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MSC hires new president and chief executive

August 29, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Mary Beth Loesch, msc

US healthcare performance firm Medical Simulation Corporation has confirmed the appointment of Mary Beth Loesch as its president and chief executive. Loesch …

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GSK Ebola vaccine fast-tracked into human trials

August 28, 2014
Sales and Marketing Africa, Ebola, GSK, WHO, zmapp

GlaxoSmithKline has announced that its experimental Ebola vaccine is being fast-tracked into human studies to help deal with the worst-ever …

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Government rips up blank cheque on cancer drugs

August 28, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cancer Drugs Fund, Kadclya, Roche, avastin, sovaldi

Pharma has priced itself out of the Cancer Drugs Fund as the rising costs of its new oncology treatments sees …

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Biostar appoints chief scientist

August 28, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Xiaohui Zheng, biostar pharmaceuticals

Chinese manufacturing and marketing firm Biostar Pharmaceuticals has hired professor Xiaohui Zheng as its chief scientist.Zheng is a professor and director of …

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Ice Bucket Challenge nears $100m in donations

August 28, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Clovis Pharma, Motor Neurone Disease Association

Charitable donations to a once obscure healthcare charity called the ALS Association have rocketed in August after its #IceBucketChallenge went …

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NICE final ‘yes’ for Biogen’s MS pill

August 27, 2014
Sales and Marketing Aubagio, Biogen, RMS, RRMS, gilenya

In final guidance published today NICE has recommended NHS funding of Biogen Idec’s new multiple sclerosis pill in patients with …

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Merck Serono breaks ground in China with new plant

August 27, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing China, Merck Serono, manufacturing, metformin

Merck Serono has broken ground for its new pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Nantong, China. The new facility, which will be …

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US rivals Pfizer and Merck team up for lung cancer

August 27, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck, NSCLC, Roche, Xalkori, melanoma, pembrolizumab

The two biggest rival US pharma firms have joined forces to help develop a new combination treatment for certain non-small …

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UK nurse with Ebola given new drug in London

August 27, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, Ebola, zmapp

A British nurse was this weekend flown to a London hospital and is now being given an experimental drug after …

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Miriam Monge to join Sartorius Stedim Biotech

August 26, 2014
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Sartorius Stedim Biotech (SSB), a pharma and biotech supplier, today announced the appointment of Miriam Monge as director of marketing …

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AstraZeneca and Illumina in new partnership

August 26, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Illumina, NGS technology, next generation sequencing

AstraZeneca has announced that it will develop next generation sequencing (NGS) for companion diagnostic tests in a new partnership with …

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AZ launches US digital tool ‘DoctorsNotes’ in US

August 26, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, CME, CPD, apps, digital

AstraZeneca has launched a new online tool in the US called DoctorsNotes to help medical professionals keep better up to …

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Merck and Advaxis team up on immuno-oncology

August 26, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development ASCO, Merck, immunology, pd-1, pembrolizumab

Advaxis and Merck have signed a research deal to investigational Merck’s PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab in combination with Advaxis’ listeria-based cancer …

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Asterias Biotherapeutics adds two to board

August 26, 2014
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Asterias Biotherapeutics, Pfizer

US biotech firm Asterias Biotherapeutics has confirmed the appointments of Andrew Arno and Natale Ricciardi to its board of directors. …

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NICE and market access: time for reform?

August 26, 2014
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Bristol-Myers Squibb, NICE, Yervoy, reform

Earlier in the year, at the ABPI’s annual conference, the UK pharma lobby group released a new report suggesting that …

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Roche pays $8.3bn for InterMune

August 26, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Genentech, IPF, Illumina, InterMune, Roche

Roche has stumped up $8.3 billion in cash to pay for US biotech firm InterMune and will gain access to …

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Pfizer/BMS blood thinner gains new licence

August 22, 2014
Sales and Marketing BMS, DVT, Eliquis, Pfizer, Pradaxa, Xarelto, blood, warfarin

Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb have been handed a much-needed lift after its new blood thinner Eliquis gained a licence extension …

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AstraZeneca shores up defences against Pfizer

August 22, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Read, Soriot, deal, merger

AstraZeneca has been making a series of big deals over the past three months as it looks to close the …

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ELC Group names new senior head

August 22, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Siddharth Chachad, elf group

UK regulatory affairs provider the ELC Group has confirmed the appointment of clinical pharmacologist Dr Siddharth Chachad as its head …

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Wellcome Trust makes Ebola research investment

August 21, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, Ebola, Nigeria, deltas, welcome trust

The Wellcome Trust is launching a new multimillion pound initiative for emergency Ebola research coupled with a £40 million investment …

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