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August 5, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Fresenius Kabi, Gallus, NextPharma Technologies, PharmaForm, Sanofie Chimie, uniQure

New contracts for Sanofi and Gallus, Fresenius Kabi sacks Indian managers, facility news from UniQure and Nextpharma plus BiG’s acquisition …

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FDA ‘lacks authority to oversee compounding pharmacies’

August 2, 2013
Manufacturing and Production FDA, GAO, NECC, Taylor

The US Food and Drug Administration lacks the power to properly regulate compounding pharmacies, according to a new Government Accounting …

News

Seroquel loss hits AstraZeneca

August 2, 2013
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Q2, Seroquel, symbicourt

Loss of exclusivity on brands such as the antipsychotic Seroquel IR helped put a $500 million dent in AstraZeneca’s performance …

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Hill+Knowlton Strategies hires director

August 2, 2013
Medical Communications Hill+Knowlton Strategies, hicks

Hill+Knowlton Strategies (H+K) has increased the size of its healthcare team with the appointment of Mary Hicks as a director. …

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Targeted radiotherapy from 2018

August 2, 2013
Sales and Marketing Cameron, NHS, proton beam

Proton beam therapy, a targeted form of radiotherapy, is to be available at hospitals in Manchester and London from 2018 …

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Sanofi makes two new senior hires

August 2, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi

Sanofi has announced the appointments of Carsten Hellmann and David Meeker to its executive committee team. Hellmann (pictured) joins Sanofi …

Appointment
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Merck, Hedinger first suppliers certified under excipient scheme

August 1, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Merck, Merck KGaA

Merck KGaA’s EMD Millipore unit and fellow German firm Hedinger have become the first two excipient suppliers to be certified …

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Actelion to buy Ceptaris

August 1, 2013
Sales and Marketing Actelion, FDA, ceptaris, valchlor

The US arm of Swiss speciality pharma group Actelion is in line to pay $250 million to buy private firm …

News
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AstraZeneca signs $350m kidney deal

August 1, 2013
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, CKD, fibrogen, kidney

AstraZeneca has signed a deal with private biotech company FibroGen to develop a novel compound aimed at treating anaemia associated …

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Sanofi sales slide on patent cliff woes

August 1, 2013
Sales and Marketing Aprovel, Plavix, Q2, Sanofi

Sanofi has been hit by generic erosion for key drugs in the second quarter, but the firm is confident it …

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Internis hires Sandoz’ Paul Tredwell as COO

August 1, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Internis, Tredwell

Developer and supplier of bone disorder treatments Internis Pharmaceuticals has appointed Paul Tredwell as chief operating officer. Tredwell will report …

Appointment

Pharma excipients ‘may affect gastrointestinal tract’, says study

July 31, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Taylor, excipients

Excipients used in oral solid dosage forms are typically considered to be inert, but researchers in Japan have found they …

News
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Lipitor competition holds Pfizer back

July 31, 2013
Sales and Marketing Lipitor, Pfizer, Prevnar, Q2

Pfizer’s revenues in the second quarter of 2013 fell 7% year-on-year, in part due to the loss of patent in …

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Merck sees sales dip

July 31, 2013
Sales and Marketing Merck, Q2, Singulair, sales

A catastrophic decline in sales of asthma medicine Singulair is among the key reasons why Merck’s pharma revenue fell 12% …

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UK life sciences gains £93 million backing

July 31, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BIA, DMD, life sciences

The UK life sciences sector has been given a new £93.2 million package of support by the government to help …

News
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MHRA appoints three directors to its Board

July 31, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing DoH, MHRA

The Department of Health has announced that three new non-executive directors are joining the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency. …

Appointment
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BMS taps Samsung for antibody manufacturing

July 30, 2013
Manufacturing and Production BMS, Samsung, antibody

Bristol-Myers Squibb has given signed a 10-year contract with South Korea’s Samsung BioLogics for the manufacture of one of its …

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Adderall hits Shire sales

July 30, 2013
Sales and Marketing Adderall, Shire, Vyvanse, ldx

Falling sales of Adderall XR have hit Shire in the second quarter of the year, with the ADHD drug dropping …

News

January deadline for Pfizer restructure

July 30, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pfizer, patent, restructure

Pfizer is to restructure operations from January 2014 in a bid to make its business more responsive to patient and …

News
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Nearly all UK men survive testicular cancer

July 30, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Survival for testicular cancer has risen by almost 30% in the last 40 years, with nearly all men now beating …

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