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Pharmalink elects Anders Wiklund as its new board chairman

November 23, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pharmalink

Swedish speciality firm Pharmalink AB has elected Anders Wiklund to serve as its new chairman of the board. In addition …

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Pancreatic cancer sees lowest improvement in cancer survival

November 23, 2011
Medical Communications, Research and Development Cancer, Macmillan, pancreatic

A new cancer survival study shows that pancreatic cancer continues to have one of the worst mortality rates.  The study …

News

Changes to the EMA’s registration process for SMEs

November 22, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Wainwright Associates

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recently made changes to its process for the registration of micro, small or medium-sized …

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Doxil shortages exacerbated as Ben Venue shutters plant

November 22, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Doxil, J&J, JJ, manufacturing and production

An acute shortage of Johnson & Johnson’s cancer drug Doxil (doxorubicin) in the US could get worse following a decision …

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Pharma manufacturing news in brief

November 22, 2011
Manufacturing and Production manufacturing and production

Pfizer and Julphar plan facilities in Saudi Arabia, plus updates from Custom Processing Services, Metrics and China’s Tianyin Pharma. Gulf …

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Contract research news in brief

November 22, 2011
Manufacturing and Production manufacturing and production

UCB forges strategic alliances with Parexel and PRA, Icon wins a contract for a phase III trial of a traditional …

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AstraZeneca appoints two new senior leaders in its Americas division

November 22, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca has appointed Rich Fante as regional vice president of the Americas, and Marion McCourt as chief operating officer of …

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Thomas Thorp promoted to senior director of corporate affairs at Lilly UK

November 22, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing lilly

Thomas Thorp has been promoted to senior director of corporate affairs at Lilly UK. Thorp will now lead all of …

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Lucentis rival gains US approval

November 22, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Eylea, Lucentis, Novartis, Regeneron, Roche

A rival to Roche and Novartis’ drug Lucentis has received FDA approval for a common form of eye disease. Eylea …

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Gilead aims for hep C lead with Pharmasset acquisition

November 22, 2011
Research and Development Gilead, HCV, Pharmasset, Victrelis, hepatitis C

Gilead Sciences is to buy Pharmasset for $11 billion in a bid to become a leader in hepatitis C treatment.The …

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Willetts opens the new Celgene headquarters

Celgene opens new headquarters in UK

November 21, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Celgene

Celgene has opened new UK headquarters in London as its haematology-based business expands. The firm says it has decided to …

News

Update on the planned consolidation of UK medicines legislation

November 21, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Earlier this year we reported on progress in the consolidation of the UK medicines legislation and that the Medicines and …

News
Press release

EMA accepts submission of Pfizer’s new arthritis drug

November 21, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, Pfizer, tofacitinib

The European Medicines Agency has accepted Pfizer’s arthritis drug tofacitinib for review.Tofacitinib is a novel, oral JAK inhibitor being studied …

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What does it take to make integrated care work?

November 21, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

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Andreas Pott appointed deputy executive director of European Medicines Agency

November 21, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, Europe

The European Medicines Agency’s new executive director Guido Rasi has appointed Andreas Pott as deputy executive director. Pott’s appointment follows …

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FDA pulls Roche’s Avastin for breast cancer

November 21, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, Roche, avastin

The FDA has pulled Avastin’s breast cancer licence in the US after the drug failed to prove its safety and …

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Dipankar Bhattacharjee becomes vice president of Teva Northern Europe

November 21, 2011
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Teva

Dipankar Bhattacharjee has been promoted to vice president of UK and Teva Northern Europe. Teva said that as part of …

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Manufacturing drives growth at Wuxi Pharmatech

November 21, 2011
Manufacturing and Production WuXi PharmaTech

Chinese outsourcing services specialist WuXi Pharmatech reported a 24% increase in third-quarter sales to $104 million thanks to a robust …

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Novartis workers stage flash strike over job cuts

November 21, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Novartis, Switzerland, job cuts

Workers at Novartis’ Nyon facility in Switzerland carried out a strike to protest the closure of the plant, but called …

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AstraZeneca’s thyroid cancer drug gets CHMP nod

November 21, 2011
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, CHMP, Caprelsa, vandetanib

AstraZeneca’s thyroid cancer pill Caprelsa has taken a step closer to European approval after being recommended by the CHMP.Caprelsa (vandetanib) …

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