Lundbeck to slash 600 jobs in Europe
June 15, 2012Sales and Marketing Cipralex, Europe, Lundbeck, austerity, cuts
Lundbeck will cut 600 jobs from its operations in Europe as its Cipralex parent expiry continues to erode revenue. The …
NICE launches new BNF prescribing app
June 15, 2012Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing BNF, NICE, app, digital, pharma
NICE has launched a new app that allows users to search all medicines listed in the British National Formulary. The …
Merck’s sleep aid drug meets goals
June 15, 2012Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, Merck, insomnia, sleep disorder, suvorexant
Merck’s novel insomnia drug suvorexant has improved patients’ ability to fall asleep, according to new data from two Phase III …
Roche’s Zelboraf rejected by NICE
June 15, 2012Sales and Marketing Cancer, Dillon, NICE, Roche, Zelboraf, melanoma
NICE is not recommending Roche’s targeted melanoma pill Zelboraf because of its high cost and uncertainties over its survival benefit. …
BMJ: diabetes post-marketing studies used to boost sales
June 14, 2012Sales and Marketing BMJ, Edwin Gale, Novo Nordisk, post-marketing
The use of post-marketing studies for diabetes is being used to sell more medicines rather than for science, according to …
UK drug pricing: ABPI wants evolution, not revolution
June 14, 2012Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Deepak Khanna, MSD, PPRS, VBP, pricing
As the ABPI prepares to negotiate a new pricing scheme for the first time in 50 years, its new president …
Conor Griffin joins Tudor Reilly’s senior team
June 14, 2012Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Conor Griffin, Tudor Reilly, healthcare comms
Healthcare specialist Tudor Reilly has strengthened its senior management with the appointment of Conor Griffin as director. He joins the …
New chair of Health Research Authority confirmed by DH
June 14, 2012Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
Professor Jonathan Montgomery will head up the Health Research Authority, the new organisation that will protect and promote the interests …
ABPI: we don’t have the answers for digital yet
June 14, 2012Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Bayer, Deepak Khanna, Shire, digital, online
Pharma’s use of digital media is posing questions that can’t yet be answered, says the new ABPI president Deepak Khanna. …
AstraZeneca swings axe at Swedish plant
June 14, 2012Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Brennan, Sweden, Södertälje, cuts
AstraZeneca will be cutting 400 jobs from its facility in Sweden, the company has confirmed. Speaking to the TT news …
Positive data for Sanofi’s diabetes drug
June 13, 2012Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Lyxumia, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, Victoza, diabetes
Sanofi’s new diabetes treatment Lyxumia has significantly reduced glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in two late-stage trials, the manufacturer says. Paris-based Sanofi …
GSK pays £146 million for eczema drug
June 13, 2012Sales and Marketing Basilea, GSK, Stiefel, Toctino
GlaxoSmithKline has paid £146 million for Basilea Pharmaceutica’s dermatology drug Toctino. Toctino (alitretinoin) is approved for the treatment of adults …
New appointments at Events 4 Healthcare
June 13, 2012Business Services, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Events 4 Healthcare, NHS
Events 4 Healthcare has announced two new appointments to enhance the team on the back of a number of new …
AmerisourceBergen merges pharma packing units
June 12, 2012Manufacturing and Production AmericsourceBergen, Anderson Packaging, Taylor
Brecon Pharmaceuticals of the UK has officially joined forces with US firm Anderson Packaging to form a new pharma-focused packaging …
Ark Therapeutics appoints new head of business development
June 12, 2012Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ark Therapeutics, Bachem, Eden Biodesign, Watson
Ark Therapeutics has announced that Kassim Kolia has been appointed as head of business development. In this role, Kolia will …
Appature appoints new vice president Bob Harrell
June 12, 2012Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Appature, Harrell, Med Comms, cloud-based, saas
Cloud-based software company Appature has appointed Bob Harrell as the company’s new vice president of marketing, healthcare. Appature, a software-as-a-service …
NHS confidence in ‘freefall’
June 12, 2012Sales and Marketing NHS, freefall, government, king's fund, reforms
The Department of Health has disputed a report which says that people’s confidence in the NHS is in freefall. British …
Pfizer launches new website for Dupuytren’s disease
June 12, 2012Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Dupuytren's disease, Pfizer, Xiapex, it is in your hands
Pfizer has released a new interactive video and website aimed at helping people with Dupuytren’s disease, a debilitating hand condition. …
Sanofi submits key MS pill for approval
June 12, 2012Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, EMA, FDA, Genzyme, Lemtrada, MS, Sanofi
Sanofi has submitted its multiple sclerosis pill Lemtrada for regulatory reviews in the US and Europe. Lemtrada (alemtuzumab), originally developed …
Packaging errors spark fourth oral contraceptive recall
June 12, 2012Manufacturing and Production Introvale, Novartis, Sandoz, manufacturing, recall
There has been yet another case of an oral contraceptive being recalled because packaging errors could lead to unwanted pregnancy, …
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