Quanta appoints new chief financial officer
August 8, 2014Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
Quanta Fluid Solutions, a developer of advanced haemodialysis systems has appointed Willem Baralt as its new chief financial officer. Baralt …
RBS chairman favoured as next GSK head
August 8, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, RBS, Sir Christopher Gent
The Royal Bank of Scotland’s current head Sir Philip Hampton is the most likely candidate to take over as the …
Storm brewing over Roche cancer drug price
August 8, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Haslam, Kadcyla, NICE, Roche, Yervoy, rejection
The Breakthrough Breast Cancer charity and England’s drug pricing watchdog NICE have both attacked Roche for not lowering the price …
Hanover appoints former MHP executive
August 7, 2014Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Hanover, mhp
Med comms firm Hanover has appointed Richard Sloggett as its new associate director, poaching him from its rival MHP Health. …
Astellas Pharma announces new senior hires
August 7, 2014Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astellas
Astellas Pharma EMEA, the European division of Astellas Pharma, has appointed Simon Dew to the position of chief strategy officer …
Cerner acquires Siemens Health Services for $1.3bn
August 7, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Health IT, Siemens, imaging, mhealth
Cerner Corporation has signed a deal sealing its takeover of Siemens Health Services for $1.3 billion in cash. Cerner will …
AbbVie/Shire deal under threat from tax laws
August 7, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Shire, tax inversion
The £32 billion deal between AbbVie and Irish specialist biotech Shire could be under threat from new rules in the …
New app allows blood imaging from a smartphone
August 7, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development app, digital, smartphone
An IT research team has developed a new smartphone app that works in conjunction with a small lens add-on that …
Actelion becomes latest recruit to join PatientsLikeMe
August 6, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Actelion, PatientsLikeMe, digital
PatientsLikeMe and Actelion have come together in order to help create a new patient-reported outcomes tool for the rare form …
Liberation Communications promotes two
August 6, 2014Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Liberation Communications
Liberation Communications has made two promotions this August: Danielle Smith (right), has been promoted to account director whilst Vicky Smith …
Precious Cells Group appoints NHS stem cell expert
August 6, 2014Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Stem cells
Precious Cells Group, a UK-based provider of stem cell technologies including Biobanking services, has appointed Dr Salmaan Dalvi as its …
Roche gains new licence for blockbuster oncology drug
August 6, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EC, Roche, avastin, ovarian cancer
Roche’s blockbuster cancer treatment Avastin now has a new European licence to treat women with a certain type of ovarian …
Pradaxa ‘safe’ says Australian regulator
August 6, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AF, Australia, BMJ, Pradaxa, stroke
Australia’s drug regulator says it will not be updating its safety advice for Boehringer’s Pradaxa despite mounting safety issues around …
Novartis must drop vaccine price, says UK govt
August 5, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Bexsero, Novartis, innoculation, meningococcal vaccine
Novartis will have to significantly lower the price of its meningococcal B vaccine if it wants a lucrative UK inoculation …
Blood cancer injection given green light
August 5, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MabThera, Roche, follicular lymphoma and small lymphocytic lymphoma
Roche has launched a new injection formulation of its blood cancer drug MabThera (rituximab) to treat patients with follicular lymphoma, …
Gene silencing back on the books for Roche
August 5, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing RNA, Roche, Santaris, gene silencing
Roche will pay $450 million to acquire the RNA specialist firm Santaris Pharma in order to once again begin research …
Astellas hires Moyra Knight as head of comms
August 4, 2014Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
Astellas has appointed industry veteran Moyra Knight as its new head of corporate and employee communications in the Americas region. …
PM Society announces Digital Media Awards finalists
August 4, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing awards, digital, pm society
The finalists for the 2014 PM Society digital media awards have been announced as pharma and med comms agencies get …
ABPI president: NICE needs political reform
August 1, 2014Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Deepak Khanna, NICE, Pfizer, jonathan emms, vba
Jonathan Emms, the new president of the ABPI, is a man not shy about defending the rights of the UK …
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