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LEO Pharma appoints two divisional directors

March 25, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing LEO Pharma

LEO Pharma has made two new appointments to the leadership team of its UK/Ireland affiliate.Mike Williams (pictured) joins to head …

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AstraZeneca hires strategy boss

March 25, 2013
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, dunoyer

AstraZeneca has poached one of GlaxoSmithKline’s senior executives to help push through its new growth strategy. Marc Dunoyer, global head …

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Actavis to invest in Florida facility

March 25, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Actavis, Watson

Actavis has announced a $40.5 million investment round at its plant in Davie, Florida, that looks set to create around …

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Two Apotex facilities cited by FDA

March 25, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Apotex, FDA

Canadian generic drugmaker Apotex has been sent another warning letter by the FDA after violations were uncovered at two manufacturing …

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Contract research news in brief

March 22, 2013
Research and Development Calvert labs, Frontage Labs, Medrio, Mytrus, Particle Sciences, Sotio, chiltern, inVentiv Health

inVentiv takes stake in Mytrus, Frontage Labs FDA-inspected, plus updates from Chiltern, Calvert Labs/Particle Sciences and Medrio.

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Pharma manufacturing news in brief

March 22, 2013
Manufacturing and Production APIC, Agila, Avitide, Catalent, Contego, Malaysian Bio-XCell, Nueland Labs, ShangPharma, Zhejiang biotech

Agila to build a new facility in Malaysia, Avitide raises money for new bioprocessing technology, plus alliance and acquisition news …

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Merck KGaA/BMS China deal

March 22, 2013
Sales and Marketing BMS, Merck KGaA, diabetes

Merck KGaA and Bristol-Myers Squibb are to co-promote the German firm’s veteran diabetes drug Glucophage in different formations in China. …

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Two new appointments at PAN

March 22, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Pan, advertising

Creative agency PAN has welcomed two new team members in senior copywriter Sarah White and account manager Rachel Flavell. White …

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NICE to assess drug value

March 22, 2013
Sales and Marketing EMIG, NHS, NICE, VBP

NICE will be responsible for assessing the full value of medicines – taking into account their benefit to patients and …

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AstraZeneca sets out growth strategy

March 21, 2013
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, R&D

AstraZeneca has set out an ambitious plan designed to return it to growth which eschews diversification and sets great store …

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Budget 2013: pharma ‘pleased’

March 21, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Budget, Osborne, UK

Pharma and health bodies have broadly given George Osborne’s Budget a warm welcome, with cuts in corporation tax, increased R&D …

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Targacept makes changes to Board and management

March 21, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Targacept

Clinical-stage biopharma firm Targacept has announced several changes to its Board of directors and management. By the end of May …

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Underwhelming results for Victoza

March 20, 2013
Sales and Marketing Novo Nordisk, Victoza, diabetes

Novo Nordisk has reported underwhelming results for a well-established diabetes treatment in a late-stage trial designed to test its weight …

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MPs: NHS must be ‘re-imagined’

March 20, 2013
Sales and Marketing Dorrell, NHS

Increasing cost pressure on the NHS will lead to a breakdown in health and social care services unless commissioning becomes …

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Ziarco appoints John LaMattina as R&D advisor

March 20, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing LaMattina, Ziarco

Ex-global head of Pfizer R&D and Pharmafocus regular John LaMattina has been given a strategic advisory role by biotech firm …

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Knee trial for Merck KGaA

March 19, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck KGaA, knee, nordic

Merck KGaA is to begin a Phase IIb trial of its investigational drug sprifermin in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of …

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AstraZeneca restructures global R&D

March 19, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, R&D

AstraZeneca is restructuring its global operations in a bid to improve the productivity of its R&D operations. The firm is …

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New associate director for PAN

March 19, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Pan

Creative comms agency PAN has announced that Sarah Verhoeff has joined the firm from Havas Life as an associate director.Verhoeff …

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ECHA examines safety of cobalt salts used in pharma manufacturing

March 19, 2013
Manufacturing and Production ECHA, cobalt

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is looking into the safety of five cobalt salts that have applications in pharmaceutical manufacturing. …

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EU publishes final GDP guidelines

March 19, 2013
Manufacturing and Production EC, EU, GDP

The European Commission has published the final version of its long-awaited guidelines on Good Distribution Practice (GDP), replacing an earlier …

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