Brecon appoints Nycomed’s Dr Herbert Pomper

June 14, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Brecon, appointment, manufacturing and production

Packaging and clinical supply services company Brecon Pharmaceuticals has appointed Dr Herbert Pomper to the newly created role of associate …

Doctors.net.uk appoints Gareth Thomas

June 14, 2010
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing appointment, doctors.net, medical communications, sales and marketing

Gareth Thomas has joined UK online medical professional network Doctors.net.uk as international development director.

Implementing value-based pricing in the UK

June 14, 2010
Sales and Marketing hta, pricing, value

The UK has a strong history of innovation in medicines and it is vital to the economy that this continues …

GSK-funded project will print APIs onto tablets

June 14, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development GlaxoSmithKline, manufacturing, production, tablets

Researchers at GlaxoSmithKline and two UK universities are working on a technology that could allow active pharmaceutical ingredients to be …

NHS Direct

Digital Pharma: NHS Direct pilots online treatment aids

June 11, 2010
Medical Communications NHS, NHS Direct, osteoporosis, patient information, prostate cancer

NHS Direct is piloting online decision aids to help patients suffering from osteoporosis or prostate cancer make informed healthcare choices. …

Virgo wins Risperdal UK account

June 11, 2010
Medical Communications Janssen, Open Road, Risperdal, Virgo

Janssen-Cilag has called in Virgo Health and Open Road to help boost the fortunes of its injectable antipsychotic drug Risperdal …

Laboratorios Phoenix

GSK acquires Argentine pharma firm

June 11, 2010
Sales and Marketing Argentina, GlaxoSmithKline, Latin America, em

GlaxoSmithKline has acquired a leading Argentine pharma firm Laboratorios Phoenix in a move to make further inroads into Latin America. …

BMS factory closure could interrupt HIV drug supply

June 11, 2010
Manufacturing and Production BMS, HIV, manufacturing, supply chain

Closure of a manufacturing facility in France operated by Bristol-Myers Squibb could lead to shortages of an important treatment for …

Gilenia on track to become first oral MS drug

June 11, 2010
Sales and Marketing Gilenia, MS

Novartis’ oral MS therapy Gilenia has been boosted by an FDA committee’s unanimous recommendation for its approval. The drug is …

Dr. Panos Tsintis joins NDA

June 11, 2010

NDA, the leading European regulatory affairs consulting group, appoints Dr Panos Tsintis to its expanding panel of experts – the …

Chiltern Launches Collaborative Technologies

June 11, 2010
Research and Development

Glenn Kerkhof, Chiltern CEO, commented, “A key benefit of Collaborative Technologies is the immediate access to current study information which …

PFI schemes should be cut first, say doctors

June 11, 2010
NHS, NHS funding

The British Medical Association has put forward its own suggestions about how the NHS can save money, and says private …

Publicis Life Brands Resolute promotes Jenny Plant

June 11, 2010
Medical Communications Resolute, appointment, medical communications, publicis

Jenny Plant has been promoted to general manager of Publicis Life Brands Resolute, the coms agency formed through Publicis’ recent …

The Research Partnership makes global appointments

June 11, 2010
Sales and Marketing The Research Partnership, appointment, sales and marketing

Market research firm The Research Partnership has made two appointments to its global network of offices. Philippe Pouliot has been …

Zactima promising in rare thyroid cancer

June 11, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, thyroid cancer, zactima

AstraZeneca’s Zactima (vandetanib) will be filed with regulators later this year as a treatment for thyroid cancer after promising results. …

Stem cells and patents: a potent mix

June 10, 2010
Research and Development Stem cells, stem cell

In recent years, there has been much debate about whether or not the use of stem cells in medical research …

Genzyme

Genzyme and Icahn agree compromise deal

June 10, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Genzyme

Carl Icahn has won his battle with Genzyme to have his associates given a place on the company’s board.The US …

Study re-opens debate about pharma chemicals in wastewater

June 10, 2010
Manufacturing and Production manufacturing, manufacturing compliance

Wastewater from pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities is a major source of drug compounds in the environment, according to a new study …

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Digital Pharma: Online clinical collaboration

June 10, 2010
Research and Development biomarkers, digital doctors, digital pharma research, proteomic

A new online educational resource will offer researchers across the medical community access to peer-reviewed information on biomarkers. The portal …

NICE rejects GSK’s Revolade

June 10, 2010
Sales and Marketing ITP, NICE, Revolade

NICE has rejected GlaxoSmithKline’s Revolade saying in draft guidance that the blood disorder drug’s benefits were unclear. The watchdog assessed …

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