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Digital Pharma: Online medical information influences treatment

May 5, 2010
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Datapharm, digital patients, patient information

More than half of health searches in the UK result in treatment or management changes, according to new research by …

News

Virgo expands med ed team

May 5, 2010
Medical Communications Virgo, appointment, medical communications

Virgo Health has expanded its medical education offering, appointing Katherine Mantell and Adam Pittard. Katherine joins the agency as editorial …

Appointment

More quality issues dog J&J

May 5, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Johnson & Johnson, manufacturing compliance, recalls

Johnson & Johnson’s manufacturing is under the spotlight at the FDA once again for quality issues affecting its products. At …

News

Oxford BioMedica hopes vaccine first will raise interest

May 5, 2010
Sales and Marketing Dendreon, Oxford BioMedica, Provenge, TroVax

Oxford BioMedica is hoping that the approval of the world’s first immunotherapy cancer vaccine in the US will help it …

News

BMS on tenterhooks over belatacept future

May 4, 2010
Research and Development BMS, belatacept

Bristol-Myers Squibb has been kept on tenterhooks by US regulator the FDA over the future of its investigational kidney transplant …

News

Pfizer still at number 1, but Lipitor to slip

May 4, 2010
Sales and Marketing Humira, Lipitor, Pfizer, sales

New research suggests that the pharma world is going to be shaken up over the next few years – although …

News
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Sanofi’s chief strategic officer to step down

May 4, 2010
Sales and Marketing Sanofi-Aventis, appointment, sales and marketing

Laurence Debroux, chief strategic officer at Sanofi-Aventis, is to leave the company at the end of June. The company said …

Appointment

Chiltern Wins Award at the Inaugural US Pharma Awards Ceremony

May 4, 2010
Research and Development

Glenn Kerkhof, Chiltern CEO, congratulated Kim Todd, Chiltern’s Silver Medal Award Winner in the category of experienced Clinical Research Associate/Site …

News
Press release

EU votes for tighter internet drug regulations

May 4, 2010
Sales and Marketing EU, counterfeits, viagra

The European Parliament has voted to enact stronger legislation against poor quality medicines available on the internet. The move comes …

News

Staff cuts already planned, warns nurses’ leader

May 4, 2010
NHS trusts, election, general election, nurses

The leader of nurses in the UK has warned that NHS trusts around the country are already planning significant job …

News

Contract research news in brief

May 4, 2010
Research and Development Corealis, Norwich Pharma, PPD, PRA, biofocus

Our round-up of developments in the contract research sector includes a new $41m contract for BioFocus, new locations for PPD, …

News

Evotec wins grant to advance H3 receptor antagonist

May 4, 2010
Research and Development CNS, Evotec, MS

Evotec is to receive funding of up to 1.5 million euros from a German government fund to advance its H3 …

News
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Digital Pharma: Bayer expands InBed ED campaign

April 30, 2010
Medical Communications Bayer Schering Pharma, digital pharma, disease awareness campaigns, erectile dysfunction

Bayer Schering Pharma has launched a Spanish version of its InBed erectile dysfunction disease awareness campaign. Under the tagline ‘en la …

News

Colorcon buys French excipients specialist

April 30, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Colorcon, Ethypharm, NP Pharm, contract manufacturing, excipients

US-based Colorcon has acquired excipient specialist NP Pharm, a division of French drugmaker Ethypharm, in order to expand its product portfolio …

News

Shire revenue dips after generic Adderall hit

April 30, 2010
Sales and Marketing Adderall, Fabrazyme, Gaucher's, Shire

Shire’s first quarter revenues fell by 5% after its ADHD treatment Adderall XR succumbed to generic competition from Teva.  This …

News

FDA warns Teva over California plant

April 30, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Teva, manufacturing compliance

Teva has become the latest drugmaker to be rebuked by the FDA for not responding effectively enough to compliance problems …

News

Plavix boosts BMS first quarter figures

April 30, 2010
Sales and Marketing BMS, Plavix

Plavix has boosted Bristol-Myers Squibb’s performance in the first quarter of the year, with sales of the anti-clotting blockbuster up …

News
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Merck separates president role, appoints Kenneth Frazier

April 30, 2010
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck & Co, appointment, manufacturing and production, research and development, sales and marketing

Merck & Co has partially split the joint roles of chairman, chief executive and president currently held by Richard Clark, …

Appointment

Victoza claims head-to-head victory over Januvia

April 29, 2010
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novo, Novo Nordisk, Victoza

Novo Nordisk says its diabetes treatment showed “significant” benefits over Merck’s rival Januvia in a head-to-head trial. Results published in …

News

Investors get green light to continue Merck lawsuit

April 29, 2010
Merck, Vioxx

Investors suing Merck over ‘omissions and misstatements’ relating to its arthritis pain drug Vioxx will be allowed to continue with …

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