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Sun Pharma recalls 40,000 bottles

July 14, 2014
Manufacturing and Production Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, FDA, Pfizer/Wyeth’s Effexor XR, Sun Pharma, antidepressant, recall

India-based manufacturer Sun Pharmaceutical Industries is recalling more than 40,000 bottles of its antidepressant venlafaxine hydrochloride, the US regulator has …

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AbbVie a step closer to Shire takeover

July 14, 2014
Sales and Marketing ADHD, AbbVie, Abbott, Humira, Shire, hep C, takeover

Shire is recommending a new offer from suitor AbbVie that could finally see the US giant merge with the Dublin-based …

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Roche combination drug for melanoma impresses

July 14, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Roche, Yervoy, braf, mekinist. MEK, melanoma

Roche’s investigational melanoma drug cobimetinib has helped late-stage patients live longer when used in combination with its established skin cancer …

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GSK investigator charged in China

July 14, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, Witty, bribery, humphrey, sex tape

The man who GlaxoSmithKline paid to investigate an illegally produced sex tape of one its senior employees has been charged …

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Working Life: Celgene’s Rob Moore

July 14, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Celgene, Working Life, rob moore

How did you find your way into your current role? I joined the pharmaceutical industry almost 20 years ago with …

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ProStrakan pays £230m for Archimedes

July 14, 2014
Sales and Marketing Archimedes, Cancer, ProStrakan, pain, pecfent

The ProStrakan Group is to looking to expand its offerings via a payment of £230 million for Archimedes Pharma. The …

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Two hires at Cello Health Communications

July 14, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cello, cello health, davies, yates

Healthcare comms agency Cello Health Communications has made two senior appointments at its London office. Anthea Davies (pictured) joins the …

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Bayer in Oxford tie-up

July 11, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Oxford, endometriosis, university

Bayer HealthCare and the UK’s University of Oxford have signed an agreement to look for new treatments for two common …

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BMS to make Opdivo submission

July 11, 2014
Sales and Marketing BMS, Cancer, EMA, FDA, ono, opdivo, pd-1

Bristol-Myers Squibb is to submit cancer treatment Opdivo to the US authorities after the drug received its first approval in …

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QRxPharma announces several resignations

July 11, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Campbell, PACE, QRxPharma, farrell, quinn

Australian pharma development firm QRxPharma has confirmed that its chairman Dr Peter Farrell and director Dr Gary Pace have resigned. …

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Servier fined €331m by European Commission

July 10, 2014
Sales and Marketing EC, European Commission, France, Krka, Lupin, Matrix, Mylan, Niche/Unichem, Servier, Teva

The European Commission has served French pharma company Servier with a €331 million fine for delaying the entry to market …

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EMA delays trial transparency – again

July 10, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, Goldacre, Rasi, alltrials, clinical trials, transparency

The European Medicines Agency has once again said that it is to delay the launch of its new clinical trial …

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NICE ‘yes’ for Selincro

July 10, 2014
Sales and Marketing Lundbeck, NHS, NICE, alcohol, nalmefene, selincro

Lundbeck has received a lift from UK drugs pricing watchdog NICE as it has recommended the firm’s alcohol dependency pill …

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Glide Pharma makes two senior hires

July 10, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Glide Pharma, Richard Bungay, Tony Mills

Oxford-based development and device firm Glide Pharma has appointed Richard Bungay as its chief financial officer (CFO) and Dr Tony …

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Alzheimer’s test ‘87% accurate’, say reports

July 9, 2014
Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Alzheimer’s, Alzheimer’s & dementia, Cameron, NHS, NHS Choices, dementia

NHS Choices has dampened enthusiasm over a report in medical journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia of a new test for Alzheimer’s …

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Celebrities back Bowel Cancer UK’s screening call

July 9, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing bowel cancer uk, celebrities, screening

A range of celebrities, including Sir Chris Hoy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ricky Gervais and Ben Richards, have pledged support to Bowel …

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Lucid opens second office

July 9, 2014
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UK medical education firm Lucid has opened a second office in Hammersmith, London. In addition to Lucid Towers, Beaconsfield, it now …

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Boehringer blood cancer drug scores in Phase II

July 9, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, blood, giotrif, leukaemia, volasertib

Less than a year after securing its first cancer drug on the market with Giotrif, Boehringer has taken another decisive …

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AbbVie makes fourth Shire offer

July 9, 2014
Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Abbott, Shire, buyout, merger

The AbbVie/Shire takeover saga rumbles on, with AbbVie raising its bid for the Ireland-based biopharma specialist to $51.5 billion. The …

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Clark Health Communications hires account director

July 9, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Clark Health Communications, chc, newman

Clark Health Communications (CHC) has recruited account director Sarah Newman as its first full-time employee to help manage the agency’s …

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