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Novo Nordisk to buy two pharma research companies

August 27, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novo Nordisk, mergers and acquisitions

Novo Nordisk is to acquire two privately-held biopharmaceutical research companies specialising in diabetes, for undisclosed sums. Calibrium and MB2, formed …

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Abbott to table $25bn bid for medical device maker St Jude?

August 27, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Abbott Laboratories, mergers and acquisitions, st jude medical

Abbott Laboratories is said to be preparing a $25 billion takeover bid for medical device maker St Jude Medical.  Illinois-based Abbott …

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Cally Clarkson joins GCI Health as first director of medical education

August 27, 2015
Medical Communications Cally Clarkson, GCI Health

GCI Health has appointed Cally Clarkson as its first ever director of medical education.  Cally is based in GCI Health’s …

Appointment

Vicky Smith promoted to senior account executive at Liberation Unlimited

August 27, 2015
Medical Communications Vicki Smith, liberation unlimited

Liberation Unlimited has promoted Vicky Smith to senior account executive.Vicky joined Liberation Unlimited in 2013, and has since played an …

Appointment
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Alvogen buys four-drug portfolio from Pfizer

August 27, 2015
Sales and Marketing Alvogen, Pfizer

Alvogen has entered into a agreement with Pfizer to purchase a portfolio of four pharmaceutical products for the US market, …

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NHS restriction of CML treatment in England criticised

August 27, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, chronic myeloid leukaemia, leukaemia

Medical experts have criticised NHS cost regulators’ decision to limit the use of Ariad’s Iclusig (ponatinib) in the treatment of …

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Immatics and MD Anderson launch new company to develop ACR therapies

August 27, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, MD Anderson Cancer Center, immatics, keytruda

Immatics Biotechnologies and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) have together launched a new company focusing on …

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NICE targets tight blood sugar control in new diabetes guidelines

August 27, 2015
NICE, NICE guidelines, Public Health England, Type 1 diabetes, diabetes

NICE has urged healthcare professionals to target tighter blood sugar control, in a suite of recommendation in updated guidelines on …

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alimta

Lilly defeats Teva in US court over Alimta patent

August 26, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alimta, Eli Lilly, Teva Pharmaceutical, lung cancer

Eli Lilly has won a case in a US federal court, in a battle over Teva’s attempt to create a …

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Novo Nordisk plans $2bn expansion of production facilities

August 26, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Novo Nordisk, manufacturing

Novo Nordisk will invest an estimated $2 billion over the next five years in new production facilities in the US, …

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After the legal case – where next for pharma industry transparency?

August 26, 2015
Research and Development clinical trial transparency, clinical trials, health research authority, transparency

Even in an industry as litigious as pharma can sometimes be, the recent legal drama that has played out in …

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Novo Nordisk abandons Victoza submission after mixed T1D results

August 26, 2015
Research and Development Novo Nordisk, Victoza, diabetes, insulin

Novo Nordisk has been forced to scrap plans to expand its licence for Victoza to include adults with type 1 …

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Ebola virus

Researchers hopeful experimental antiviral treatment stops Ebola

August 26, 2015
Research and Development Ebola, Ebola virus, Ebola virus disease, Toyama Chemical, VSV-ZEBOV, favipiravir, zmapp

An experimental antiviral therapy may have prevented British healthcare workers from contracting Ebola after exposure to the disease in West …

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Abasaglar

Lilly and Boehringer launch biosimilar insulin in the UK

August 26, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, Lantus, abasaglar, basal insulin, biosimilar, biosimilars, diabetes, insuling glargine, lilly

Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim have launched their biosimilar insulin, called abasaglar, for the UK market. Abasaglar will now challenge the …

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swine flu virus

TSRI and Janssen close in on universal flu vaccine

August 25, 2015
Manufacturing and Production Janssen, Vaccine, flu, immunology, universal flu vaccine

Scientists from Janssen and The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found a way to induce antibodies to fight a wide …

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Allergan

Allergan recalls eye drugs after complaints of blurred vision

August 25, 2015
Manufacturing and Production Allergan, manufacturing, product recalls, production, recalls

Allergan has issued a recall for batches of eye ointments sold in the US, after customers complained of foreign bodies …

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Takeda in Velcade patent blow

August 25, 2015
Manufacturing and Production Actavis, Sandoz, Takeda, Velcade, bortezomib, ixazomib

Takeda has lost a court case contesting the patent for its blockbuster multiple myeloma drug Velcade, in a decision that …

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AZ appoints Genentech’s Sean Bohen as chief medical officer

August 25, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Briggs Morrison, Sean Bohen

AstraZeneca has appointed Dr Sean Bohen as executive vice president of global medicines development and chief medical officer.Dr Bohen will …

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Clinical Trial Transparency – A Personal View

August 24, 2015
Research and Development ABPI, PMCPA, clinical trial transparency, clinical trials, health research authority, transparency

During the time I worked as research, medical and innovation director at the ABPI, between October 2012 and January 2015, …

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AstraZeneca cancer drug trialled for pancreatic cancer

August 24, 2015
Research and Development

AstraZeneca is working with the Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center in Arizona to test its cancer drug Lynparza as a …

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