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Boehringer and Lilly launch diabetes game

June 4, 2013
Medical Communications Boehringer Ingelheim, combat, lilly

Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly have launched an educational digital game for type 2 diabetes called Complications Combat. The game …

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Vocera appoints president and chief executive

June 4, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Brent Lang, Vocera

Healthcare comms firm Vocera Communications has announced Brent Lang’s appointment as president and chief executive officer to the firm and …

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UK government cautious on trial transparency

June 4, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Goldacre, UK, alltrials, transparency

Two ministers with responsibility for life sciences in the UK struck a cautious note over clinical trial transparency at an …

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SHL attends the 2013 Japan PDA

June 4, 2013
Manufacturing and Production auto injectors, autoinjector, autoinjectors, japan pda. shl pda

SHL once again had the honor of being invited to participate and speak at the PDA Japan 2013 (日本PDA製薬学会), which …

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Promising signs for Novartis’ lung cancer drug

June 4, 2013
Sales and Marketing ALK+, ASCO, LDK378, NSCLC, Novartis

Targeted lung cancer treatment LDK378 has been shown to help patients with the ALK+ gene mutation in a phase I trial.Novartis’ drug …

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FDA issues draft guidance on contract manufacturing

June 3, 2013
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The US Food and Drug Administration FDA has published draft guidance on quality agreements between pharma companies and contract manufacturers. …

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Sinovac appoints chief financial officer

June 3, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, Sinovac

China-based biopharma products provider Sinovac Biotech has appointed vice president Nan Wang to be its chief financial officer. Previous CFO …

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Europe votes yes on greater trial transparency

June 3, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Europe, Goldacre, alltrials, transparency

Europe has taken one step closer to increasing clinical trial transparency on the continent after MEPs voted yes on new …

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Lilly and Roche back US research institute

May 31, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Roche, lilly, notre dame, research

Eli Lilly and Roche Diagnostics are among the key backers of a $360 million US life sciences research facility which …

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NICE green light for Eylea

May 31, 2013
Sales and Marketing Bayer, NICE, Regeneron

NICE has recommended Bayer’s injection Eylea as a treatment for neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (AMD) if the manufacturer offers …

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Fatality as blast rocks Teva manufacturing plant

May 31, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Teva

One man died and more than 30 other people were injured after an explosion hit a manufacturing facility operated by …

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AstraZeneca and CRUK partner on drug trial

May 31, 2013
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, CRUK

AstraZeneca is partnering with Cancer Research UK to develop a new oncology medicine that targets a number of different cancers. …

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Avillion appoints chief business officer

May 31, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Avillion

Venture capitalist firm Avillion has announced the expansion of its leadership team with the appointment of Ramani Varanasi as chief …

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Pfizer, UCB sell plants to smaller drugmakers

May 30, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Pfizer, UCB

This week saw two pharma companies offload US manufacturing facilities to contract manufacturing organisations (CMOs), with Pfizer selling a plant …

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Bad pharma, good pharma: an insider’s view

May 30, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Bad pharma, Goldacre, NICE, transparancy

Most people in the pharmaceutical industry, particularly in the UK, will be well-acquainted with Ben Goldacre by now. He published his …

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FDA approves GSK cancer drugs

May 30, 2013
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The FDA has approved two of GlaxoSmithKline’s cancer pills: BRAF-inhibitor Tafinlar and the first validated MEK-inhibitor, called Mekinist, both of …

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NICE U-turn on Forxiga

May 30, 2013
Sales and Marketing Forxiga, NICE

NICE has recommended Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca’s diabetes drug Forxiga in final draft guidance after turning its back on the …

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SCM Pharma appoints new director

May 30, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing SCM Pharma

UK-based contract development and manufacturing organisation SCM Pharma has strengthened its senior management team by recruiting a director. Paul Bradley …

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New HIV pill for UK

May 29, 2013
Sales and Marketing Gilead, HIV, stribild

Gilead Sciences has launched Stribild, a once-daily single tablet regimen to combat HIV – the virus which causes AIDS – …

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Amgen moves into Japanese market with Astellas deal

May 29, 2013
Sales and Marketing Amgen, Astellas, Vectibix, Zhejiang

Amgen and Astellas have announced a new collaboration that will see them launch five new medicines in Japan from 2016, …

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