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Pfizer to pay $360m for InnoPharma

July 18, 2014
Sales and Marketing Pfizer, injectables, innopharma

Pfizer is to pay as much as $360 million for private pharma development company InnoPharma in a financial arrangement comprising …

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New chairman for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

July 18, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Leukemia & Lymphoma. jim davis

James Davis has been elected chairman of the national board of directors of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). Davis …

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New drugs see J&J sales rise

July 17, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing J&J, JJ, Q2, hepatitis C, olysio, sovaldi

Johnson & Johnson saw sales rise 9.1% to $19.5 billion year on year on the back of a strong performance …

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Bayer hires litigation head from Pfizer

July 17, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Malini Moorthy, Pfizer

Bayer Healthcare has appointed Malini Moorthy to head up its litigation department in the US.  Moorthy joins the German firm from …

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Lilly signs Immunocore deal

July 17, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Oxford, biotech, immunocore, lilly

Eli Lilly has signed a deal with one of the UK’s most high-profile biotech firms to research and potentially develop …

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Deallus Consulting sees new chief executive

July 17, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Claudio D’Ambrosio, consulting, deallus

Life sciences consultancy firm Deallus Consulting has confirmed its new chief executive is to be Dr Claudio D’Ambrosio.  D’Ambrosio succeeds …

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Migrants must pay more for treatment on NHS

July 16, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, health tourism, migrants

Non-EU citizens will soon have to pay 150% of the cost of treatment on the NHS under new plans announced …

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FDA speedy review for new Avastin licence

July 16, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Roche, avastin, cervical cancer

The FDA has granted priority review status for Roche’s Avastin (bevacizumab) plus chemotherapy in women with persistent, recurrent or metastatic …

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Hikma completes Bedford Laboratories purchase

July 16, 2014
Manufacturing and Production Ben Venue, Boehringer, Hikma, bedford laboratories

Hikma has completed its acquisition of assets of the US generic injectables business Bedford Laboratories from Ben Venue Laboratories, a …

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Chiltern acquires Ockham to help lift status

July 16, 2014
Manufacturing and Production CRO, chiltern, contract research, fsp, ockham

Chiltern has today acquired a full stake in fellow contract research organisation Ockham as both companies look to merge their …

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Novartis makes Alzheimer’s deal

July 16, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Genentech, Novartis, bai, epstein

Novartis is to collaborate with the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute (BAI) to test two of the Swiss company’s investigational anti-amyloid treatments. …

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Merck Serono appoints R&D global head

July 16, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Luciano Rossetti, Merck Serono

Merck Serono the biopharma of division of US firm Merck has confirmed the appointment of Luciano Rossetti as its executive …

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Novartis forms alliance with Google on ‘smart lens’

July 15, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Alcon, Novartis, diabetes, e-health, google, smart lens, wearable

Novartis eye care division Alcon has struck a deal with Google to develop a ‘smart’ contact lens designed to help …

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Illumina ‘gets 100,000 Genomes contract’

July 15, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Cambridge, DNA, DoH, NHS, genomes, illimina

Gene analysis specialist Illumina has been chosen to deliver a project to sequence 100,000 whole genomes from NHS patients by …

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UK science minister steps down

July 15, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cameron, UK, Willetts, cabinet, parliament, science minister

The science and universities minister David Willetts has resigned as British prime minister David Cameron carries out a major cabinet …

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Targacept admits failure in Alzheimer’s trial

July 15, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Aricept, Pfizer, TC-173, Targacept

Targacept is dropping a once promising Alzheimer’s drug from further clinical trials after it failed to beat Pfizer’s Aricept (donepezil) …

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Mylan buys Abbott generics

July 15, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Abbott, Mylan, generics, new mylan

Abbott is to sell the portion of its branded generics business which operates in developed markets such as Europe to …

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UK digital health showcased in China

July 15, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, Shanghai, UK, britain, comms, digital, health

The British government is showcasing its most promising digital health firms at a new centre in China. The “Healthcare is …

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Baxter takes R&D head from Merck Serono

July 15, 2014
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck Serono, baxter, john orloff

Baxter International has appointed Dr John Orloff as its vice president and global head of R&D development for Baxter BioScience. …

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Contraceptive microchip tipped to revolutionise birth control

July 14, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Bill Gates, MIT, contraceptive, device, implant, microchips

IT start-up company MicroCHIPS is developing a radical new contraceptive in the form of a microchip that is implanted under …

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