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Orexigen’s chief executive elected to PhRMA Board

April 23, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing PhRMA, orexigen

Biopharma firm Orexigen has announced that its president and chief executive Michael Narachi has been elected to the Board of …

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DSM plans July opening for Australian biopharma facility

April 23, 2013
Manufacturing and Production CMO, DSM

Contract manufacturing organisation DSM Pharmaceutical Products is planning to officially open a new biopharma plant in Australia in July as …

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J&J sees OTC recovery in Q1

April 23, 2013
Manufacturing and Production J&J, JJ, manufacturing issues, recall

Johnson & Johnson is moving steadily closer to a sustained recovery in its McNeil Consumer Healthcare division as the manufacturing …

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German regulator assesses more drugs

April 22, 2013
Sales and Marketing AMNOG, Bayer, Germany, Pradaxa, Xarelto

A new raft of drugs which will be subject to potentially stringent cost/benefit analysis in Germany has been announced. The …

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‘No consensus’ on transparency

April 22, 2013
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Goldacre, Whitehead, all trials, transparency

An ABPI meeting on increasing the transparency of the way clinical trials are reported has thrown up more questions than …

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New appointments to advise ministers on proposed NHS changes

April 22, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, granger, reforms

The Department of Health has announced that five new members will join the Independent Reconfiguration Panel (IRP) from May. The …

Sanofi reinforces presence in Morocco

April 19, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Morocco, Sanofi, emerging markets, logistics

Sanofi has opened a new logistics hub in Morocco to help it increase and accelerate distribution of its medicines throughout …

Jail for man in data trial

April 19, 2013
Sales and Marketing MHRA, Scientist

A British scientist has become the first person to be jailed under the Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) Regulations 1999 for …

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Merck opens $120m China factory

April 19, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing China, Merck

Merck is to open a new manufacturing facility in Hangzhou, two decades after the company built its first plant in …

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Takeda rapped over quality control failure in Japan

April 19, 2013
Manufacturing and Production GMP, OPMA, Takeda

Takeda Pharmaceutical has been penalised by its local trade organisation over the quality failings that led to the recall of …

Sanofi earmarks $75m for Vietnamese plant

April 19, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Sanofi, vietnam

Sanofi has broken ground on a new manufacturing facility in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, as part of its push …

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GSK faces £2.6 billion fine

April 19, 2013
Sales and Marketing GSK, Seroxat, paroxetine

GlaxoSmithKline could be fined £2.6 billion after the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) alleged it paid generics firms to slow …

Digital ad monitoring for UK pharma market launched

April 19, 2013
Medical Communications ebiquity

Ebiquity has launched a new service to monitor and benchmark advertising spend and creative for the UK healthcare market.  The …

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Venaxis appoints former Pfizer executive to Board of directors

April 19, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pfizer, venaxis, williams

Diganostic firm Venaxis has appointed SomaLogic’s chief medical officer Stephen Williams to the company’s Board of directors.  

£3.5 million for health charities

April 18, 2013
Sales and Marketing NHS, UK

A raft of voluntary of charities and community groups are to share £3.5 million in the next financial year as …

Covance opens expanded Singapore lab

April 18, 2013
Research and Development Covance

Covance has expanded its central laboratory facility in Singapore to meet growing demand for drug development services in the Asia-Pacific …

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Lilly increases Alzheimer’s R&D

April 18, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, lilly

Eli Lilly and Company has bought a new diagnostic technology which may help point to a different way of treating …

Oxford Cancer Biomarkers signs discovery deal with AstraZeneca

April 18, 2013
Research and Development AstraZeneca, Oxford Cancer Biomarkers

AstraZeneca has signed a new alliance with a UK firm in the field of biomarker discovery.Oxford Cancer Biomarkers is developing …

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Teva-Handok names chief executive

April 17, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing teva-handok

Teva-Handok has announced the appointment of Yoo Suk Hong as the first chief executive of the business venture between Teva …

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Lilly Phase III diabetes boost

April 17, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing diabetes, dulaglutide, lilly

Eli Lilly and Co’s new type II diabetes candidate dulaglutide – which it intends to file this year – has …

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