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Kantar Health Names Werner Guminski CEO, Commercial Strategy

July 8, 2011
Business Services, Research and Development Kantar Health, commercial strategy

Kantar Health Names Werner Guminski CEO, Commercial StrategyNEW YORK, July 8, 2011—Kantar Health, a leading healthcare-focused global consultancy and marketing …

News
Press release

Publicis Life Brands Resolute boosts team

July 8, 2011
Medical Communications appointment, medical communications, medical communications news, publicis

London-based healthcare communications agency Publicis Life Brands Resolute has boosted its Creative and Digital division with four new appointments. They …

News

Ferring relocates to new UK headquarters

July 8, 2011
Sales and Marketing Ferring, UK pharma

Ferring Pharmaceuticals has moved its UK operations from Slough to new facilities just outside London in West Drayton. The Swiss …

News

Lilly chief: German reforms jeopardise pharma innovation

July 8, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Germany, John Lechleiter, lilly, medicines pricing

German healthcare spending cuts have gone too far and risk jeopardising pharmaceutical innovation in the country, according to Lilly’s chief …

News

Pfizer sharpens its pharma focus

July 8, 2011
Sales and Marketing Pfizer, animal health, nutrition, pharma strategy

Pfizer has given its strongest signal yet that its animal health and nutrition arms do not have long to last …

News

Eurocom wins healthcare services account

July 7, 2011
Medical Communications Eurocom, medical communications agency, medical communications news

Eurocom Healthcare Communications has been appointed to develop a strategic marketing communications programme for a UK healthcare services company. Malling …

News
Sanofi's Neale Harris

Working Life: Sanofi’s oncology franchise director

July 7, 2011
Business Services, Sales and Marketing Working Life, careers, recruitment

Sanofi’s oncology franchise director Neale Harris talks to Pharmafocus about how his field is changing and offers some advice for …

News

Working through the ‘ZOUD’

July 7, 2011
Business Services, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing careers, management, recruitment

Most senior managers find their executive team difficult. ‘Dysfunctional’ is a favourite word. Testing dynamics, political agendas, big personalities, strong …

Feature

BMS licences potential first-in-class cancer biologic

July 7, 2011
Research and Development BMS, Cancer, biologics

Bristol-Myers Squibb has signed a $465 million deal for the rights to a potential first-in-class treatment for cancer. IPH2102 is …

News

Former Sanofi-Pasteur MSD president joins board at Genticel

July 6, 2011
Research and Development appointment, research and development

Genticel has named Dr Didier Hoch, former president of Sanofi-Pasteur MSD, to its supervisory board as conseil de surveillance.Dr Hoch …

Appointment
Sanofi

Sanofi launches Jevtana in UK

July 6, 2011
Sales and Marketing Jevtana, Sanofi, prostate cancer

Sanofi has launched its promising advanced prostate cancer drug Jevtana in the UK following EMA approval in March. Jevtana (cabazitaxel) …

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GlaxoSmithKline

GSK changes the way its US sales reps are assessed

July 6, 2011
Sales and Marketing GSK, pharma sales force

GlaxoSmithKline has revealed a new way of assessing its US sales representatives’ performance in a bid to make the manufacturer’s …

News
Sanofi

Sanofi to research new types of antibiotics

July 6, 2011
Research and Development Antibiotics, Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Sanofi, research and development news

Sanofi has signed a research collaboration with Rib-X Pharmaceuticals to investigate new types of antibiotics. The French pharma company has …

News

Contract research news in brief

July 6, 2011
Research and Development CIToxLAB, Jubilant, PupPharma, Quintiles, Toxikon, research and development news

Quintiles helps fund Alzheimer’s drug programme, Toxikon starts building a new facility, plus updates from Jubilant, CIToxLAB and PupPharma. Quintiles …

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Pfizer

Study claims cardiovascular risk to Pfizer’s Champix

July 6, 2011
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Champix, Chantix, Pfizer, smoking cessation

Pfizer has been drawn into a war of words over its smoking cessation drug Champix after a review of existing …

News
Bayer UK Levitra tweet

Digital Pharma: Bayer tweets breach ABPI Code of Practice

July 5, 2011
Medical Communications Bayer, Code of Practice, Digital Pharma blog, PMCPA, Twitter, medical communications news, social media

Bayer’s use of Twitter has caused the first social media breach of the ABPI Code of Practice. Code regulator the …

News
Merck & Co

Merck to close one facility, boosts another

July 5, 2011
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Ireland, Merck & Co, pharma job cuts, pharma manufacturing news

Merck & Co continues to shake up its network of facilities, deciding to close a recently-acquired site in the USA …

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Novartis Afinitor (everolimus)

Afinitor stops tumour growth in advanced breast cancer

July 5, 2011
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Afinitor, Novartis, Votubia, advanced breast cancer

Novartis’ Afinitor has impressed in a late-stage trial by increasing survival in women with advanced breast cancer. The phase III …

News

SCM Pharma appoints Adam Sims

July 5, 2011
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development appointment, manufacturing and production, research and development

Sterile filling specialist SCM Pharma has bolstered its senior management team with the appointment of Adams Sims as a non-executive …

Appointment

Pfizer re-acquires Rouses Point from Akrimax

July 5, 2011
Manufacturing and Production Pfizer, pharma manufacturing news

Pfizer has decided to buy back a manufacturing facility in Rouses Point, New York, from current owner Akrimax Pharmaceuticals, and …

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