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IDEA Pharma appoints account manager

June 9, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing idea, ritacco

IDEA Pharma has hired Rick Ritacco as an account manager to join its New York practice working with the company’s …

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Penn Pharma starts operations

June 9, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing API, Penn Pharma, Wales, manufacturing, south

Penn Pharma has opened its expanded facility in South Wales, after a £3 million investment which will allow it to …

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Pradaxa gets DVT indication

June 6, 2014
Sales and Marketing Boehringer, DVT, Pradaxa, blood, dabigatran etexilate, thinner

Pradaxa has been given approval in Europe to treat deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) just a week …

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Bayer announces more changes at the top

June 6, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Dieter Weinand, Otsuka, dekkers, healthcare

US-based president at Japanese drugmaker Otsuka, Dieter Weinand, is to join Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals as the new head of its …

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Andy Burnham: NHS needs a ‘reset’

June 6, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Hunt, NHS, burnham, confederation, reset

The NHS must be ‘reset’ in order to make it into a 21st century health service, according to shadow health …

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Skills crisis looming in pharma, says report

June 6, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Jobs, career, life sciences, medcity, pharma, skills

 More than half of life sciences employers expect to face a serious shortage of experienced job applicants in the coming …

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RSA appoints US business lead



June 6, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing mccabe, molloy, rsa

Life sciences recruitment firm RSA has confirmed the appointment of Elizabeth McCabe as its head of RSA North America.  With …

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EMA accepts Boehringer IPF drug

June 6, 2014
Sales and Marketing Boehringer, EMA, IPF, inpulsis, lung, nintedanib

Boehringer Ingelheim has moved a step closer to getting its investigational treatment nintedanib approved in Europe for a potentially fatal …

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Novo cleared in complaints case

June 5, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, Novo Nordisk, PMCPA, complaints

Novo Nordisk has been cleared completely of any wrongdoing over a complaint about three of its employees in relation to …

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AbbVie expands Sligo plant

June 5, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Ireland, Sligo, manufacturing

AbbVie has officially opened its expanded manufacturing plant in Sligo, Ireland. The US company has put €85 million into the …

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Kymab makes two senior appointments

June 5, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing arkinstall, clark, kymab

Cambridge-based biopharma firm Kymab has hired Steve 
Arkinstall as a chief scientific officer, and Nigel Clark as VP 
and head …

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NHS Confederation: ‘ring-fence NHS funding’

June 5, 2014
Sales and Marketing Mid Staffs, NHS Confederation, Rob webster, UK

The boss of the NHS Confederation has challenged political parties to ring-fence NHS funding for the next ten years. Rob …

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Robert Francis QC joins Care Quality Commission

June 4, 2014
Sales and Marketing Hunt, Mid Staffs, NHS, UK, rew, robert francis

Robert Francis QC is to join health watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as a non-executive director.  Francis will be …

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Apple follows Samsung into e-health

June 4, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, Samsung, digital, healthkit, ios8, wearable

Apple has followed Samsung into the e-health arena by unveiling HealthKit, a new platform that allows users to pool their …

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Bayer’s chief executive to step down in 2016

June 4, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Germany, Marijn Dekkers

Marijn Dekkers the chief executive of German pharma firm Bayer has set his departure date to the end of 2016. …

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Lilly the latest to open up data

June 4, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Goldacre, NHS, alltrials, data, lilly, transparency, trials

Eli Lilly is to begin sharing its clinical trial data with scientific researchers through a website housing information from several …

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New chief scientific officer for Pfizer

June 4, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Morris Birnbaum, Pfizer

Dr Morris Birnbaum has joined Pfizer as its chief scientific officer for cardiovascular and metabolic disease research. Based in Cambridge …

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Merck drug shines at ASCO

June 4, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, Cancer, FDA, MK-3475, Merck, melanoma

Merck has shown off one of its investigative cancer drug’s impressive results in advanced head and neck cancer at ASCO …

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Health select committee chairman resigns

June 3, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Conservative, NHS, Stephen Dorrell, health secretary, lankly, reforms

The Conservative MP for Charnwood Stephen Dorrell who has chaired the health select committee since 2010, has resigned.  The unexpected …

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China manufacturing slips in May

June 3, 2014
Manufacturing and Production China, hsbc, manufacturing, pmi

Activity in China’s manufacturing sector slipped slightly in May, according to figures from HSBC, with the bank suggesting that the …

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