Pharmafile Logo
Pharmafocus logo
Advanced Search
wayne_paterson

Admedus appoints two board directors

October 20, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing John Seaberg, Wayne Paterson, admedus

Australian-based healthcare product development firm Admedus has appointed two new directors to its board. John Seaberg and Wayne Paterson (pictured) …

Appointment

Pharmacists could save the NHS £1.1 billion

October 20, 2014
Sales and Marketing GP, GPs, NHS, UK, pharmacists

New research from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society shows that common ailments such as coughs and sore throats cost the NHS …

News
Bing image

Working Life: MedImmune’s Dr Bing Yao

October 20, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MedImmune, Working Life, bing yao

 How did you find your way into your current role? When I was pursuing my doctorate in microbiology and immunology, …

Feature
Ebola image

GSK: Ebola vaccines will come ‘too late’

October 17, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ebola, GSK, JK-05, Sihuan, tekmira, vaccines, zmapp

GlaxoSmithKline says its potential Ebola vaccine will come ‘too late’ for the current outbreak despite being fast-tracked. In August the …

News
Roche image

Roche and Pharmacyclics agree leukaemia pact

October 17, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, CLL, Cancer, Gazyva, Pharmacyclics, Roche, imbruvica, leukaemia

Pharmacyclics’s cancer drug Imbruvica will be tested in combination with Roche’s Gazyva in a new partnership announced by the firms. …

News

Woodley commemorates 25 years in the industry

October 17, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Manchester, Supply, development, manufacturing, wickham, woodley

Medical supplier firm Woodley celebrated its 25-year anniversary this month at a lavish event at The Runway Visitor Park in …

News

Mobile telehealth to create ‘doctor in your pocket’ convenience

October 17, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing frost and sullivan, health, telehealth, videoconferencing, wearables

The telehealth industry is on the verge of a dramatic growth surge that is significantly disrupting the healthcare sector in …

News
Glivec image

Novartis cancer drug beating path to NHS

October 17, 2014
Sales and Marketing GIST, Glivec, NHS, NICE, imatinib, uturn

NICE has issued final draft guidance recommending Novartis’s Glivec for up to three years in people who have had a …

News

Four promotions at Red Door Communications

October 17, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Kate Aldous, Katy Pogson, Matt Lowe, Red Door Communications, Sarah Aldridge

Red Door Communications (RDC) has promoted Matt Lowe and Katy Pogson to its board of directors, and Kate Aldous and …

Appointment
Roche image

New cancer drugs escalate Roche earnings

October 16, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Herceptin (trastuzumab), Kadcyla, Perjeta, Q3, Roche, ado-trastuzumab emtansine, pertuzumab

Roche’s sales saw solid growth in the first nine months of the year, increased by the firm’s new cancer medicines. …

News
Astrazeneca's Cambridge Biomedical Campus

AstraZeneca deepens Cambridge ties

October 16, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, CRUK, Cambridge, MRC, MedImmune

AstraZeneca along with its biologics R&D arm MedImmune are to enter into four new collaborations with the University of Cambridge. …

News
Boehringer image

Boehringer and Roche IPF drugs win FDA approval

October 16, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, ERS, Esbriet, FDA, IPF, InterMune, Roche, US, lung scarring, lungs, ofev

The FDA has approved both Roche’s Esbriet (pirfenidone) and Boehringer Ingelheim’s Ofev (nintedanib) for the treatment of the fatal lung …

News

NICE not recommending Dendreon cancer vaccine

October 16, 2014
Sales and Marketing Dendreon, NHS, NICE, Provenge, sipuleucel-T, therapeutic cancer vaccine

NICE has issued preliminary draft guidance not recommending Dendreon’s therapeutic cancer vaccine Provenge for prostate cancer in people whose disease …

News
jackie_scanlan_novo

Novo Nordisk hires human resources VP

October 16, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Jackie Scanlan, Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk has appointed Jackie Scanlan to join its executive team as the corporate vice president of its human resources …

Appointment
Abbvie image

AbbVie reconsiders Shire deal over tax laws

October 15, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Abbott, Obama, Shire, US, mergers, tax

AbbVie will reconsider its planned $54.6 billion takeover of Shire in light of new US proposals designed to curb companies …

News
BT image

BT and Exostar partner on research software

October 15, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BT, cloud, exostar, iam, life sciences, software, workbench

Cloud computing company Exostar has become a partner of BT for Life Sciences, allowing its Identity and Access Management (IAM) …

News
The implantable miniature telescope image

Telescope implant for macular degeneration approved

October 15, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing FDA, VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies, macular degeneration, telescope implant

Medical device development firm VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies has had its implantable miniature telescope for age-related macular degeneration disease approved by …

News
Eisai image

FDA approves Eisai’s chemo side-effects drug

October 15, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Eisai, FDA, Helsinn, akynzeo, chemotherapy, cinv

Eisai and Helsinn Healthcare’s Akynzeo (netupitant/palonosetron) has received FDA approval for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). CINV …

News
ken_sutherland

Scottish Lifesciences Association welcomes chair

October 15, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ken Sutherland, Scottish Lifesciences Association

The Scottish Lifesciences Association has named Dr Ken Sutherland as its new chair. Sutherland joins from Toshiba Medical Visualisation Systems …

Appointment

Have you been tempted to translate online?

October 14, 2014

The need to communicate across the world is growing every day and with it the demand for translation services, particularly …

Feature
Thought Leadership
The Gateway to Local Adoption Series

Latest content

Stage4You encourages stage 4 bowel cancer patients to prioritise mental health ahead of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

March 26, 2026

Scotland starts newborn screening for SMA

March 26, 2026

Secarna appoints Jens Holstein and Richard Mark Engelhard to new Advisory Board

March 25, 2026

Roche adds 2,176 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs to its hybrid-cloud AI factory

March 25, 2026

ReproNovo appoints Mark Altmeyer as Chairman of the Board

March 24, 2026