Sanofi earmarks $75m for Vietnamese plant

April 19, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Sanofi, vietnam

Sanofi has broken ground on a new manufacturing facility in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, as part of its push …

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GSK faces £2.6 billion fine

April 19, 2013
Sales and Marketing GSK, Seroxat, paroxetine

GlaxoSmithKline could be fined £2.6 billion after the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) alleged it paid generics firms to slow …

Digital ad monitoring for UK pharma market launched

April 19, 2013
Medical Communications ebiquity

Ebiquity has launched a new service to monitor and benchmark advertising spend and creative for the UK healthcare market.  The …

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Venaxis appoints former Pfizer executive to Board of directors

April 19, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pfizer, venaxis, williams

Diganostic firm Venaxis has appointed SomaLogic’s chief medical officer Stephen Williams to the company’s Board of directors.  

£3.5 million for health charities

April 18, 2013
Sales and Marketing NHS, UK

A raft of voluntary of charities and community groups are to share £3.5 million in the next financial year as …

Covance opens expanded Singapore lab

April 18, 2013
Research and Development Covance

Covance has expanded its central laboratory facility in Singapore to meet growing demand for drug development services in the Asia-Pacific …

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Lilly increases Alzheimer’s R&D

April 18, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, lilly

Eli Lilly and Company has bought a new diagnostic technology which may help point to a different way of treating …

Oxford Cancer Biomarkers signs discovery deal with AstraZeneca

April 18, 2013
Research and Development AstraZeneca, Oxford Cancer Biomarkers

AstraZeneca has signed a new alliance with a UK firm in the field of biomarker discovery.Oxford Cancer Biomarkers is developing …

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Teva-Handok names chief executive

April 17, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing teva-handok

Teva-Handok has announced the appointment of Yoo Suk Hong as the first chief executive of the business venture between Teva …

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Lilly Phase III diabetes boost

April 17, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing diabetes, dulaglutide, lilly

Eli Lilly and Co’s new type II diabetes candidate dulaglutide – which it intends to file this year – has …

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Dragon’s Den entrepreneur expands into healthcare

April 17, 2013
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Dragon's den, ab prime advantage, james caan

James Caan, one of the panel of entrepreneurs on TV’s Dragons’ Den, is to expand his business into the healthcare …

Zeno Group hires Rachel Vrettos to lead UK healthcare practice

April 17, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Red Door, zeno group

PR agency Zeno Group has confirmed the appointment of Rachel Vrettos as director, Healthcare for its UK operations. Vrettos has …

Mobilising for action in consumer healthcare

April 16, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing A.T. Kearney, healthcare products, marketing

A new market of consumer-focused healthcare products is emerging to occupy the space between consumer goods and pharmaceuticals – and …

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OHE: drugs spend to rise

April 16, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, OHE

UK medicines expenditure is set to grow between 3.1% and 4.1% by 2015, according to a study which the researchers …

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New president and chief executive for Aeterna Zentaris

April 16, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing aeterna zentaris

Aeterna Zentaris has announced that David Dodd has been appointed as its president and chief executive, succeeding Juergen Engel. Dodd …

Celgene appoints new Haematology head

April 15, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Celgene, browne

Celgene has announced the appointment of Karen Browne as business unit director of Haematology, Celgene UK and Ireland. Over the …

ANI poised to take over BioSante

April 15, 2013
Sales and Marketing ANI, biosante

US firms BioSante Pharmaceuticals and ANI Pharmaceuticals have tweaked the terms of the merger they announced last year, and which …

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Big pharma appointments to PhRMA Board

April 15, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Big Pharma, Celgene, Merck, Pfizer, PhRMA

Chairman and chief executive of Celgene Robert Hugin has been elected chairman of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America …

Eisai appoints chief clinical officer

April 12, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Eisai

Eisai has announced the immediate appointment of Lynn Kramer to the newly created position of chief clinical officer of Eisai …

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Cancer drugs boost Roche

April 12, 2013
Sales and Marketing Cancer, Q1, Roche

Roche saw overall sales rise 6% year-on-year in the first three months of this year on the back of a …

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