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Profits slump at AstraZeneca

April 24, 2014
Sales and Marketing AZD9291, AstraZeneca, BMS, Brilinta, Q1

AstraZeneca has continued its poor run of form, with operating profit in the first quarter of 2014 falling 40% on …

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Genpact to Acquire Leading Regulatory Affairs Company in Life Sciences

April 24, 2014

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PPD hires Bhooshi De Silva as senior VP



April 24, 2014
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Contract research organisation Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) has added Bhooshi De Silva as senior VP of corporate development and strategy …

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Sovaldi performs for Gilead

April 24, 2014
Sales and Marketing Gilead, HCV, Q1, hepatitis C, sovaldi

Gilead Sciences’ once-daily, oral hepatitis C treatment Sovaldi has returned better than expected figures in the first quarter of the …

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PrimeVigilance Receives Queen’s Award for Enterprise

April 23, 2014

PrimeVigilance Limited (PrimeVigilance), the specialist pharmacovigilance service provider, has been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2014 in the …

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Valeant makes $45.7 billion Allergan offer

April 23, 2014
Sales and Marketing Allergan, Botox, GSK, Novartis, Pfizer, Valeant, merger, pershing

In the latest proposal in a flurry of merger and acquisition activity in the pharma sector, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International wants …

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NICE rejects Kadcyla

April 23, 2014
Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, Genentech, Kadcyla, NHS, NICE, Roche

NICE has delivered a severe blow to Roche by rejecting its breast cancer ‘smart bomb’ Kadcyla for NHS use in …

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Merck Millipore confirms chief executive and president

April 23, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck Millipore, udit batra

Merck Millipore which is the life science division of Merck has named Dr Udit Batra as its incoming president and …

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GSK and Novartis sign multi-billion dollar deal

April 23, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Novartis, Tafinlar, lilly, merger, tykerb, vaccines

GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis are radically shaking up their businesses, starting up a joint venture while selling off major parts of …

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AstraZeneca ‘rejects Pfizer bid’

April 22, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Byetta, Onglyza, Pfizer, Soriot, merger

AstraZeneca has rebuffed a £60 billion bid from Pfizer, according to media reports. Both companies have declined to comment on …

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GSK ‘to employ more doctors’

April 22, 2014
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GlaxoSmithKline is to employ more doctors as members of staff in a bid to ensure that the company is seen …

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Nanobiotix appoints head from Roche



April 22, 2014
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France-based clinical-stage nanomedicine firm Nanobiotix has hired Thierry Otin as its head of manufacturing and supply. Prior to joining Nanobiotix, …

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Working Life: GE Healthcare’s Emmanuel Ligner

April 22, 2014
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GE Healthcare, Working Life, emmanuel linger

 How did you find your way into your current role? There have been various circumstances in my professional career that …

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Biologics lift for UK

April 22, 2014
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Work has begun on a key new £38 million centre in Central Park, Darlington, which should increase the biologics capability …

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arGEN-X appoints Evotec chief executive

April 14, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Evotec, arGEN-X, lanthaler

Belgium-based clinical stage human therapeutic antibody firm arGEN-X has appointed Dr Werner Lanthaler to its supervisory board.
  Lanthaler is currently …

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Novartis ponders Horsham site future

April 14, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Horsham, Novartis, Osborne, PharmaVentures, medcity, research, site

Novartis has hired specialist consultancy firm PharmaVentures to help it decide how to re-use it former Horsham site. This comes …

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GSK bribery controversy spreads to Poland

April 14, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, FDA, GSK, Witty, bribery, cctv, iraq

Poland has become the latest country in a string of bribery claims to hit GSK as it faces legal action …

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How can ‘innovation’ be defined?

April 14, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, NHS, UK, eric low, innovation, myeloma

Innovation has been and continues to be an important topic of discussion for a number of different stakeholders and disciplines …

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EMA to conduct major review into testosterone drugs

April 14, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, EU, Europe, heart, testosterone

The European Medicines Agency has started a review of testosterone-containing medicines as concerns grow that they may increase the risk …

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Woodley Equipment Announces the Appointment of Claire Lever

April 11, 2014

 

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