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Drug giants team up for Alzheimer’s

February 5, 2014
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The top US medical research agency has brought together a ‘dream team’ of big pharma partners to help battle against …

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Laird chief executive takes up key innovation role





February 5, 2014
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David Lockwood OBE has been appointed to an influential business innovation role in the UK as non-executive chair of the …

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Three new entries to Cancer Drugs Fund

February 5, 2014
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Three drugs – Roche’s Kadcyla, Bayer’s Xofigo and GlaxoSmithKline’s Tafinlar – have been added to England’s Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF). …

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Cancer Research UK turns to gamification with app

February 4, 2014
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Cancer Research UK has launched a new citizen science game aimed at helping its scientists discover new cures for cancer. …

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New Ashfield unit to meet pharma’s challenges

February 4, 2014
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Ashfield healthcare has created a new division to integrate its eight units into one business area offering in an effort …

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Pfizer breast cancer drug shows promise

February 4, 2014
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Pfizer’s experimental breast cancer drug palbociclib has successfully extended progression-free survival in a Phase II trial.  The pill was administered …

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Biogen Idec’s MS drug gets European approval

February 4, 2014
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Biogen Idec’s oral multiple sclerosis drug Tecfidera has won approval in Europe as a first-line treatment for people with relapsing-remitting …

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AstraZeneca ‘simplifies decision-making’

February 4, 2014
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, BMS, Byetta, Forxiga, Onglyza, diabetes

AstraZeneca has completed its $4.3 billion acquisition of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s diabetes business, giving the company control over several big-name brands …

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Sir Michael Parkinson criticises NICE

February 4, 2014
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TV host Sir Michael Parkinson has told NICE that it must lift the restrictions imposed on Astellas’ new prostate cancer …

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Sartorius hires laboratory manager

February 4, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Michael Melingo, satorius

Lab and technology firm Sartorius has appointed Michael Melingo to be its laboratory manager. Melingo is to succeed Dominique Baly …

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Roche: NICE guidance ‘perverse’

February 4, 2014
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Roche has poured scorn on NICE’s ‘perverse’ recommendation that its EGFR-TK inhibitor Tarceva should no longer be given to NHS …

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J&J reveals more on transparency policy

February 3, 2014
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Johnson & Johnson’s pharma subsidiary Janssen has given Pharmafile more details on its new transparency policy, which will see both …

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AbbVie ‘pleased’ with first year

February 3, 2014
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Rheumatoid arthritis treatment Humira – as expected – has driven AbbVie in its first year as a standalone company, accounting …

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Scotland reforms will see drug access improve

February 3, 2014
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Scotland is set to overhaul its medicines access system after complaints from charities and interest groups that patients have been …

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Teva/VCCP on top at PM Society ad awards

February 3, 2014
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Teva and its agency partner VCCP took home the most wins from this year’s PM Society Advertising Awards that featured …

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Cancer Drugs Fund: assessing a difficult legacy

February 3, 2014
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England’s Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) is very good at creating division: its lobbyists say that it increases access to new …

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Novo Nordisk makes Eddie Williams senior VP

February 3, 2014
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Novo Nordisk has promoted Eddie Williams to the position of senior vice president of its biopharmaceuticals unit. Williams brings three …

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Sanofi files Lilly lawsuit

February 3, 2014
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A row which has been brewing between Sanofi and Eli Lilly & Company has now erupted with the French manufacturer …

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UK invests in Oxford bioscience site

January 31, 2014
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The government is putting £7 million into Milton Park, near Oxford, to boost the building of a new laboratory and …

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Nintendo plans new healthcare venture

January 31, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing digital, games, healthcare, nintendo, wii

Console giant Nintendo has confirmed that it is about to set up a new healthcare business separate from its entertainment …

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