Shire to close small molecule plant
April 14, 2009Manufacturing and Production Shire
Shire Pharmaceuticals is shutting down a US production facility and will outsource the production to contract manufacturers DSM.The measure is …
Lilly’s ex-marketing chief joins Innovex
April 14, 2009Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Innovex
Richard Pilnik, Lilly's head of marketing is to join contract sales organisation Innovex to serve as its president.Pilnik has 25 …
Committee approves limited use of Seroquel in depression
April 9, 2009Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AZ, Seroquel, US
An FDA advisory committee has concluded that safety concerns mean that Seroquel XR should not be used to treat anxiety, …
Efient launched in the UK
April 9, 2009Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Daiichi, Effient, lilly
Lilly and Daiichi Sankyo's blood-thinning drug Efient has been launched in the UK for heart attack patients, taking on blockbuster …
Boehringer Ingelheim takes the lead on Twitter
April 8, 2009Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, Twitter, new media, social networking
The explosion in the popularity of Twitter is the latest buzz in online social networking, but most pharma companies are …
2-in-1: Merck and Schering-Plough
April 8, 2009Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck, Schering-Plough, merger, pharma
The Merck and Schering-Plough merger creates a new industry giant to challenge Pfizer in terms of its scale and annual …
Covance acquires early clinical development business in Switzerland
April 8, 2009Research and Development Covance
Covance has expanded its presence in clinical pharmacology in Europe with the acquisition of Swiss Pharma Contract, a 50-bed clinical …
Wyeth execs to lead on biotech in new Pfizer
April 8, 2009Sales and Marketing MA, Pfizer
Pfizer has unveiled the new structure of the merged company created by its proposed acquisition of Wyeth. It plans to …
Top CROs can look forward to ‘five years of growth’
April 8, 2009Research and Development CRO
The current economic downturn is having a braking effect on the top 10 contract research organisations, but a new report …
Quintiles completes 400th trial using electronic data capture
April 7, 2009Research and Development CRO, Quintiles
Quintiles has completed its 400th clinical trial using Electronic Data Capture (EDC). In addition to starting its 400th EDC trial, …
MEP animal testing vote angers welfare groups
April 7, 2009Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Animal testing, Europe, preclinical
The European Parliament's Agriculture and Rural Development Committee has been accused of watering down proposals drawn up by the European …
A new approach to CRO partnerships
April 6, 2009Research and Development Pfizer, UK, clincal, partnerships
Contract research organisations now play an indispensable role in helping pharmaceutical companies develop their drugs. But as the number and …
Lilly forges risk-sharing R&D alliance with India’s Zydus
April 6, 2009Research and Development Asia, India, lilly
Eli Lilly has forged a research collaboration with India's Zydus Cadila that sees the two companies combine their efforts in …
Med comms ‘needs to be more transparent’
April 6, 2009Medical Communications Liberation
There needs to be greater transparency in medical communications if negative views of the pharma sector are to be countered, …
Consolidation wave expected in contract manufacturing
April 6, 2009Research and Development CRO
The mergers and acquisitions that have become a feature of the contract research organisation (CRO) sector in recent years look …
Pfizer halts Sutent head-to-head trial
April 6, 2009Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Pfizer, Sutent
Pfizer has halted a late-stage breast cancer trial between Sutent and Roche's Xeloda, after the study failed to show significant …
Working Life: Maneesh Juneja
April 3, 2009Research and Development GSK, productivity
How did you find your way into your current role? After graduating with a degree in business & computing, I …
Consortium wins US biodefence contract
April 3, 2009Manufacturing and Production biologics, vaccines
A consortium of US and UK companies has been awarded an $11 million grant from the US Government to speed …
iX Group buys manufacturing audit company
April 3, 2009Business Services Rephine
iXGroup, owners of Medix UK, has acquired Rephine, the pharmaceutical audit and consultancy specialists. Rephine was founded in 1998 and …
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