Cancer Research UK facility celebrates first GMP batch

July 30, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Biotherapeutic, Cancer Research UK, biologics

Cancer Research UK has produced the first batch of product from its recently-completed biologics manufacturing unit, and hopes to release …

FDA recommends Brilinta

July 30, 2010
Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, AstraZeneca, Brillinta, Q2

FDA advisors have voted in favour of AstraZeneca’s antiplatelet drug Brilinta, which is currently seeking a licence for the reduction …

Dr Bruce Burlington joins AZ board

July 30, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, appointment, research and development, sales and marketing

AstraZeneca has appointed former FDA staffer Dr Bruce Burlington to its board as a non-executive director. Dr Burlington spent 17 …

JWT wins Pfizer account, denies it’s ‘Viagra 2’

July 30, 2010
Medical Communications JWT, Pfizer, viagra

UK advertising agency JWT London has won an account from Pfizer, but played down media reports it had been appointed …

Sanofi’s blockbusters take a hit

July 29, 2010
Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, Genzyme, Q2, Sanofi-Aventis

Generic pressures, European pricing pressures and the impact of the US health reforms combined to dent Sanofi-Aventis’s growth in the …

Contract research news in brief

July 29, 2010
Research and Development CRO, LAB Research, Microsoft, PPD, PharmaNet, QPS, Selvita

Icon reports that new business wins rose healthily in the second quarter, plus there’s an alliance between PPD and Microsoft …

RSA expands European teams

July 29, 2010
Business Services appointment, business services, rsa

Life sciences executive search and interim management firm RSA has made series of new appointments to some of the European …

Robert Thomson joins Photosound

July 29, 2010
Medical Communications Photosound, appointment, medical communications

UK brand communcations agency Photosound has appointed Robert Thomson as head of digital product development. He has over 15 years’ …

Cardio3 BioSciences appoints Dr Atta Behfar

July 29, 2010
Research and Development Cardio3, appointment, research and development

Belgium biotech company Cardio3 BioSciences has appointed Dr Atta Behfar as director for advanced research. He will spend a year …

UK lags behind Europe on innovative cancer drugs

July 29, 2010
Sales and Marketing Cancer, market access

The UK has been ranked as one of the worst countries when it comes to uptake of new cancer drug …

Merck KGaA’s oral MS therapy gains US priority review

July 29, 2010
Sales and Marketing Cladribine, MS, Merck KGaA

Merck’s cladribine has been granted a priority review status by the FDA in a move that could see it come …

Chiltern Announces its Financial Results for the Year Ended 31 March 2010

July 28, 2010
Research and Development

Highlights• Revenues of £80.9 million, 9.8% ahead of the year ended March 2009. Of this, 1.5% is due to acquisitions, …

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Digital Pharma: UK health clinic first for Pfizer

July 28, 2010
Medical Communications Digital Pharma blog, Pfizer, digital patients, digital pharma med coms, disease awareness campaigns, sexual health

Men in the UK can now go online for confidential advice and information about any health problem through a unique …

Spoon

Non-human sugars could compromise biologic drugs

July 28, 2010
Manufacturing and Production biologicals, biologics, manufacturing

Many of the biologic drugs on the market today contain sugar molecule components that in some patients could undermine their …

Iressa

NICE approves trio of cancer drugs

July 28, 2010
Sales and Marketing Iressa, MabThera, NICE, Xeloda

NICE has given its final recommendation to a trio of drugs for the treatment of various cancers, which means the …

Lansley to create £50 million cancer drugs fund

July 28, 2010
Sales and Marketing Cancer, NHS, government, market access

The UK government is setting up a multi-million pound fund dedicated to improving patient access to innovative new cancer drugs. …

Sir Paul Nurse to head up UKCMRI

July 28, 2010
Research and Development UKCMRI, apppointment, research and development

The UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation has appointed Sir Paul Nurse as its first director and chief executive. …

Not so new technologies

July 28, 2010
Research and Development EDC, Les Rose, digital research

Let me take you back to a time that is now only dimly remembered. I don’t mean a time when …

Genzyme

Genzyme ponders Sanofi offer

July 27, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Genzyme, Sanofi-Aventis

Sanofi-Aventis is understood to have approached the board of Genzyme with a takeover bid for the company. News agency Reuters …

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