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ASCO 2014: Cancer immune therapy race heats up

May 15, 2014
2014, ASCO, AZ, BMS, Cancer, Merck, Roche, chicago

A number of major players in oncology are set to showcase rival immunotherapy data at this year’s American Society of …

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AstraZeneca lung cancer data reveals promise

May 15, 2014
Sales and Marketing ASCO, AstraZeneca, NSCLC, azd0291, lung cancer

AstraZeneca has released promising data in a lung cancer trial with one of its investigational drugs, AZD9291, which has breakthrough …

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Scrap ‘iniquitous and outdated’ NHS prescription charges

May 15, 2014
Sales and Marketing BMJ, NHS, charges, dab, drugs, prescription

The NHS prescription charge is iniquitous and outdated and needs to be scrapped, according to an editorial in the Drug …

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K-V Pharmaceutical hires head of women’s healthcare

May 15, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing KV, paul williams

K-V Pharmaceutical (KV) has hired industry veteran and former Actavis head Paul Williams to lead its women’s healthcare division.  Williams …

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MedImmune signs Incyte oncology deal

May 15, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, Incyte, MedImmune, oncology

MedImmune, the global biologics R&D arm of AstraZeneca, is to put one of its oncology immunotherapies into development in combination …

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Pfizer: ‘fewer scientists’ after merger

May 14, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Read, Soriot, UK, Willetts, merger, takeover

Pfizer’s proposed takeover of AstraZeneca would result in there being fewer scientists from both companies in the UK than currently …

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More late-stage anguish for GSK heart drug

May 14, 2014
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GlaxoSmithKline’s experimental heart drug darapladib has failed to meet its primary endpoint in a Phase III trial for the second …

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GSK China head arrested over bribery charges

May 14, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, bribery, pharma, reilly

A British man who headed-up GlaxoSmithKline’s troubled China business has been charged with two other executives on charges of bribery …

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Pfizer grilled by MPs – but AZ revelations shock

May 14, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AZ, Pfizer, committee, merger, takeover

The two chiefs of AstraZeneca and Pfizer went head-to-head with MPs yesterday fighting their own corners in what is an …

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Just:: appoints digital specialist

May 14, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Daniel Prideaux, Just, Just::, digital

Just:: Health Communications has hired Daniel Prideaux to head-up its digital offering.  Prideaux joins from DigitasLBi and previously worked at …

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NICE: no early Zytiga use

May 14, 2014
Sales and Marketing Cancer, Janssen, NHS, NICE, Zytiga, johnson, prostate

Janssen has criticised NICE’s decision not to recommend Zytiga on the NHS at an earlier stage in the prostate cancer …

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Toshiba creates disease diagnosis tool

May 13, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Disease, Japan, breath analyser, toshiba

Japan’s multinational electronics firm Toshiba has developed a breath-analysing prototype system that it says can be used to diagnose diseases.  …

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Teva considers up to 27 plant closures

May 13, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Copaxone, Nerventra, Teva, cuts, generics

Teva is to close 11 of its production sites, with another 16 facilities ‘under evaluation’, as part of a major …

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Valeant ‘substantially undervalues’ Allergan

May 13, 2014
Sales and Marketing Allergan, Botox, Pfizer, Valeant, buyout, merger

Allergan’s board has issued a defiant, unanimous rejection of the multi-billion dollar takeover offer made public by Valeant last month. In …

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Ranbaxy woes hit profits

May 13, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Q1, Ranbaxy, Sun Pharma, manufacturing, recall

Indian generics maker Ranbaxy Laboratories has slipped up in the first quarter of the year, with profit sliding to 0.3 …

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Biotec hires non-executive director

May 13, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Biotec, ashley cooper

Logistics services firm Biotec Services International has expanded its board with the appointment of a non-executive director. Joining the UK-headquartered …

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Poll: UK opposed to Pfizer takeover bid of AZ

May 13, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cameron, Pfizer, UK, buyout, merger, research

The UK’s largest union says a new poll shows that the vast majority of the British public are against Pfizer’s …

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SHL to attend the 2014 PDA Japan: A collaborative approach to developing combination products

May 13, 2014
Medical Communications auto injector, autoinjectors, pda japan 2014, pen injector, shl pda 2014

Tokyo, Japan – SHL, the world’s largest privately-owned designer, developer and manufacturer of advanced drug delivery devices, announced today that …

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‘Star Wars’ robot arm approved by FDA

May 12, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing FDA, arm, deka arm system, luke, star wars

The FDA has approved a first of its kind robotic arm that can be used to make complex tasks far …

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Boehringer launches new transparency regime

May 12, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, LEO Pharma, all trials, csr, transparency

Boehringer is making good on its 2013 promise to release more clinical trial data to researchers with the launch of …

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