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Former health minister tells NHS to embrace technology

April 9, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Jeremy Hunt, autism, brain in hand, google, paperless, telehealth

The Labour MP and former health minister Ben Bradshaw has urged the National Health Service to do more when it …

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Pharma needs ‘radical change’ says report

April 9, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Chris Stirling, GSK, KPMG, digital

The pharma industry needs a complete overhaul of its entire business model with a greater focus on the patient, according …

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Google Glass has ‘endless potential’ for Parkinson’s

April 9, 2014
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A new experiment by a British University is putting Google Glass to the test with Parkinson’s patients to see if …

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EMA transparency agenda sees more delay

April 9, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, EFPIA, EMA, Europe, InterMune, alltrials, parliament, transparency

The European Medicines Agency is to further delay its policy over clinical trial transparency, saying it needs more time to …

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Spectrum appoints Dr Dalna Harvey as regulatory project manager

April 8, 2014
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Spectrum, Wyeth, woodley

Spectrum Regulatory Solutions, a company that provides a consultancy to the healthcare industry, has added to its regulatory team by …

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Dr Eliot Forster to lead MedCity

April 8, 2014
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boris Johnson, medcity

Dr Eliot Forster has been appointed chairman of MedCity Limited by the London mayor Boris Johnson. Dr Forster has 20 …

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MedCity will be ‘concierge’ for life sciences

April 8, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boris Johnson, Francis Crick Institute, life sciences, medcity

MedCity, the new entity seeking to capitalise on the so-called ‘golden triangle’ of medical and life sciences R&D organisations between …

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Alkermes schizophrenia drug shines in Phase III

April 8, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Abilify, Alkermes, aripiprazole, schizophrenia

Alkermes’ investigational schizophrenia drug has met its primary endpoint in a pivotal trial, leading the firm to seek regulatory approval …

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Virgo health bolsters senior team with new hires

April 8, 2014
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Tonic Life, Virgo

The newly named Virgo Consumer Health & Wellbeing welcomes two new joiners – Matthew Coy and Reena Patel (both pictured), …

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Roche buys IQuum in $450 million deal

April 8, 2014
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Takeda and Lilly hit with $9 billion Actos damages bill

April 8, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Actos, Takeda, law case, lilly

A US jury has ordered Japanese firm Takeda Pharmaceutical to pay $6 billion (£3.6 billion) in punitive damages, over claims …

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Michael Griffith becomes executive vice president of inVentiv Health

April 8, 2014
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing inVentiv

inVentiv Health has appointed Michael Griffith as its new executive vice president. In this capacity, Griffith will head inVentiv’s commercial …

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Roche joins forces with PatientsLikeMe

April 8, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novartis, PatientsLikeMe, Roche, UCB, real-word data

PatientsLikeMe has set up a five-year agreement with Genentech, Roche’s biologics arm, to allow the firm access to patients’ real-world …

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GSK ‘cracks down’ on China staff

April 7, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, Witty, bribery

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Pfizer breast cancer drug combo aces trial

April 7, 2014
Femera, Pfizer, breast cancer, oncology, palbociclib

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Under fire Ranbaxy sold to Sun Pharma for $4 billion

April 7, 2014
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Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has bought struggling drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories in a deal that will see the two companies become the …

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Celgene ‘stops Mylan entering market’

April 6, 2014
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Generic manufacturer Mylan is suing Celgene in a spat over allowing copycat versions of existing cancer drugs – Revlimid and …

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Alzheimer’s disease: pharma’s greatest challenge

April 4, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AD, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer’s, Eisai, Lunt, Pfizer, galantamine, karran, priddy

Like it or not, we are all becoming increasingly prone to a currently incurable and debilitating disease, that places an …

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NICE U-turn on Roche cancer drug

April 4, 2014
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Roche’s lung cancer drug Tarceva has been given a reprieve to treat relapsed lung cancer patients in the NHS after …

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Novartis sues Biocon

April 4, 2014
Sales and Marketing Biocon, Galvus, Gilead, Herceptin, Novartis, sofosbuvir

India’s status as a battleground for patent issues has been reinforced with the news that Novartis is suing Biocon over …

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