Former Abbott head now director for UDG Healthcare
December 19, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Abbott, udg healthcare
Healthcare services provider UDG Healthcare has appointed Brendan McAtamney to be its executive director and announces two other senior hires. …
FDA pressure intensifies over cyber attack
December 18, 2013Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, PhRMA, cber, digital, leak
The FDA is facing mounting pressure from a US government committee into how it allowed several of its databases to …
Pfizer executive exits leadership team
December 18, 2013Sales and Marketing Pfizer, Read, amy schulman
A leading big pharma figurehead who was to be instrumental in Pfizer’s future plans has stepped down unexpectedly. Amy Schulman …
Quintiles hires head from Deloitte
December 18, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Deloitte, Quintiles
Contract research organisation Quintiles has appointed Scott Evangelista as its president for Integrated Commercial Services and Solutions. The firm said …
Merck develops diabetes game
December 17, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Gamification, Merck, ayogo, diabetes, type 2
Merck has announced it is working with digital health specialist Ayogo to develop a new game aimed at helping type …
Europe to vote on greater trial transparency
December 17, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EU, Europe, Goldacre, alltrials, transparency
Pharma companies and academic researchers will be obliged to upload the results of all their European clinical trials to a …
GSK changes sales tactics
December 17, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing GSK, Witty, bribery, corruption, cuts, sales, transparency
GlaxoSmithKline is to remove individual staff sales targets and end doctor payments for activities that promote its products. The UK …
Teva vice chairman quits
December 17, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Teva, amir elstein, moshe many
Teva Pharmaceuticals vice chairman Professor Moshe Many has requested to leave the firm at the end of this month for …
Novartis shuts plant in Canada cutting 300 jobs
December 16, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Canada, Novartis, Ontario, cuts, lens, manufacturing
Novartis is shutting down its manufacturing plant in Canada which will result in 300 people losing their jobs at the …
NICE must get tougher on pharma, urges BMJ journal
December 16, 2013Sales and Marketing BMJ, NHS, NICE, pharma
The UK should have one universal health technology assessor which should seek to tighten up rules on whether new drugs …
BMS appoints Thomas Lynch to board
December 16, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, lynch
Bristol-Myers Squibb has elected Thomas Lynch to its board to serve as a member on its Science and Technology Committee …
The year in review 2013
December 13, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing 2014, NHS, Obama, adams, review of the year
The year 2013 brought a new series of challenges for pharma. As the dust settled following the bulk of major …
Chiesi publicly reprimanded
December 13, 2013Sales and Marketing ABPI, Chiesi, PMCPA, fostair
Chiesi has had the book thrown at it by the PMCPA and faces the shame of a public reprimand – …
UK government creates apocalyptic app
December 13, 2013Medical Communications UK, digital, government, the walk
The Department of Health has this week released an Apple and Android game app designed to get the UK public …
Sanofi escapes most serious censure
December 13, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Lyxumia, PMCPA, Sanofi, censure
Sanofi has been cleared of the most serious breach of the ABPI Code of Practice – despite appearing to offer …
McCann Health names president of New York unit
December 13, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing duffy, mccann
Comms giant McCann Health has hired Susan Duffy to be president of its New York-based McCann Regan Campbell Ward (RCW). …
AstraZeneca donates doomed lab to Plymouth University
December 12, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, lab, plymouth, university
AstraZeneca has pledged to donate its Devon-based Environmental Laboratory to Plymouth University, after announcing the site’s closure in October. The …
Ketchum head leaves amid job cuts
December 12, 2013Medical Communications Ketchum, comms, cuts, digital, sefton
The healthcare division of comms agency giant Ketchum is weathering a tough month following job cuts and a key resignation. …
€16 million fines for J&J and Novartis
December 12, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing EU, J&J, JJ, Novartis, Sandoz, fentanyl, fines
The European Commission has slapped multi-million euro fines on Johnson & Johnson and Novartis for what it says were ‘shocking’ …
GSK funnels another £200m into UK manufacturing
December 12, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing GSK, Taylor, UK, manufacturing
GlaxoSmithKline has made good on a pledge to invest in UK-based production, with £200 million ($328m) earmarked for plant upgrades …
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