SkyePharma filing Flutiform in Europe
March 26, 2010Sales and Marketing Fluctiform, Skyepharma
SkyePharma is filing its asthma inhaler Flutiform with European regulatory authorities for approval. If approved Flutiform, a fluticasone and formoterol …
US health reform passes final vote
March 26, 2010Sales and Marketing Obama, US healthcare
Controversial reforms to the US healthcare system have passed a final Congress vote after a series of Republican objections. The …
NHS eyes global business
March 26, 2010NHS, NHS funding
The NHS is set to explore new international opportunities and export its knowledge abroad through a new organisation. It hopes …
Chandler Chicco launches ‘identity-driven’ consultancy
March 26, 2010Medical Communications Chandler Chicco, Ingenda Communications, patient information
Chandler Chicco Companies has launched a new European business unit to tap into the growth of ‘socio-digital’ communications. Ingenda Communications …
Helen Gordon to lead new pharmacy body
March 26, 2010UK, appointment, rpsgb
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has appointed Helen Gordon chief executive of its new professional leadership body. The Society is in …
Manches promotes Catherine Rohll
March 25, 2010Business Services, Research and Development Manches, appointment, business services
UK law firm Manches has promoted Catherine Rohll to partner in its life sciences team.A scientist by training with a …
Budget ‘will freeze’ NHS spending
March 25, 2010NHS funding, king's fund
Frontline NHS funding will only rise with inflation and the Department of Health must make substantial cost savings under the …
Roche bags Siemens Healthcare coms head
March 25, 2010Medical Communications Roche, appointment, medical communications, sales and marketing
Roche has appointed Stephen Feldhaus as its new head of group communications to succeed Per-Olof Attinger (pictured left), who moves …
CME Spotlight: Raising standards
March 25, 2010Medical Communications CME, CME Spotlight, Eugene Pozniak
In recent months, some in the UK have been questioning just how difficult is it to resist the normalisation of …
Jonathan Dancer joins PM Society
March 25, 2010Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Red Kite, appointment, medical communications, pm society, sales and marketing
The Pharmaceutical Marketing Society has appointed Jonathan Dancer to its committee. Jonathan is managing director of Red Kite Consulting Group, …
‘Largest biopharma CMO in Asia’ gets green light
March 25, 2010Manufacturing and Production Biomanufacturing, CMO, manufacturing
A US biotechnology company is spearheading a project to create what will be the largest biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing organisation in …
WCG London expands
March 24, 2010Medical Communications WCG, appointment, appointments, medical communications
Global communications agency WCG has made two new additions to its London office, appointing Wendy Gerber (pictured right) and Zoe …
NICE seeks compromise over Glivec approval
March 24, 2010Sales and Marketing Glivec, NICE, Novartis
NICE says it is unlikely to approve the use of Glivec against gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) after surgery, but is …
GSK breathes more easily after Sandoz exit
March 24, 2010Sales and Marketing Advair, Sandoz, generics, vectura
Sandoz has exited a deal to launch a generic rival to GSK’s top selling respiratory drug Advair. Sandoz, the generics …
Vernalis diabetes pain drug fails in phase II
March 24, 2010Research and Development Vernalis
Vernalis’ new treatment for neuropathic pain has disappointed in phase II trials and will now be dropped for this indication. …
Cheaper vaccines for developing countries
March 24, 2010Vaccine, developing world, vaccines
GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer have signed a deal to supply anti-pneumococcal drugs to developing countries at steeply discounted prices. GSK will …
Quintiles hands Geoff Owen global business development role
March 24, 2010Sales and Marketing Quintiles, appointment, sales and marketing
Contract services company Quintiles has appointed Geoff Owen to lead global business development for its Commercial group. As senior vice …
Adverse event halts Merck cancer vaccine trial
March 23, 2010Research and Development Merck KGaA, Merck Serono, Stimuvax, vaccines
Trials of a new vaccine which helps fight cancer have been halted after one patient developed encephalitis, a potentially fatal …
Virus contamination found in GSK’s Rotarix
March 23, 2010Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Contamination, GSK, Vaccine, manufacturing compliance
The European Medicines Agency has demanded more information “as a matter of urgency” from GlaxoSmithKline over a virus in its …
Digital Pharma: The industry’s real social media question
March 23, 2010Medical Communications Janssen, digital pharma, social media
There is a tremendous amount of discussion at the moment about how trust is now the key to corporate reputation. …
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