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£47.5 million fund for UK life sciences

May 29, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing European Investment Fund, Scottish Enterprise, Strathclyde Pension Fund, UK, epidarex, life sciences, lilly

A new fund has raised more than £47.5 million to help set up early-stage life science and health technology companies …

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Samsung health platform launched

May 29, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, Samsung, heathtech, iwatch, smart band, wearable

Samsung has taken another step towards realising the potential of wearable health tech with the launch of a new ‘smart’ …

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Boehringer settles US lawsuits

May 29, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, Pradaxa, US, blood, lawsuits, warfarin

Boehringer Ingelheim has sought to bring to an end around 4,000 legal cases which have been brought against the company …

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Taiho hires head from BMS

May 29, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, taiho, whiten

Japan-based pharma firm Taiho Oncology has appointed Tim Whitten to the position of senior vice president and chief commercial officer. …

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Dechra Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing gains international recognition for its environmental standards

May 28, 2014

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GSK now faces UK investigation

May 28, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, Poland, UK, bribery, corruption, iraq, sfo

The woes of GlaxoSmithKline look set to continue as the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched a criminal probe …

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BMS signs cancer deal

May 28, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, AstraZeneca, BMS, Cancer, Merck, Roche, cytomx, oncology

Bristol-Myers Squibb has partnered with CytomX Therapeutics to discover and develop new immuno-oncology candidates using the latter’s Probody Platform technology. …

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Don’t trust ‘inaccurate’ and ‘harmful’ Dr Wikipedia

May 28, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing American Osteopathic Association, online, wikimedia, wikipedia

Doctors are warning that patients and members of their own profession are increasingly turning to Wikipedia for medical information, but …

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New biomedical engineering centre for Imperial

May 28, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cambridge, imperial college london, johnson, medcity, uren

Imperial College London is to build a pioneering biomedical engineering centre that will cement London and the south east’s reputation …

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Clinigen chief executive joins Ergomed board

May 28, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Clinigen, ergomed, george

UK drug development
 services firm Ergomed has appointed Peter George to its
board as a non-executive director.

  George has over 20 …

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Pfizer admits AstraZeneca defeat

May 27, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AZ, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Read, buyout, merger

Pfizer has acknowledged that it will not make an offer for AstraZeneca following the firms’ failure to agree a price …

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We can’t go on like this: patients must come first

May 27, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, bowel, denegri, flannagan, patients

When French pharmaceutical company Sanofi announced the appointment of Dr Anne Beal as chief patient officer in late March, the …

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Wave of appointments for UK firm

May 27, 2014
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Amersham-based UK medical education company Wave has appointed three new members of staff. Charlotte Wilkinson joins as programme manager and …

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Biogen gets CHMP thumbs up

May 27, 2014
Sales and Marketing Biogen, CHMP, Gazyvaro (obinutuzumab), Nuwiq, Octapharma, Orphan, Roche, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, plegridy

Biogen Idec is celebrating after the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) gave its multiple sclerosis drug Plegridy …

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Sales forecasts leave Sovaldi top and Januvia lagging

May 23, 2014
Sales and Marketing Gilead, Januvia, Merck, diabetes, ep, hep C, sovaldi

Sovaldi has topped analysts’ estimates for future growth but Merck’s big-selling diabetes drug Januvia is falling by the wayside. This …

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Janssen abandons Simponi application

May 23, 2014
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Janssen Biologics has withdrawn its application to add an intravenous (IV) form to the marketing authorisation of veteran rheumatoid arthritis …

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Merck Serono rapped over hospitality

May 23, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Merck KGaA, Merck Serono, PMCPA

The use of ‘extravagant’ dinners and ‘excessive alcohol’ has landed Merck Serono in hot water with the PMCPA as it’s …

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PAN appoints two and promotes three

May 23, 2014
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Creative agency PAN has reinforced its account handling and planning teams with two new arrivals and three promotions. Aisha Regan …

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Authorities visit Roche China offices

May 23, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, Roche, Witty, hangzhou, saic

A unit of China’s antitrust regulator has visited Roche’s offices in Hangzhou, according to media reports. The pharma industry has …

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Novartis pays $200m for eye technology

May 22, 2014
Sales and Marketing Novartis, eye technology, fovista, ophthotech, wet and

Novartis has bought the rights to licence and commercialise a novel anti-PGDF therapy which it is currently trialling in Phase …

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