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Lonza wields axe at US facility

August 28, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Lonza, cuts

Swiss contract manufacturer Lonza has said it will start cutting staffing levels at its US facility in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, next …

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Regulators produce QbD report

August 28, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing EMA, FDA, QbD

European and US regulators have published the first fruits of their collaboration on assessing measures to ensure drugs are manufactured …

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‘Inequality’ for Welsh cancer patients

August 28, 2013
Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, England, NHS, NICE, Wales

Cancer sufferers in England are four times more likely to receive newer treatments on the NHS than patients in Wales, …

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Shire and Santaris extend rare disease alliance

August 28, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Locked Nucleic Acid, Santaris, Shire, rare disease

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Nexavar gains FDA ‘speed lane’ status for thyroid cancer

August 28, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amgen, Nexavar, Onyx

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PPD appoints David Johnston as executive vice president

August 28, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing PPD, david johnston

Contract research organisation PPD has appointed Dr David Johnston as executive vice president of global laboratory services. Johnston will direct …

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FDA warns Fresenius Kabi over plant problems

August 27, 2013
Manufacturing and Production FDA, Fresenius, kabi, recall

German drugmaker Fresenius has been sent another warning letter by the US Food and Drug Administration, this time for a …

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New ovarian cancer screening shows promise

August 27, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ovarian cancer, screening

A new screening process for ovarian cancer is showing encouraging results, according to researchers in the US. In a trial …

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Novartis R&D: looking for the ‘Sweet Spot’

August 27, 2013
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novartis, R&D, Vasella

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AstraZeneca buys cancer specialist

August 27, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amplimmune, AstraZeneca, Cancer, MedImmune

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Amgen buys Onyx for $10.4 billion

August 27, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amgen, Kyprolis, Onyx

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GSK Crohn’s disease pill fails in Phase III

August 27, 2013
Sales and Marketing GSK, vercirnon

A late-stage trial of GlaxoSmithKline’s investigational Crohn’s disease drug failed to benefit patients. The SHIELD-1 study was investigating vercirnon – …

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AML-related revenues to nearly triple by 2017

August 26, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing GlobalData, acute myeloid leukaemia

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Pharma slow to adopt third-party certification?

August 23, 2013
Manufacturing and Production API, CPhI, manufacturing

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Skin cancer death 70% more likely in men than women

August 23, 2013
Sales and Marketing CRUK, melanoma, skin cancer

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Facebook ‘promotes unhappiness’ says study

August 23, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Facebook, Plos One

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Portland Health makes two new appointments

August 23, 2013
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Portland Health

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Doctor questions FDA’s diet drug approvals

August 23, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMJ, Belviq, EMA, FDA, Vivus, diet pills, obesity

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Lilly drawn into China bribery scandal

August 22, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, Sanofi, bribery, corruption, lilly, payments

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Boehringer celebrates 50,000 Facebook ‘likes’

August 22, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Boehringer Ingelheim, Facebook, Janssen, Psoriasis 360, likes

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