Cmed Clinical Services Strengthens Management Team

October 1, 2012
Research and Development

HORSHAM, UK — September 13, 2012 – Cmed Clinical Services has today announced three new appointments to its management team …

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BMS highlights Yervoy survival data

October 1, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, Roche, Yervoy, Zelboraf

Bristol-Myers Squibb’s melanoma drug Yervoy helps patients survive for longer than if they are receiving standard chemotherapy alone, according to …

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Sanofi appoints Paul Chew as chief medical officer

October 1, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Paul Chew, Sanofi

Sanofi has appointed Dr Paul Chew as chief medical officer and head of global medical affairs. Taking up his post …

FDA approves Bayer’s Stivarga

October 1, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, FDA, KRAS, Roche, Stivarga, avastin

The FDA has approved Bayer HealthCare’s oncology pill Stivarga to treat patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) whose disease has …

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Merck gives back vernakalant rights

September 28, 2012
Sales and Marketing AF, Cardiome, Merck, vernakalant

Merck has dealt a further blow to Cardiome Pharma Corp by handing back all marketing and development rights for the …

International guide to social media launched by TranslateMedia

September 28, 2012
Medical Communications

TranslateMedia, the international translation agency, has created an international guide to social media, to help agencies navigate social media use …

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Boehringer’s Engelbert Tjeenk Willink leaves firm

September 28, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer Ingelheim, Engelbert Tjeenk Willink

Boehringer Board member Engelbert Tjeenk Willink, responsible for Marketing and Sales of Prescription Medicines, has decided to leave at the …

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Two hepatitis C drugs win Prix Galien

September 28, 2012
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Incivo, Janssen, MSD, Victrelis, prix galien

Two new hepatitis C drugs have been given the 2012 UK Prix Galien innovative product award as joint winners in …

Vertex abandons hep C drug

September 27, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alios BioPharma, Vertex, hep C

Vertex Pharmaceutical’s pipeline has been dealt a blow with the abandonment of an investigational hepatitis C compound. The US firm, …

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CCG warning for doctors from BMA

September 27, 2012
Sales and Marketing BMA, CCG, NHS, doctors

GPs have been urged to scrutinise the small print of the new clinical commissioning group (CCG) constitutions before they sign …

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GlaxoSmithKline announces Board changes

September 27, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Witty

GlaxoSmithKline has announced several changes to its Board and Committee structure. The GSK Board of directors with effect from 1 …

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Roche unveils New York research base

September 26, 2012
Research and Development New York, Nutley, Roche, translational research

Roche is to locate a new translational clinical research centre in central New York, as part of a shift towards …

Trajenta added to insulin recommended in Europe

September 26, 2012
Sales and Marketing Boehringer Ingelheim, Trajenta, diabetes

The CHMP has recommended that Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Liily and Co’s diabetes brand Trajenta should be approved as add-on …

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Sanofi to cut 900 jobs in France

September 26, 2012
Research and Development Jobs, Sanofi, pharma job cuts, restructuring

Sanofi is to cut 900 jobs in its French operations by 2015 – fewer than expected after widespread speculation this …

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Novo Nordisk to expand Beijing R&D centre

September 25, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Beijing, China, Novo Nordisk, R&D

Novo Nordisk is investing $100 million into enlarging its R&D facilities in Beijing into a state-of-the-art centre. Located in the …

Boehringer closing Petersburg API plant

September 25, 2012
Manufacturing and Production API, Boehringer, Petersburg, chemicals

Boehringer Ingelheim has decided to close down one of its active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facilities in the US because …

Pharma is recovering, says Moody’s

September 25, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Moody's, Plavix, austerity, generics, pharma

Credit ratings agency Moody’s believes that the travails of the past few years, when various big-selling drugs went off-patent, are …

Life Healthcare Communications appoints Lyndsey Wright

September 25, 2012
Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Life healthcare communications, Lyndsey Wright

Life Healthcare Communications has expanded its client services department to meet demand with the appointment of a new senior account …

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Eisai opens Fycompa UK manufacturing line

September 25, 2012
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Eisai, Fycompa

Eisai has opened a new solid dose production line for epilepsy drug Fycompa at its UK base in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. …

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John LaMattina: Why was bapineuzamab moved into Phase III trials?

September 24, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AD, John LaMattina, Pfizer, bapineuzamab

The recent news that the Pfizer/J&J Alzheimer’s Disease drug, bapineuzumab (bapi), had failed in critical clinical trials resulted in great …

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