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Phase Forward buys Covance unit for $10m

July 21, 2009
Research and Development CRO, Phase Forward

US clinical data management specialist Phase Forward is planning to get bigger in interactive response technologies (IRT) via a $10 …

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Nycomed to invest in Russian manufacturing facility

July 21, 2009
Manufacturing and Production Nycomed, Russia

Swiss pharmaceutical company Nycomed is already a big player in the Russian drug market, and looks set to consolidate that …

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Awards for Mother Advertising and Langland

July 20, 2009
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Best of Health, IPA, advertising

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Roche eyes expanded colon cancer label for Xeloda

July 20, 2009
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Roche, Xeloda

Roche is set to expand Xeloda's colon cancer indication, after a new combination of the drug was shown to increase …

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Tonic to join Huntsworth group as global PR brand

July 20, 2009
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Huntsworth, Tonic

Independent public relations and communications agency Tonic has been acquired by the Huntsworth group.The Huntsworth group has grown rapidly over …

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Jubilant makes solid start to fiscal 2010

July 20, 2009
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Jubilant

Indian contract research and manufacturing services company Jubilant Organosys shrugged off the effects of the economic downturn with a buoyant …

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Drug repositioning a ‘key strategy’ for pharma

July 17, 2009
Research and Development Datamonitor, strategy

With increased investment in R&D largely failing to fill drug development pipelines, the pharma industry is looking to get more …

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The Trillion Dollar Project: US healthcare reform begins

July 17, 2009
Sales and Marketing Obama, US, healthcare, reform

The battle to determine how the US healthcare system will be reformed is heating up, with dozens of interest groups …

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Merck signs anticoagulant collaboration

July 17, 2009
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck, cv

Merck has continued the trend of big pharma companies signing on the dotted line with small biotech outfits in a …

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Bayer to launch OTC omeprazole in Germany

July 17, 2009
Sales and Marketing Bayer, OTC

Bayer Vital, the marketing arm of Bayer HealthCare, is to launch the proton pump inhibitor omeprazole as an over-the-counter heartburn …

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Effient approved in US

July 17, 2009
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Daiichi Sankyo, Effient, US, lilly

Lilly and Daaichi-Sankyo have gained US approval of their new blood clotting treatment Effient, but hopes of strong sales are …

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Depakote’s decline depresses Abbott

July 16, 2009
Sales and Marketing Abbott

A rapid drop in sales for epilepsy drug Depakote cast a shadow over second quarter results from Abbott Laboratories. While …

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Rheumatoid arthritis delays criticised

July 16, 2009
Sales and Marketing NHS, RA

An official report into the treatment of people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has criticised a lack of co-ordination between different …

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Health minister Lord Darzi resigns

July 16, 2009
NHS, healthcare

Lord Darzi has quit his high-profile role as health minister in order to concentrate on his patients, and will in …

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NICE bypassed in radical innovation boost

July 16, 2009
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Blueprint, NICE, hta

Ministers have sidestepped NICE in their bid to boost innovation in life sciences, and said certain medicines can made available …

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Oxford BioMedica encouraged by phase I/II Parkinson’s trial

July 15, 2009
Research and Development Oxford BioMedica, Prosavin

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Marketers turn their hand to sails at Regatta

July 15, 2009
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing event, pm society, sailing

The sixth annual PM Society Sailing Regatta got off to a crashing start last month, with fine weather conditions and …

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Poor antigen yields limiting H1N1 vaccine supplies, says WHO

July 15, 2009
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development h1n1, vaccines

Inadequate production capacity means that the poorest countries in the world will be denied access to vaccines for H1N1 influenza, …

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BMS launches cancer website

July 15, 2009
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing BMS, Cancer, digi

Bristol-Myers Squibb has launched a new website for sufferers of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML), a cancer of the blood. MyCMLCare.com …

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Blueprint to fast track innovative drugs and devices

July 14, 2009
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Blueprint, NHS

A new 'Blueprint' to put innovation at the heart of the NHS and help support the UK life sciences sector …

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