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New agreement seeks to speed up UK research

February 25, 2011
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The government has revised the research contracting process in a bid to streamline research between pharma and biotech companies, universities …

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MPs to question Pfizer management over R&D closure

February 25, 2011
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Senior Pfizer executives will appear before MPs next week to answer questions on the closure of the company’s Kent research …

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Virgo Health boosts consultancy team

February 25, 2011
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Former Virgo Health PR managing director Caroline Gosling has moved to the company’s consultancy arm Vantage. She takes on a …

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Sanofi picks two agencies for UK diabetes account

February 25, 2011
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Healthcare PR agencies Tudor Reilly and Red Health have jointly won the Sanofi-Aventis UK diabetes account after a five-way pitch. …

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Cally Clarkson joins HealthEd

February 25, 2011
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Cheshire, UK-based medical education agency HealthEd has appointed Cally Clarkson as client services director. She has 10 years of healthcare …

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Retaining pharma top talent

February 25, 2011
Business Services MedImmune, careers, recruitment, talent retention

Strategies to co-ordinate talent retention differ between companies, and they may not always be as forward-focused as they could – …

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Glioblastoma vaccine enters phase II

February 24, 2011
Research and Development Cancer, GBM, ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, oncology

The first patient has been enrolled in a phase II trial of ICT-107, a cancer vaccine candidate for the treatment …

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Digital Pharma: Sanofi shifts video focus to YouTube

February 24, 2011
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Sanofi-Aventis has scaled back its online video ambitions and moved its web TV channel to YouTube. The move sees the …

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Working Life: BMS UK’s market access director Patrick Hopkinson

February 24, 2011
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Patrick Hopkinson, director of market access and external affairs at Bristol-Myers Squibb UK, talks to Pharmafocus about how he got …

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Minesh Ghelani joins Astralis Group

February 24, 2011
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Recruitment consultancy Astralis has appointed Minesh Ghelani as a senior consultant to its Life Sciences Practice.After obtaining his degree in …

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Abbott's Humira (adalimumab)

Abbott wins $1.7bn Humira case

February 24, 2011
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Abbott has been saved from paying Johnson & Johnson $1.7 billion after a US appeals court quashed a patent dispute …

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50,000 NHS jobs to be cut

February 24, 2011
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NHS trusts are preparing to make a major series of job cuts as the health service wrestles with the need …

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Red Door boosts management team

February 24, 2011
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Red Door Communications has appointed its first `home grown’ consultant to its management team. Laura Clark has been made an …

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Roche pulls out of vaccine alliance with Transgene

February 23, 2011
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Roche has terminated its license agreement with Transgene for its HPV therapeutic vaccine TG4001. The vaccine is currently being tested …

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Online international research register launched

February 23, 2011
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The UK government has backed the creation of a free, international online register to improve the transparency of health research. …

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Lung cancer cells

No magic bullet, but a growing arsenal against lung cancer

February 23, 2011
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A man in his 70s is waiting for his appointment with the oncologist after being referred there by his family …

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J&J hepatitis C drug begins phase III trials

February 23, 2011
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Johnson & Johnson has begun late stage trials of hepatitis C drug TMC435 as a first line treatment for the …

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Roche's Avastin (bevacizumab)

NICE yes for Votrient, no to Avastin

February 23, 2011
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NICE has recommended GlaxoSmithKline’s kidney cancer drug Votrient on the same day it gave a final negative decision to Roche’s …

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Commissioning Board to spearhead NHS reforms

February 23, 2011
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NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson says the new NHS Commissioning Board will be the driving force behind the health …

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Kieran Murphy to head up life sciences for GE Healthcare

February 23, 2011
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GE Healthcare has promoted Kieran Murphy to succeed its current Life Sciences president and chief executive Peter Ehrenheim. Kieran, who …

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