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Takeda appoints Kiyohiko Tamura

May 25, 2010
Sales and Marketing Takeda, appointment, sales and marketing

Japanese pharma company Takeda has appointed Kiyohiko Tamura general manager of its newly established Office of the President & CEO. …

Appointment
MMR website

MMR doctor struck off

May 25, 2010
GMC, MMR

The doctor at the centre of a 12-year MMR vaccine debate has been struck off the medical register after being …

News

Kaiser Permanente unit joins Quintiles ‘Prime Site’ network

May 25, 2010
Research and Development CRO, Kaiser Permanente, Quintiles

A unit of US health maintenance organisation Kaiser Permanente has become the fourth in Quintiles’ network of ‘Prime Sites’ – …

News

Lucentis boosted by diabetic vision study

May 24, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AMD, DME, Lucentis, Novartis

A phase III trial of Novartis’ ranibizumab has shown it to be superior at promoting vision gain in patients with …

News

Boehringer selects lead candidate for Alzheimer’s

May 24, 2010
Research and Development Ablynx, Boehringer

Boehringer Ingelheim has selected a lead candidate for further development to treat Alzheimer’s disease from its collaboration with Ablynx. Belgium-based …

News

Eisai opens $100m parenterals plant in North Carolina

May 24, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Aricept, Eisai, eribulin, parenterals

Japanese drugmaker Eisai has opened a 65,000-sq.ft. facility at Research Triangle Park in North Carolina, USA, which will serve as …

News

First artificial life created

May 24, 2010
Research and Development Cell biology, Venter, cell, genome

Scientists in the US have succeeded in developing the first living cell to be controlled entirely by synthetic DNA. The …

News

Pharma manufacturing news in brief

May 24, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Angel Biotech, Halozyme, Johnson Matthey, Ranbaxy, Sagent Pharmaceuticals, baxter

There are more quality problems to report on the manufacturing beat this week, with recalls for Ranbaxy, Halozyme/Baxter and Sagent …

News
Iressa

Asda cuts cancer drugs prices

May 24, 2010
Sales and Marketing Asda, Cancer, market access, price cuts, pricing, supermarket

UK supermarket chain Asda has started selling privately prescribed cancer drugs on a not-for-profit basis. The vast majority of drugs …

News

Turkey: volatility and growth

May 24, 2010
Sales and Marketing Turkey, em

The economic woes of Greece are currently the most worrying problem within the European Union’s single currency region the Eurozone, …

Feature

German patent setback for GlaxoSmithKline’s Seretide

May 21, 2010
Sales and Marketing GSK, Germany, Seretide

A Munich court has ruled GlaxoSmithKline’s combination patent for its asthma and COPD treatment Seretide is not valid. The Federal …

News
MedUniverse

Digital Pharma: Doctors.net.uk’s Nordic expansion

May 21, 2010
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing community, digital pharma, doctors.net, meduniverse

UK online doctors network Doctors.net.uk has taken a stake in its Swedish counterpart MedUniverse as part of international expansion plans. …

News

Abbott poised to take top spot in India

May 21, 2010
Sales and Marketing Abbott, India, Piramal, em

Abbott has acquired Indian firm Piramal’s Healthcare Solutions business in a deal that is set to make it the number …

News

Woolley Pau wins Galderma UK account

May 21, 2010
Medical Communications Galderma, Woolley Pau

Dermatology specialist Galderma UK has appointed advertising agency Woolley Pau to work on a number of product launches. The agency …

News

UK government sets out its vision for health

May 21, 2010
NHS, election, government

The NHS can expect real term increases in health spending and a significant reduction in its administration burden, according to …

News

Silence Therapeutics promotes Jorg Kaufmann

May 21, 2010
Research and Development Silence Therapeutics, appointment, research and development, rnai

Jorg Kaufmann has been made vice president of research at UK biotech company Silence Therapeutics. He previously served as senior …

Appointment

Digital Pharma: Boehringer readies ‘diabetes hub’

May 20, 2010
Medical Communications Boehringer, digital pharma, disease awareness campaigns, patient information

Boehringer Ingelheim will shortly unveil a ‘digital diabetes hub’ that combines educational videos, research tools, educational games and information on …

News

Sanofi under investigation for anti-competitive practices

May 20, 2010
Sales and Marketing Plavix, Sanofi

Sanofi-Aventis is to be investigated by the French Competition Authority for anti-competitive practices, following allegations it prevented the launch of …

News

Roche discontinues arthritis drug trials

May 20, 2010
Sales and Marketing RA, Roche

Roche and Biogen Idec will discontinue clinical trials for rheumatoid arthritis drug ocrelizumab. Development of the RA treatment was halted …

News

Antisoma stages comeback with promising cancer drugs

May 20, 2010
Research and Development AML, Antisoma, chemotherapy, leukaemia

UK biotech Antisoma is looking to put previous late-stage trial failures behind it by focusing on two new cancer drugs. …

News
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