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Roche sees slow sales amid market pressures

July 22, 2010
Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, Q2, Roche

Roche has posted average first half year results with pharma sales that showed only low single digit growth. They showed …

News

Abbott boosted by Solvay integration

July 22, 2010
Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, Abbott, Q2, Solvay

Abbott has posted a set of strong sales for the second quarter, buoyed by the integration of Solvay Pharmaceuticals and …

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Genzyme

Manufacturing woes hit Genzyme results

July 22, 2010
2010 financials, Genzyme, Q2

Genzyme has posted a decrease in sales for the second quarter as its manufacturing woes continue. The US-based biopharma company …

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Legal costs dent GlaxoSmithKline’s Q2

July 22, 2010
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, GlaxoSmithKline, Q2

GSK has reported a loss for its second quarter due to litigation costs related to Avandia and other problems. In …

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Sam Walmsley joins Chandler Chicco

July 22, 2010
Medical Communications Chandler Chicco, appointment, medical communications

Chandler Chicco Companies (CCC) has appointed Sam Walmsley to the newly-created position of head of European social media. She will …

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OnMedica

Digital Pharma: OnMedica set to reopen under new owners

July 21, 2010
Medical Communications Binley's, Digital Pharma blog, OnMedica, digital doctors

A buyer has been found for the services of UK online doctors portal OnMedica, which have been on hold since …

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J&J post modest second quarter increase

July 21, 2010
Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, J&J, JJ, Q2

Johnson & Johnson has seen a modest increase in sales for the second quarter, buoyed primarily by international sales and …

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Avastin packs

FDA advised to halt Avastin breast cancer use

July 21, 2010
Sales and Marketing Roche, avastin

In a hammer blow to Roche, an influential Food and Drug Administration vote has gone against its cancer drug Avastin. …

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Natalie Henson returns to Axon

July 21, 2010
Medical Communications Axon, appointment, medical communications

Surrey, UK-based communications agency Axon has appointed Natalie Henson as associate director. She re-joins the firm in a leadership role …

Appointment

Pharmacologists in the vanguard of pharma R&D

July 21, 2010
Business Services, Research and Development BPS, Clinical Pharmacology, pharmacology, research

The British Pharmacology Society (BPS) is the primary UK learned society concerned with research into drugs and the way they …

Feature

European Commission invests €6.4 billion in research

July 21, 2010
Research and Development European Commission, research

The European Commission has announced a €6.4 billion investment in research and innovation in a range of scientific disciplines including …

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Government outlines health reform goals

July 20, 2010
NHS, NHS targets, government

The coalition government has proposed five areas, from increasing quality of life to preventing premature death, against which the success …

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Manufacturing Q&A: Eden Biodesign

July 20, 2010
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production Eden Biodesign, careers, manufacturing

How long has your company been operating? Eden Biodesign is enjoying its tenth anniversary this year. How is your field …

Feature

J&J cited by FDA for another manufacturing facility

July 20, 2010
Manufacturing and Production J&J, JJ, manufacturing compliance

Another week, another raft of bad news for Johnson & Johnson’s manufacturing division. With one production facility already shut down …

News

Excipient problem leads to Coumadin recall

July 20, 2010
Manufacturing and Production BMS, manufacturing compliance, recalls

Bristol-Myers Squibb is recalling nearly 150,000 tablets of its anticoagulant product Coumadin distributed across the US because some of them …

News

Pfizer forced to halt pain drug trials

July 20, 2010
Research and Development Pfizer, chronic pain, pain therapeutics, tanezumab

Pfizer has been told by the FDA to suspend trials of its novel injectable biotherapeutic tanezumab for chronic low back …

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Manufacturing news in brief

July 20, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Apicore, Emergent, Merck & Co, PPS, Tianyin, lilly

A crop of facility announcements from Merck & Co, Emergent, Tianyin, Apicore and PPS offset more job loss news from …

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Merck Millipore unveiled as $7bn acquisition completed

July 20, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Merck KGaA, Millipore

Germany’s Merck KGaA has completed its $7 billion acquisition of processing equipment specialist Millipore, officially launching the combined Merck Millipore …

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Andy_Hayley

TBWAPaling Walters promotes Andy Hayley

July 20, 2010
Medical Communications TBWA/Paling Walters, appointment, medical communications

Health communications agency TBWA\Paling Walters has promoted former client services director Andy Hayley to managing director. He will succeed company …

Appointment

Bayer signs Chinese research deal

July 20, 2010
Research and Development Bayer, China, gynaecology

Bayer is partnering with the People’s Liberation Army General Hospital in Beijing on research into women’s healthcare. The People’s Liberation …

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