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Teva sells Canadian plant to CMO

March 30, 2012
Manufacturing and Production CMO, Halo Pharmaceutical, Teva, manufacturing

Teva has said it plans to sell a manufacturing facility in Quebec, Canada, to US contract manufacturing organisation Halo Pharmaceutical. …

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Amylin dismisses BMS acquisition deal

March 30, 2012
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Amylin, BMS, Bydureon, diabetes, lilly

Amylin Pharmaceuticals has rebuffed a $3.5 billion unsolicited takeover bid from Bristol-Myers Squibb, according to reports. Shares in Amylin rose …

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Merck appoints new chief ethics and compliance officer

March 30, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bowles, Holston, MSD, Merck

Merck has announced the appointment of Michael Holston as chief ethics and compliance officer. Holston is to succeed Richard Bowles, …

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NICE recommends Xgeva for bone metastasis

March 29, 2012
Sales and Marketing Amgen, NICE, Xgeva, Zytiga, denosumab, prostate cancer

NICE has issued draft guidance recommending Amgen’s Xgeva (denosumab) for certain groups of cancer patients whose disease has spread to …

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Approval for Affymax and Takeda’s anaemia treatment

March 29, 2012
Sales and Marketing Affymax, Amgen, ESA, Epogen, Takeda, omontys

The first rival treatment to Amgen’s portfolio of anaemia drugs has been approved in the US.Omontys (peginesatide) has been developed …

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Inovio appoints ex-Merck vaccines president Dr Adel Mahmoud

March 29, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Inovio, Merck, vaccines

Inovio Pharmaceuticals has announced that Dr Adel Mahmoud has been appointed to its Board of Directors.  Mahmoud, a global infectious …

Appointment

Prostate cancer drug extends life after chemotherapy

March 29, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astellas, Medivation, Zytiga, prostate cancer

Prostate cancer treatment MDV3100 has been shown to extend life by nearly five months in men with advanced disease who …

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Janssen to remove its Psoriasis 360 Facebook page

March 28, 2012
Medical Communications Facebook, Janssen, PM Soc, Psoriasis 360

Janssen has decided to take down its award-winning Psoriasis 360 page on Facebook, citing an increasing amount of troublesome comments. …

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Omnicom Group chooses CAHG as its lead healthcare agency

March 28, 2012
Medical Communications CAHG. TBWA, Omnicom, WorldHealth

The Omnicom Group has chosen its healthcare comms agency CAHG to form a strategic alliance with TBWA\WorldHealth as the company’s …

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GSK settles cancer patent dispute

March 28, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Genmab, Roche, ofatumumab, patents

GlaxoSmithKline has settled a long-running patent dispute over its cancer treatment ofatumumab.  The US patents, which relate to recombinant antibody …

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NHS reforms become law

March 28, 2012
Sales and Marketing CCGs, Commissioning Board, Lansley, NHS, PCTs, QIPP, reforms

After 18 months of political wrangling and mass opposition, the government’s reform of the NHS in England has been passed …

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Sanofi sets up cholesterol drug showdown with Amgen

March 27, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amgen, BMS, LDL, Lipitor, Merck, Regeneron, Sanofi

Sanofi and Amgen have posted results for their new injectable cholesterol drugs within 24 hours of each other.  Both drugs …

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Pharma manufacturing news in brief

March 27, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Apotex, Ei Inc, Oxford Pharmascience and Bend Research, PharmaForm

Apotex sues FDA, Ei expands its production facilities in North Carolina, plus new developments at PharmaForm, Oxford Pharmascience and Bend …

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Merck KGaA manufacturing under scrutiny by FDA

March 27, 2012
Manufacturing and Production FDA, Merck KGaA, Rebif, Violations, manufacturing

The US Food and Drug Administration has asked Merck KGaA to undertake a ‘comprehensive and global assessment’ of its manufacturing …

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Risk register spells out NHS reform risks

March 27, 2012
Sales and Marketing NHS reforms, commissioning, health bill, risk register

A leaked document that assesses problems with the government’s reform of the NHS has been published by the Guardian. The …

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Teva launches generic Seroquel in UK

March 27, 2012
Sales and Marketing AZ, NHS, Quetiapine, Seroquel, Teva

Teva has launched a generic version of the antipsychotic Seroquel on the same day AstraZeneca loses patent protection on its …

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FDA warns against phthalate use in medicines

March 27, 2012
Manufacturing and Production FDA, SUPAC, manufacturing, phthalates

The Food and Drug Administration has warned pharma companies not to use two phthalates as excipients in both biological products and drugs, …

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Contract research news in brief

March 27, 2012
Research and Development AMRI, Cetero, Kforce, Particle Sciences and QED Clinical Services, inVentiv Health

Cetero files for bankruptcy after FDA admonishments, AMRI shutters Hungarian facility and inVentiv Health buys Kforce; also updates from Particle …

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UK government launches new dementia programme

March 26, 2012
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Cameron, UK, dementia

The government has signalled its intention to boost dementia funding and awareness with its new ‘challenge on dementia’ campaign.  In …

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Mobile monitoring of asthma ‘no better’ than traditional methods

March 26, 2012
Medical Communications BMJ, Mobile monitoring, apps, asthma, smartphone

Mobile phone monitoring of asthma is ‘more expensive and no better than paper monitoring’, says new research.  Findings published in …

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