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NuCana appoints chief medical officer

June 23, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing martin birkhofer, nucana

Scottish clinical stage biopharma firm Nucana has appointed Dr Martin Birkhofer as its chief medical officer. Birkhofer, an oncologist by training, …

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Google backs Oxford Sciences Innovation

June 22, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Oxford, Oxford Sciences Innovation, google, ventures

Google has invested into a company that funds spinoffs from Oxford University’s technology and science departments called Oxford Sciences Innovation …

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Eisai earns FDA nod for Fycompa

June 22, 2015
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The FDA has expanded the patient groups for whom Eisai’s epilepsy drug Fycompa is available to include people who have …

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GCI Health makes team changes

June 22, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GCI Health, caryl johns, claire martin, helen khan, laura starr

Healthcare comms agency GCI Health has promoted Claire Martin to associate director and Laura Starr to associate director and head …

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Overcoming barriers in rare diseases

June 22, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BIA, NHS, Shire, bates, government, nps, rare diseases

In recent months the focus on the need to develop new drugs and fund new treatments for rare diseases has …

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Sun Pharma sacks 18 Ranbaxy executives

June 19, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Daiichi, India, Ranbaxy, Sun Pharma, brett wells

Sun Pharma has asked 18 executives to leave the company who were previously a part of Ranbaxy, the firm it …

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£15.8 million UK haul of fake drugs

June 19, 2015
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Counterfeit and unlicensed medicines and devices worth £15.8 million have been seized in the UK as part of a global …

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Health wearable Fitbit leads the market

June 19, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, brett wells, digital, fitbit, health, watch, wearables

Health and fitness wearable device Fitbit has beaten expectations as the company’s shares soar following its first day of trading …

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Zeus Capital names healthcare finance lead

June 19, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing phil walker, zeus capital

Investment banking boutique Zeus Capital is increasing its healthcare sector team by hiring Phil Walker to head the firm’s healthcare …

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NICE wants more answers from Gilead on Zydelig

June 18, 2015
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has not recommended Gilead’s leukaemia drug Zydelig in draft guidance.  But the …

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EU approval for new Sanofi, Merck vaccine

June 18, 2015
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Sanofi and Merck are looking forward to a successor to their blockbuster Gardasil now that the European Commission has granted …

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No ‘Plan B’ for Obamacare

June 18, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ACT, Medicaid, Medicare, Obama, Obamacare, patient protection

US president Barack Obama has no ‘Plan B’ if a crucial Supreme Court vote in the next fortnight goes against …

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NHS England unveils digital roadmap

June 17, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing GP, HSCIC, NHS, NIB, brett wells, choices, digital, wearables

NHS England has laid out digital technology plans that it says will completely transform services and improve health outcomes using …

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AZ takes manufacturing head from Merck

June 17, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Pam Cheng has joined AstraZeneca from Merck to be its executive vice president of operations and IT. Cheng succeeds David …

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GSK ploughs $95m into research institute

June 17, 2015
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GlaxoSmithKline is pouring $95 million into a new US research institute to investigate how a cell’s operating system works in …

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Immodulon Therapeutics makes two senior hires

June 17, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Immodulon Therapeutics

UK late-stage biopharma firm Immodulon Therapeutics has made two new senior appointments to its board of directors.  Investment fund manager …

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Actavis changes its name to Allergan

June 16, 2015
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Actavis has now officially changed its name to Allergan following the Ireland-based company’s recent acquisition of the botox maker. This …

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Pfizer expands in China with $95m consumer products plant

June 16, 2015
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Pfizer says it has broken ground with a $95 million production facility in Suzhou in China to expand its production …

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FDA links with PatientsLikeMe

June 16, 2015
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The US Food and Drug Administration has signed a research deal with PatientsLikeMe in a move the online patient network …

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Rock Unlimited appoints director

June 16, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ben fisher, rock unlimited

Communications firm Rock Unlimited has appointed a new director to its team in Ben Fisher. Fisher takes to the firm …

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