Google to expand diabetes monitoring technology
August 14, 2015Medical Communications blood sugar, diabetes, glucose, google, smart technology, wearable tech
Google is teaming up with the diabetes device maker DexCom to build a small and affordable sensor that could help …
Tamzin Redston joines Wave
August 14, 2015Medical Communications Tamzin Redston, Wave communications
Tamzin Redston has been appointed programme director at Wave, the specialist medical education company.Tamzin joins Wave with a background of …
Merck in immuno-oncology collaboration with major cancer research centre
August 14, 2015Research and Development Cancer, Merck, keytruda, oncology
Merck is teaming up with the University of Texas to evaluate Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, Keytruda, in combination with other treatmentsA team …
GSK closes Legionella-hit US site
August 14, 2015Manufacturing and Production GSK, Legionnaire's disease, legionella, manufacturing, production
GSK has temporarily shut down its manufacturing site in North Carolina due to the discovery of the bacteria which causes …
Bayer’s complaint over ‘misleading’ Novartis eye drug claims upheld
August 14, 2015Medical Communications Bayer, Eylea, Lucentis, Novartis, PMCPA, code of conduct
The industry’s code of conduct regulator has ruled in favour of Bayer in a dispute claims made by Novartis when …
Pfizer offers to pay for UK Lyrica switches
August 13, 2015Lyrica, NHS England, Pfizer, generics, neuropathic pain, patents, pregabalin
Pfizer is to pay the administrative costs of GPs to switch patients to Lyrica from generic versions of pregabalin, as …
Abbvie and Roche report success in Phase II leukaemia trial
August 13, 2015Research and Development AbbVie, Breakthrough Therapy Designation, CLL, EMA, FDA, Roche, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, leukaemia, venetoclax
AbbVie plans to submit regulatory applications for its leukaemia drug venetoclax to the FDA and the EMA before the end …
Cost of diabetes treatment in England rises
August 12, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing HSCIC, NHS, diabetes, health and social care information centre, prescribing
As diabetes patients increase in numbers the cost of treating the disease in England has increased to more than £800 …
Orexigen and Takeda reboot Contrave collaboration
August 12, 2015Research and Development Contrave, FDA, Takeda, orexigen, weight loss drugs
Orexigen has agreed to foot the $200 million bill for a new trial to prove its claims that Contrave, the …
FDA warns drugmaker over Kim Kardashian West promo
August 12, 2015Sales and Marketing Diclegis, Duchesnay, FDA, kim kardashian
Model and media personality Kim Kardashian West’s social media promotion of the morning sickness drug Diclegis has landed its producer …
Novavax rides high on crest of RSV vaccine wave
August 12, 2015Research and Development AbbVie, MedImmune, Novavax, RSV, vaccines
The vaccine development company Novavax has announced positive top-line data from a mid-stage clinical trial of its candidate vaccine against …
Gareth Thurston joins Cello Health Consulting
August 12, 2015Medical Communications Cello, Gareth Thurston, cello health
Cello Health has appointed Gareth Thurston as a consultant following his prior experience in pharmaceutical marketing. Gareth has over 20 …
Bristol-Myers Squibb launches Opdivo in the UK for lung cancer
August 12, 2015Sales and Marketing BMS, Bristol-Myers Squibb, NSCLC, immunotherapy, lung cancer, non small cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, opdivo
The immuno-oncology drug Opdivo is available in the UK for people with lung cancer, after Bristol-Myers Squibb launched the drug …
Daiichi scores another NICE nod for Lixiana
August 12, 2015Sales and Marketing Daichii Sankyo, Daiichi, Lixiana, atrial fibrillation, edoxaban
NICE has recommended in draft guidance the anti-blood clotting drug Daiichi Sankyo’s Lixiana for preventing stroke and blood clots in …
MedImmune and Inovio collaborate on cancer vaccine
August 11, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development AstraZeneca, HPV, Inovio, MedImmune, cancer vaccines, cervical cancer, oncology
MedImmune has entered into a license agreement and collaboration with Inovio, a biotechnology company developing DNA-based immunotherapies for cancer and …
Aprecia boosts 3D printing facilities at new US site
August 11, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development
Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, which scored a world-first by becoming the first manufacturer to gain FDA approval for a three-dimensional printed (3DP) …
Cold chain management and transportation of medicines
August 11, 2015Manufacturing and Production CEIV, IATA, Transport, cold chain, fly pharma, fly pharma conference, logistics, supply chain, transportation, vaccines
Riekert Bruinink, a member of the guideline drafting committee and the Dutch health inspectorate, has a very simple explanation of …
US to lead global contract manufacturing market by 2020
August 11, 2015Manufacturing and Production APIs, United States, manufacturing, production
The global pharmaceutical contract manufacturing market was worth $58 billion in 2014 and is projected to reach $84 billion in 2020, according to a …
UK medical innovation backed with £18m Biomedical Catalyst fund
August 10, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
Life Sciences Minister George Freeman has announced an £18 million fund for the next generation of UK medical advances. Twelve …
Sanofi, Evotec and Apeiron partner on immuno-oncology
August 10, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Apeiron, Cancer, Evotec, Sanofi, immuno-oncology, immunotherapy, tumours
Sanofi is partnering with biotech companies Evotec and Apeiron to develop new cancer immuno-oncology therapies.The companies say the potential new …
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