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Celgene’s blood cancer pill too expensive for NHS

February 13, 2015
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NICE has decided not to recommend Celgene’s Imnovid for treating patients with multiple myeloma – a cancer that affects white …

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Boehringer and Sanofi admit to code breaches

February 13, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Boehringer, PMCPA, Sanofi, afatinib, giotrif

Sanofi and Boehringer Ingelheim have both admitted to breaching the ABPI Code of Practice, with Sanofi set to be publicly …

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Sanofi makes gene therapy move

February 13, 2015
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Sanofi has signalled its intent to develop gene therapy treatments for nerve diseases through a $745 million deal with US …

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New director at IMC Healthcare Communication

February 13, 2015
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Dr Stephanie Westwood has joined IMC Healthcare Communication as a medical and scientific director. Westwood was previously a scientific director …

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Google search results to include health facts

February 12, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing digital, google, health, internet, knowledge graph, wearables

Google is set to introduce health information directly into its search results as increasing numbers of people use search engines …

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Websites selling illegal drugs increasingly face closure

February 12, 2015
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The number of websites shut down by the MHRA for selling illegal pharmaceutical products has increased dramatically in recent years, …

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New support guidelines for NHS whistleblowers

February 12, 2015
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New guidelines to support NHS whistleblowers have been proposed by Sir Robert Francis QC – who led the inquiry into …

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Apple hails health benefits of new watch

February 12, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, FDA, cook, healthkit, watch, wearables

Users of the upcoming Apple Watch will be prompted to be more active because ‘sitting is the new cancer’ according …

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RSA hires three new consultants

February 12, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Beatriz de Luis, Maria-Angeles Garcia, Omar de Bary, rsa

Executive search and interims specialist firm RSA has announced three new appointments to its team of consultants in the UK. …

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Pharma is boosting pipelines to avoid patent cliff

February 11, 2015
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Pharmaceutical companies have improved their pipelines of new drugs over the last 18 months according to financial analysts Moody’s Investors …

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US measles outbreak worst for 15 years

February 11, 2015
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The worst measles outbreak in 15 years has reached a startling 121 cases in the US alone according to the …

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GSK buys bacteria vaccine firm

February 11, 2015
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GlaxoSmithKline is continuing the significant expansion of its vaccine business with the purchase of Swiss biopharma company GlycoVaxyn. The UK …

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MRC Technology hires senior head from Shire

February 11, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Edward Bliss, MRC, Shire

UK medical research charity MRC Technology has appointed Dr Edward Bliss to the new role of general counsel and company …

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Pharma’s reputation ‘is worsening among patients’

February 10, 2015
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Only around four in ten patients believe pharma has a good reputation and many companies are failing to win patient …

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Charity challenges Sovaldi patent

February 10, 2015
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Doctors of the World (also known as Médecins du Monde) has filed an opposition to the patent for Gilead’s blockbuster …

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Gilead expands UK presence with new London HQ

February 10, 2015
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Gilead is to create a new UK commercial secondary headquarters in central London doubling its UK workforce to 600 by …

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Second late-stage COPD trial for GSK and Theravance

February 10, 2015
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GlaxoSmithKline and Theravance have begun a second Phase III trial of their investigational triple combination COPD drug as the former …

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Hospira recalls Propofol drug again

February 10, 2015
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Hospira has issued a recall of anaesthesia support drug Propofol after the neck of one vial was revealed to contain …

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Pfizer replaces UK managing director

February 10, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Erik Nordkamp, Pfizer, jonathan emms

Erik Nordkamp has been named as the managing director of Pfizer UK to take over from Jonathan Emms. Emms has …

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MHRA shuts down unlicensed cancer drug facility

February 9, 2015
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The MHRA has shut down an unlicensed Cambridgeshire plant that was producing a potentially dangerous drug to be sold online. …

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