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PMCPA raps Pharmaxis

June 16, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing ABPI, CML, PMCPA, pharmaxis

Pharmaxis Pharmaceuticals has been given the most severe punishment that the PMCPA can hand out following a series of breaches …

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NHS staff face prison

June 13, 2014
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The government is to create a new statutory criminal offence of ill-treatment or wilful neglect of patients, which could see …

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Google takes on Samsung and Apple in health

June 13, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, Samsung, digital, fit, fitness, google, health kit, sambaed, wearable

Google is to launch a health platform to rival Samsung’s SAMI offering and Apple’s HealthKit into an ever-expanding technology marketplace.  …

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NICE recommends Yervoy

June 13, 2014
Sales and Marketing BMS, Cancer, Dillon, NHS, NICE, Yervoy, melanoma

Bristol-Myers Squibb has received a lift from the UK’s drugs watchdog, which has recommended its vaccine Yervoy as a first-line …

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Healthcare at Home names interim chief

June 13, 2014
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Clinical services firm Healthcare at Home has appointed Natalie Douglas as interim chief executive, as Mike Gordon becomes non-executive chairman.  …

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AbbVie highlights treatment adherence

June 12, 2014
Sales and Marketing ALIGN, AbbVie, Abbott, Crohn’s disease, TNF, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, treatment, ulcerative colitis

Patients with inflammatory diseases tend to be better at following their treatment regimes with TNF inhibitors rather than other medicines, …

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AstraZeneca signs $240m asthma deal with UK biotech

June 12, 2014
Sales and Marketing AZ, AstraZeneca, COPD, SNG001, Synairgen

UK-based Synairgen has signed a global licence agreement with fellow British native AstraZeneca for its experimental lung drug SNG001. The …

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Lonza adds executive committee member

June 12, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Lonza, sven Abend

Sven Abend is joining Swiss chemicals and biotech giant Lonza to serve on its executive committee. From July Abend will …

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Novo Nordisk outlines hiring plans

June 12, 2014
Sales and Marketing Denmark, Novo Nordisk, diabetes, haemostasis, pharma

Novo Nordisk has outlined ambitious plans for the medium-term, saying it will look to hire 6,000 staff in its native …

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Bristol-Myers Squibb hires new general manager





June 11, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amadou Diarra, BMS, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johanna Mercier

Johanna Mercier has been appointed as Bristol-Myers Squibb’s general manager for the UK and Ireland.  The appointment of Mercier who …

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Allergan rejects Valeant – again

June 11, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Allergan, Botox, Valeant, pershing, pharma

Allergan and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International are continuing their stately dance around one another – and in the latest move the …

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Researchers question ‘bias’ NICE on statins

June 11, 2014
Sales and Marketing Drug pricing, Haslam, NHS, NICE, statins

Doctors are warning that NICE’s desire to increase prescriptions of statins in England is based on pharma-funded research that ignores …

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Cello hires digital director from YouGov

June 11, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cello, brilot, yougov

Healthcare market research agency Cello Health Insight has appointed a new digital director in Dan Brilot. Brilot is to work …

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MediCity hub moves forward

June 11, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, BioCity, alderley park, johnson, medcity, medicity

 Nine new businesses have signed tenancy agreements at Nottingham’s MediCity, bringing to 20 the number of companies which have been …

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InterMune drops EMA lawsuit over data release

June 10, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, EU, Esbriet, Goldacre, InterMune, alltrials, lung

InterMune has ended a year-long legal spat with the European Medicines Agency over the potential release of data for its …

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Merck buys Idenix

June 10, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing HCV, IDX21437, IDX21459, Merck, hep C, idenix

Merck is to improve its pipeline of hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatments by splashing out $3.85 billion on biopharma firm …

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Dendreon chief resigns from struggling firm

June 10, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Dendreon, John Johnson, Provenge, Vaccine, Watson, prostate

Chief executive of Dendreon John Johnson is to step down in the summer amid falling sales of the company’s key …

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Sovaldi hurdles first drug pricing barrier

June 10, 2014
Sales and Marketing Gilead, SMC, Scotland, hep C, sofosbuvir, sovaldi

Scotland’s NHS will pay for Gilead’s new hepatitis C pill Sovaldi despite rising concern over its high cost. The Scottish …

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Langland hires business unit director

June 10, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Langland, Michael Le Brocq

Healthcare advertising agency Langland has appointed Michael Le Brocq as business unit director for its Ethical division.  Also joining the …

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Lilly app targets depression

June 10, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Android, depression, iphone, lilly, talking progress

Eli Lilly has launched a free mobile app for Android and iPhone handsets which aims to support patients who suffer …

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