September 21, 2008. That was the day the last two remaining …
NICE rejects Tarceva maintenance treatment
June 17, 2010Sales and Marketing NICE, NSCLC, Roche, Tarceva, lung cancer
Roche’s Tarceva should not be used in lung cancer patients who have already been treated and whose disease remains stable, …
Digital Pharma: Amgen’s online village
June 16, 2010Medical Communications Amgen, ITP, community, disease awareness campaigns
Amgen has launched an online community for European healthcare professionals, patients and carers affected by autoimmune disease immune thrombycytopenia. Styled …
FDA to make safety reviews public
June 16, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, drug safety
The US medicines regulator is to make safety reviews of recently approved prescription medicines more readily available to the public. …
Former FDA and MHRA regulators join Parexel Consulting
June 16, 2010Research and Development CRO, Parexel, appointment, research and development
Parexel Consulting has appointed former regulators Toby Silverman, M.D. and Keith Watson, Ph.D. as principal consultants. The company is a …
Novo agrees price cut deal with Greece
June 16, 2010Sales and Marketing Greece, Novo Nordisk, insulin, pricing
Novo Nordisk has agreed to resume supply of its insulins to the Greek market after pulling them last month as …
GSK’s Votrient approved in Europe
June 16, 2010Sales and Marketing GlaxoSmithKline, Kidney cancer, Votrient
The European Commission has granted a conditional marketing authorisation for a GlaxoSmithKline drug that treats the most common form of …
R&D: a new world order
June 16, 2010Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development industry, job cuts, research, research and development
Big pharma is today demolishing the in-house drug discovery and research structures built up over the last decade, and is …
Patrick Walker appointed to PPRS resolution panel
June 16, 2010Sales and Marketing DH, UK, appointment, sales and marketing
The Department of Health has appointed Patrick Walker to chair the Dispute Resolution Panel for UK pricing system the Pharmaceutical …
Novavax makes manufacturing promotions
June 16, 2010Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Novavax, appointment, manufacturing and production, research and development
US biotech company Novavax has made a brace of manufacturing management promotions. It has appointed John Madsen as head of …
Nexavar fails in lung cancer trial
June 15, 2010Research and Development Bayer, NSCLC, Nexavar, Onyx
Bayer and Onyx Pharmaceutical’s oncology drug Nexavar has failed to meet its primary endpoint in a phase III study for …
Pfizer forms rare diseases unit
June 15, 2010Research and Development Orphan, Pfizer
Pfizer is seeking to boost its coverage of research into orphan conditions with the creation of a new unit focused …
Ben Fisher joins OgilvyHealthPR
June 15, 2010Medical Communications Ogilvy, appointment, medical communications
OgilvyHealthPR has appointed Ben Fisher as associate director. He joins the agency from Porter Novelli and has ten years experience …
Management appointments at Novasep
June 15, 2010Manufacturing and Production Novasep, appointment, manufacturing and production
Pharma manufacturing company Novasep has appointed Stephen Stefano to head up its US business and Patrick Glasser to lead its …
Patheon back in the black, secures major Merck contract
June 15, 2010Manufacturing and Production Patheon
Contract services company Patheon swung back into profit in the second quarter of the year, helped by a weak dollar, …
Victoza wins partial NICE recommendation
June 15, 2010Sales and Marketing NICE, Victoza, diabetes
Novo Nordisk has been given a limited approval for its new type II diabetes treatment in draft guidance issued by …
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