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Langland triumph again at PM Society Ad Awards

February 4, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing awards. langland, pm society

Langland Advertising swept the board for the third time in four years at the PM Society Advertising Awards, held on …

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Facility of the year: 2013 winners announced

February 4, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Biogen, MedImmune, Merck, Novartis, Roche

Three US and three European manufacturing plants have been selected as category winners for the annual Facility of the Year …

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Hunt pledges ‘paperless NHS’

February 4, 2013
Sales and Marketing DH, Hunt, NHS, paperless

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has put his head on the block by pledging that moves towards a ‘paperless NHS’ will …

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USP rejects appeals on elemental impurities update

February 4, 2013
Manufacturing and Production USP

The US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has rejected an appeal by drugmakers and suppliers of pharmaceutical ingredients to postpone publication of …

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Pharma manufacturing news in brief

February 4, 2013
Manufacturing and Production ACS, Amcor, Beanne, Iogen Bio-products, Novozymes, Pluristem

Facility investments from Amcor and Pluristem, Beanne Chemical falls foul of FDA inspectors, Novozymes acquisition plus a green chemistry app.

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Survey shock for pharma

February 4, 2013
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, PACE, lilly, pharma, research

A survey released to tie in with today’s World Cancer Day finds that most people feel pharma companies see cancers …

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NHS Commissioning Board executive departs

February 4, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CB, Dalton, NHS

The NHS Commissioning Board has announced the forthcoming departure of its chief operating officer and deputy chief executive. Ian Dalton …

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Lewisham A&E spared axe

February 1, 2013
Sales and Marketing Hunt, Lewisham, Miliband, NHS

The government’s threat to close Lewisham Hospital’s A&E unit has been lifted after health secretary Jeremy Hunt decided to cut …

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NICE rejects Forxiga

February 1, 2013
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, BMS, Forxiga, NICE, diabetes

NICE has given the thumbs-down to AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s first-in-class type II diabetes treatment Forxiga. The drug was approved …

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Novo Nordisk creates four senior vice presidents

February 1, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk has promoted four corporate vice presidents within its ranks into senior vice presidents.  The following members of the US …

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GSK slams Guardian article

January 31, 2013
Sales and Marketing Avandia, FDA, GSK, Guardian

GlaxoSmithKline has slammed an article about its controversial diabetes treatment Avandia in The Guardian newspaper, saying that some of it …

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NHS expertise sold abroad

January 31, 2013
Sales and Marketing NHS, UK, government, outsourcing

The government has set up an organisation which will seek to maximise revenue from foreign firms and governments for the …

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Lilly hit by Zyprexa losses

January 30, 2013
Sales and Marketing antipsychotic, lilly, zyprexa

The loss of exclusivity on Eli Lilly’s blockbuster antipsychotic Zyprexa hit the company hard in 2012, with the firm’s overall …

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EMA starts contraceptive safety review

January 30, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing EMA, PRAC, VTE, contraception

Europe’s health regulator is to examine the safety of newer forms of contraceptive pills following concerns over potential health risks …

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Merck signs lupus research deal

January 30, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Feinstein, Merck Serono, SLE

Merck Serono and the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in New York are to collaborate on antibodies to treat systemic …

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Oxyrane brings on board senior team

January 30, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Oxyrane, biotech

UK biotech firm Oxyrane has expanded to the US and made a number of senior appointments. The privately-owned Manchester-based company’s first …

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Succinct and Royal Marsden launch new partnership

January 29, 2013
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, Succinct, royal marsden

Communications agency Succinct has unveiled a new innovative NHS/industry partnership with The Royal Marsden hospital, one of Europe’s leading cancer …

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AstraZeneca signs respiratory deal

January 29, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, COPD, orexo, respiratory

AstraZeneca has signed a research deal with Swedish pharma company Orexo centred around the development of respiratory disease treatments. For …

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Payments register moves closer

January 29, 2013
Sales and Marketing Bad pharma, Goldacre, NHS, doctors, pharma

Greater transparency around the payments made by pharma companies to doctors looks to have moved a step closer with a …

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Lonza says 2012 growth was solid, but more restructuring due

January 29, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Arch, CMO, Lonza

Swiss contract manufacturing organisation (CMO) and ingredients supplier Lonza posted a 46% increase in revenues to 3.93 billion francs last …

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