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Apitope appoints Hayley French

December 6, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Apitope, Hayley French, appointment, research and development, sales and marketing

Belgium-based biopharmaceutical company Apitope has appointed Hayley French to its management team as commercial director. She will be responsible for …

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Caligor Rx strengthens its European Team

December 3, 2010
Research and Development Caligor Rx, Jacquelyn May, Jess McKenna, appointment, research and development

Clinical trial procurement firm Caligor Rx has appointed Jess McKenna head of quality assurance and customer relationships and Jacquelyn May …

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Digital Pharma: NHS extends online service comparisons

December 3, 2010
Medical Communications Digital Pharma blog, NHS Choices, maternity services, patient information

The NHS has launched a new online comparison service to allow expectant parents in England to compare and rate maternity …

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The specifics of early access programmes

December 3, 2010
Sales and Marketing Expanded Access Programs, IDIS, early access programmes, named patient programmes

With increasing requests from healthcare professionals and patients globally for access to drugs that are still in clinical development or …

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Merck acquires innovative insulin firm SmartCells

December 3, 2010
Research and Development Merck, Merck & Co, SmartCells, diabetes, insulin

Merck has bolstered its early stage diabetes portfolio with the acquisition of SmartCells, a private pharma firm that’s developing a …

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Creston makes £20m US coms acquisition

December 3, 2010
Medical Communications Alembic Health Communications, Cooney Waters, Creston, Intensity Digital, Red Door Communications, medicial communications

Creston, the group which owns UK healthcare PR shop Red Door Communications, is to buy two US health and pharma …

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UK pharma faces rising costs from value-based pricing

December 3, 2010
Sales and Marketing Eli Lilly, VBP, lilly, value-based pricing

The government’s planned introduction of a value-based pricing system in the UK could increase costs and bureaucracy for the industry, …

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Novartis to cut 1,400 US sales jobs

December 2, 2010
Sales and Marketing Novartis, Novartis Pharma North America, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, job cuts, sales representatives

Novartis has outlined a major restructure of its US field force of sales reps that will see 1,400 positions cut …

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Tolerx to collaborate on first-in-class cancer antibody

December 2, 2010
Research and Development Cancer, T cell, Torelx, monoclonal antibody

US biopharma company Tolerx is to work with a non-profit cancer research fund to develop its first in class antibody …

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CME Spotlight: medical communications evolves

December 2, 2010
Medical Communications CME, CME Spotlight, Continuing medical education, Eugene Pozniak

I recently attended the first meeting of the MedComms Forum in Oxford. The venue of the Natural History Museum was …

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Colour management for the pharmaceutical industry

December 1, 2010
Manufacturing and Production colour management, packaging, pharma printing

The development and adoption of pharmaceutical specific quality standards by the printing industry has played a vital role in the …

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EMA to widen public access to documents

December 1, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, European Medicines Agency, European Ombudsman, patient information, transparency

The European Medicines Agency has agreed to give greater access to documents on medicines for human and veterinary use, after …

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New chief executive for Merck & Co

December 1, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Kenneth Frazier, Merck, Merck & Co, Richard Clark, Schering-Plough

Kenneth Frazier is to be the next chief executive of Merck & Co from 1 January 2011 following his election …

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Dr Martino Picardo to lead Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst

December 1, 2010
Research and Development Dr Martino Pacardo, Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst, appointment, research and development

New UK science park Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst (SBC) has appointed Dr Martino Picardo as its first chief executive. Dr Picardo …

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New public health body to ‘nudge’ people on healthy living

December 1, 2010
NHS reforms, Public Health England, alcohol, obesity, public health, smoking

Plans for a new organiation to oversee public health in England have been unveiled, which will ‘nudge’rather than nag people …

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Change is needed, concedes NICE chief, but defends record

November 30, 2010
Sales and Marketing Andrew Dillon, NHS reform, NICE, cost-effectiveness, health technology assessment, hta, value-based pricing

The chief executive of NICE acknowledges changes are needed in how drugs are assessed in the UK – including more …

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UK pharma welcomes government reforms

November 30, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABHI, ABPI, BIA, R&D tax credits, UK pharma, patent box

The UK pharma industry has responded warmly to government plans to review how best to create optimum conditions for private …

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Trio of new appointments at ApotheCom ScopeMedical

November 30, 2010
Medical Communications ApotheCom ScopeMedical, Huntsworth Health, ScopeMedical, appointment, medical communications

Kent, UK-based medical education agency group ApotheCom ScopeMedical has promoted three members of staff.Pictured left to right are new project …

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Penn Pharma appoints new chief executive

November 30, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development David Cooper, Penn Pharma, Richard Yarwood, appointment, manufacturing and production, research and development

Richard Yarwood has joined pharmaceutical services provider Penn Pharma as chief executive. He has more than 33 years experience in …

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UK tax reforms prompt £500m manufacturing investment by GSK

November 30, 2010
Manufacturing and Production GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, UK corporation tax, patent box, pharma manufacturing

A decision by the UK Government to reform the corporation tax system has been followed by a major job creation …

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