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New BMS cancer treatment shines

June 25, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, BMS, Cancer, Yervoy, braf, melanoma, nivolumab

Bristol-Myers Squibb’s investigational cancer treatment nivolumab has helped patients with the deadliest form of skin cancer to live longer. The …

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India ‘likely’ to increase price caps

June 25, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing China, FDA, India, UK, pricing

India’s government is ‘likely’ to increase the number of drugs which are subject to price caps, according to a report …

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Bamboo hires three

June 25, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing bamboo, jones, lake, medical communications, pegg

Bamboo Medical Communications has appointed three new staff in Beki Jones who joins as an account director, and Laura Pegg …

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Data authority chair calls for pharma transparency

June 24, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing HSCIC, NHS, care data, care.data, manning, transparency

 The chair of the UK’s national healthcare information provider says that government and industry have “a lot of work to …

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Packer Forbes and emotive join forces

June 24, 2014
Medical Communications Packer Forbes, agency, comms, digital, emotive

Med comms agency Packer Forbes Communications is teaming up with healthcare digital experts emotive to strengthen their offering to clients. …

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Shortlist announced for best new pharma product

June 24, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Esbriet, InterMune, Lemtrada, Orphan, dificlir, innovative, pif, prix galion, selincro

Treatments for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, hepatic encephalopathy and meningococcal infection are among 14 new medicines shortlisted for the UK Prix …

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AstraZeneca faces olaparib questions

June 24, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, FDA, olaparib, ovarian

AstraZeneca is facing questions from US regulators over the efficacy of one of its most promising late-stage treatments. Olaparib is …

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Lilly launches online board game

June 24, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, Gamification, Syrum, destination discovery, lillypad

Eli Lilly has created an online board game called ‘Destination Discovery’ that it says can help users enjoy the challenges …

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Bayer enters $252 million Dimension deal

June 24, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, dimension, haemophilia, haemophilia a, therapeutics

Bayer HealthCare will pay up to $252 million to Dimension Therapeutics in a deal which sees the companies collaborate on …

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Cello Health Insight promotes two

June 24, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cello, cello health insight, itani

Healthcare research agency Cello Health Insight has made two director level appointments from within to manage a training programme. Leyla …

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Roche to launch new MS collaboration

June 23, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MS, Roche, inception sciences, multiple sclerosis, versant ventures

Roche has launched a new research collaboration to investigate ways of reversing the debilitating nerve damage caused by multiple sclerosis …

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Novartis back under microscope

June 23, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Italy, Novartis, avastin, fraud, influenza, vaccines

Novartis is under the microscope yet again in Italy, with police visiting the company’s sites at Siena and Origgio in …

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Life Sciences Hub Wales – new COO and
 board



June 23, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Life Sciences Hub Wales, Wales, ian barwick

Dr Ian Barwick has been appointed chief operating officer for Life Sciences Hub Wales along with several new board members.
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£100 million funding stream aids UK biotech

June 23, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BIA, Steve Bates, biomedical catalyst, funding

UK biotech companies are developing new therapies for cancer, Parkinson’s, diabetes and tinnitus as a direct result of the £100 …

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Drug prices defy gravity – until patent expiry

June 23, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing John LaMattina, LaMattina, Pfizer, drug, pharma, pricing, research

How drugs are priced is a hot topic these days, and a new Bloomberg article will cause it to heat-up …

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Conversis Medical hires global director

June 23, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing conversis, hooper, medical

Medical translation agency Conversis Medical has appointed Dr Mark Hooper as its global director. Hooper has worked in the pharma …

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Boehringer abandons hep C

June 23, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Boehringer, HCV, faldaprevir, german, hep C

Boehringer Ingelheim has abandoned its hepatitis C (HCV) drug development programme as a dead loss after ‘re-evaluating’ its strategy. The …

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Lilly’s Efient tipped for expanded NICE approval

June 20, 2014
Sales and Marketing Effient, Efient, FDA, NHS, blood, lilly, longston, thinner

 Eli Lilly’s anti-platelet drug Efient has been given the nod by UK healthcare watchdog NICE for more widespread use, pending …

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Dr Reddy’s recalls blood pressure drug

June 20, 2014
Manufacturing and Production Dr Reddy's, India, blood pressure, metoprolol succinate, recall, toprol

Indian generics manufacturer Dr Reddy’s Laboratories is in the midst of recalling more than 13,000 bottles of blood pressure medicine …

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PAN expands creative team with two hires

June 20, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ogilvy, Pan

Creative agency PAN has increased its team by hiring two new people in Minas Maroudas (pictured) who joins as senior …

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