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Professor Trevor Jones CBE appointed chairman of Simbec Research

July 24, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, simbec, trevor jones

Clinical research organisation Simbec Research has appointed Professor Trevor Jones CBE as non-executive chairman of the Board of directors. Jones …

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AstraZeneca staff questioned in China

July 23, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, China, GSK, bribery

AstraZeneca says it has no details on the reasons why three of its employees in China have been questioned by …

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MSD cleared by PMCPA

July 23, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, MSD, Merck, PMCPA, code

Merck Sharp Dohme has been found not guilty of breaching two clauses in the ABPI Code of Practice – including …

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FDA warning letter for troubled Wockhardt plant

July 23, 2013
Manufacturing and Production FDA, Wockhardt, warning

The US regulator has issued a warning letter to a facility operated by Indian drugmaker Wockhardt already subject to an …

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Pharma manufacturing news in brief

July 23, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Fujifilm, Molecular Profiles, Penn Pharma, Rafarma, Riboxx Pharma, United Arab Emirates

UAE ‘s bid to boost domestic drug industry plus facility updates from Penn Pharma and Molecular Profiles head our round-up …

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Strategic North hires Rosalyn Bilton as consultant

July 23, 2013
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Strategic North, bilton

Healthcare agency Strategic North has welcomed its latest recruit Rosalyn Bilton to the team in the role of consultant. Bilton …

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NICE ‘no’ for MabThera

July 23, 2013
Sales and Marketing MabThera, NHS, NICE, Roche

Roche has been dealt a blow by NICE, with the health watchdog deciding that MabThera should not be used on …

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Doctors urged to cut drug waste

July 22, 2013
Sales and Marketing GPs, NHS, RPS, doctors, prescribing

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has called on doctors to change the way they prescribe in a bid to cut …

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Eight in ten survive skin cancer

July 22, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Yervoy, Zelboraf, melanoma, skin cancer

The vast majority of men and women diagnosed with malignant melanoma are now surviving the disease, according to a new …

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ReNeuron relocates to Wales

July 22, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ReNeuron, Wales, stem cell, stroke

The Welsh government is to fork out a £7.8 million grant package to get English stem cell research company ReNeuron …

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GSK admits: Execs ‘breached Chinese law’

July 22, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, bribes, scandal

A senior GlaxoSmithKline executive has admitted that some of the firm’s staff have broken the law in China as a …

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Panpharma appoints Novartis senior head

July 22, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novartis, celesio AG, panpharma

Pharma trading group Celesio AG has announced that Alexander Triebnigg has taken over the management of the Brazilian pharma wholesaler …

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Secret EFPIA memo on data transparency leaked

July 22, 2013
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, EFPIA, EMA, PhRMA, transparency

A memo from the European pharma lobby group EFPIA has revealed that the industry is trying to ‘mobilise’ patient groups …

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ASCO: Dispatches from the frontline against cancer

July 22, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, McConaghie

The growing promise of pharma’s immunotherapy pipeline for cancer was undoubtedly the hottest topic at this year’s ASCO conference. The …

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Social care chief inspector appointed by Care Quality Commission

July 19, 2013
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has appointed Andrea Sutcliffe as its first chief inspector of adult social care.Any movements at …

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Boehringer and partners launch digital diabetes study

July 19, 2013
Medical Communications Boehringer, Syrum, Twitter, diabetes, digital, type 2

Boehringer Ingelheim has partnered with Healthrageous and United BioSource to establish a new diabetes study to help patients manage their …

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J&J says revived OTC brands are ‘winning the hearts of consumers’

July 19, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Control, FDA, GDP, J&J, JJ, OTC

Johnson & Johnson doesn’t usually provide specific financials for its over-the-counter pharmaceuticals business, but did so for the first time …

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Lucentis and Avastin equal in efficacy

July 19, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Lucentis, Novartis, Roche, avastin

Latest results released this morning from a UK government trial show that off-label use of Roche’s Avastin is just as …

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EMA appoints head of legal

July 19, 2013

The European Medicines Agency has appointed Stefano Marino as head of Legal Service.An Italian national, Marino holds a law degree …

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Havas Lynx launches med ed agency

July 19, 2013
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The healthcare communications group Havas Lynx has created a new medical education and scientific exchange agency called Havas Lynx Medical. …

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