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Police raid Novartis Tokyo office

February 20, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Diovan, Japan, Novartis, tokyo

Authorities in Japan have raided the premises of Novartis’ Tokyo operation as part of an ongoing investigation into the promotion …

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Apple files healthcare tech headphones

February 20, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, Samsung, iwatch, technology, wearable

A recently-published Apple patent has shed light on a new health-monitoring device that will be built into a pair of …

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RSA appoints director of Information

February 20, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Claes Zackrisson, rsa

Life sciences executive search and interim management firm RSA has appointed Claes Zackrisson as its first director of information. Zackrisson …

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Servier signs leukaemia deal

February 19, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Servier, UCART19, car, cellectis, leaukaemia

French firms Servier and small biopharma cancer specialist Cellectis have signed a deal to develop and commercialise one drug targeting …

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Boehringer in hot water over Pradaxa risks

February 19, 2014
Sales and Marketing Boehringer, Pradaxa, Xarelto, dabigatran, lawsuit

Boehringer Ingelheim attempted to delay and revise the publication of important drug information surrounding its new anticoagulant Pradaxa. This is …

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Vimizin shown green light

February 19, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BioMarin, FDA, congenital enzyme disorder, vimizin

Regulators have shown the green light to BioMarin Pharmaceutical’s Vimizim as a treatment for a rare enzyme deficiency which affects …

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NHS England delays patient data roll-out

February 19, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing England, HSCIC, NHS, care data, care.data, data, patients

The giant NHS database that could allow pharma firms to buy into patient records will now not be launched until …

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EMA hires Accenture IT head

February 19, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Dina Tsiambaou, EMA, IT

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has welcomed Dina Tsiambaou as the new head of its Information Technology department. Tsiambaou joins …

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Forest sold to Actavis for $25 billion

February 18, 2014
Sales and Marketing Actavis, CNS, Forest, acquisition, labs, merger, synergy

The rumours of a substantial deal for Forest have been proven true after Actavis announced this afternoon that it will …

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Bayer ‘disappointed’ with FDA

February 18, 2014
Sales and Marketing ACS, Bayer, Xarelto, blood, rivaroxaban

Bayer HealthCare has expressed its dismay after the Food and Drug Administration once again rejected further indications for the company’s …

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FDA seeks more specialisation in agency structure

February 18, 2014
Manufacturing and Production FDA, GMP, ORA, fdasia, hamburg, opq, ufi

An internal review of the US Food and Drug Administration has concluded that the agency needs to restructure its compliance …

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GSK starts rare blood trial

February 18, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, blood, mepolizumab

GlaxoSmithKline has begun a Phase III study to look at mepolizumab in a rare condition characterised by vasculitis – widespread …

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German law could see pharma discounts published

February 18, 2014
Sales and Marketing AMNOG, Germany, IMS, NICE, prices

Pharma companies are apprehensive about German lawmakers opening Pandora’s Box this week if they go ahead with plans to publish …

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Drug sellers charged for smuggling cancer drugs into US

February 18, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Cancer, FDA, US, smuggling

Two individuals in the US have been prosecuted for smuggling adulterated and misbranded prescription cancer treatments from Turkey and other …

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Genes in Space – you don’t need a lab coat to cure cancer

February 18, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing CRUK, Cancer, app, digital, games, genes in space

As the UK’s leading cancer research charity launches a new gaming app for smartphones, Pharmafile talks to CRUK about just …

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EFPIA appoints comms head from Lilly

February 18, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EFPIA, English, liam, lilly

The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) has hired its new comms director from Eli Lilly. Liam English …

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Jazz Pharma chooses Ireland for first facility

February 17, 2014
Manufacturing and Production API, Ireland, azur, jazz pharma

Jazz Pharmaceuticals will build its first in-house manufacturing facility in Ireland after years of relying on outsourcing to meet its …

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Pharma manufacturing news in brief

February 17, 2014
Manufacturing and Production Advaxis, Alexion, Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing, Catalent, Hospira, Shire

Hospira has made significant progress in restoring quality compliance at its facilities in Rocky Mount and Austin, which were the …

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Novartis pays out for US biotech

February 17, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Novartis, Vaccine, costim pharmaceuticals

Novartis is looking to shore up its cancer immunotherapy pipeline with the purchase of oncology specialist CoStim Pharmaceuticals. The Cambridge, …

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Aveo and Astellas part ways

February 17, 2014
Sales and Marketing Astellas, Aveo, Boehringer, EMA, tivozanib

Aveo Oncology and Astellas Pharma are to abandon their three-year old collaboration and licence agreement for investigational tyrosine kinase inhibitor …

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