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Digital Pharma: Novartis game takes aim at ticks

July 30, 2010
Medical Communications Digital Pharma blog, Novartis, digital patients, disease awareness campaigns, encephalitis

Novartis has launched a new online game to raise awareness of the risks posed by ticks and how to avoid …

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Fleishman-Hillard adds new digital director

July 30, 2010
Medical Communications Fleishman, appointment, medical communications

Dean Russell has joined Fleishman-Hillard London as its new director of digital. He has a wealth of experience in developing …

Appointment
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Wellcome Trust signs £45m Indian collaboration

July 30, 2010
Research and Development India, Wellcome, em, emerging markets

UK medical research charity the Wellcome Trust and the Indian government are to jointly develop a range of innovative and …

News

Cancer Research UK facility celebrates first GMP batch

July 30, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Biotherapeutic, Cancer Research UK, biologics

Cancer Research UK has produced the first batch of product from its recently-completed biologics manufacturing unit, and hopes to release …

News

FDA recommends Brilinta

July 30, 2010
Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, AstraZeneca, Brillinta, Q2

FDA advisors have voted in favour of AstraZeneca’s antiplatelet drug Brilinta, which is currently seeking a licence for the reduction …

News

Dr Bruce Burlington joins AZ board

July 30, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, appointment, research and development, sales and marketing

AstraZeneca has appointed former FDA staffer Dr Bruce Burlington to its board as a non-executive director. Dr Burlington spent 17 …

Appointment

JWT wins Pfizer account, denies it’s ‘Viagra 2’

July 30, 2010
Medical Communications JWT, Pfizer, viagra

UK advertising agency JWT London has won an account from Pfizer, but played down media reports it had been appointed …

News

Sanofi’s blockbusters take a hit

July 29, 2010
Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, Genzyme, Q2, Sanofi-Aventis

Generic pressures, European pricing pressures and the impact of the US health reforms combined to dent Sanofi-Aventis’s growth in the …

News

Contract research news in brief

July 29, 2010
Research and Development CRO, LAB Research, Microsoft, PPD, PharmaNet, QPS, Selvita

Icon reports that new business wins rose healthily in the second quarter, plus there’s an alliance between PPD and Microsoft …

News

RSA expands European teams

July 29, 2010
Business Services appointment, business services, rsa

Life sciences executive search and interim management firm RSA has made series of new appointments to some of the European …

Appointment

Robert Thomson joins Photosound

July 29, 2010
Medical Communications Photosound, appointment, medical communications

UK brand communcations agency Photosound has appointed Robert Thomson as head of digital product development. He has over 15 years’ …

Appointment

Cardio3 BioSciences appoints Dr Atta Behfar

July 29, 2010
Research and Development Cardio3, appointment, research and development

Belgium biotech company Cardio3 BioSciences has appointed Dr Atta Behfar as director for advanced research. He will spend a year …

Appointment

UK lags behind Europe on innovative cancer drugs

July 29, 2010
Sales and Marketing Cancer, market access

The UK has been ranked as one of the worst countries when it comes to uptake of new cancer drug …

News

Merck KGaA’s oral MS therapy gains US priority review

July 29, 2010
Sales and Marketing Cladribine, MS, Merck KGaA

Merck’s cladribine has been granted a priority review status by the FDA in a move that could see it come …

News

Big Pharma R&D – thinking big, acting small

July 28, 2010
Research and Development Kinapse

 

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Chiltern Announces its Financial Results for the Year Ended 31 March 2010

July 28, 2010
Research and Development

Highlights• Revenues of £80.9 million, 9.8% ahead of the year ended March 2009. Of this, 1.5% is due to acquisitions, …

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Digital Pharma: UK health clinic first for Pfizer

July 28, 2010
Medical Communications Digital Pharma blog, Pfizer, digital patients, digital pharma med coms, disease awareness campaigns, sexual health

Men in the UK can now go online for confidential advice and information about any health problem through a unique …

News
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Non-human sugars could compromise biologic drugs

July 28, 2010
Manufacturing and Production biologicals, biologics, manufacturing

Many of the biologic drugs on the market today contain sugar molecule components that in some patients could undermine their …

News
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NICE approves trio of cancer drugs

July 28, 2010
Sales and Marketing Iressa, MabThera, NICE, Xeloda

NICE has given its final recommendation to a trio of drugs for the treatment of various cancers, which means the …

News

Lansley to create £50 million cancer drugs fund

July 28, 2010
Sales and Marketing Cancer, NHS, government, market access

The UK government is setting up a multi-million pound fund dedicated to improving patient access to innovative new cancer drugs. …

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