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Curemark announces executive promotions

July 18, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Curemark

Curemark has announced the appointment of Matthew Heil to the position of chief scientific officer.  Currently, Dr Heil is serving …

Conatus appoints Corporate Development head

July 18, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Conatus, emricasan

Conatus Pharmaceuticals has announced the appointment of Daniel Ripley as head of Corporate Development. Ripley will lead the commercialisation strategy …

‘Golden parachute’ for AZ’s David Brennan

July 17, 2012
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, David Brennan, GMB

David Brennan, the former chief executive of AstraZeneca, could receive more than £4million as a payout after being ousted from …

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EMA appoints head of International and European Co-operation

July 17, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA

The European Medicines Agency has appointed Emer Cooke as Head of International and European Co-operation. The International and European Co-operation …

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Glaxo seals $3 billion acquisition of HGS

July 17, 2012
Business Services, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Benlysta, GSK, Human Genome Sciences, R&D

GlaxoSmithKline has finally sealed the acquisition of Human Genome Sciences, the company with which it co-markets lupus treatment Benlysta.  The …

Spink expands ethical health team

July 17, 2012
Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Spink

Communications firm Spink has strengthened its ethical division with three appointments to work on its healthcare portfolio.  Account director Martha …

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Spanish API supplier Ercros warned by FDA

July 17, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Ercros, FDA, GMP

Spanish chemical supplier Ercros SA has been sent a warning letter from the FDA after an inspection picked up a …

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BMS unveils $165m expansion in Puerto Rico

July 17, 2012
Manufacturing and Production BMS, Puerto Rico, diabetes, manufacturing

A facility operated by Bristol-Myers Squibb in Puerto Rico stands to benefit from a $165 million investment programme that will …

Fishawack Group boosts client service team

July 16, 2012
Business Services, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Fishawhack, Med Comms

The Fishawack Group of companies has appointed Glenn Wilson (pictured), Sissy Easo-Joseph and Anna Timbrell to client service positions across …

Huge increase in emerging market spending to lift pharma

July 16, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, IMS, emerging markets, pharmerging

The global pharmaceutical market is set to return to stronger growth of 5-7% by 2016, according to a new forecast. …

GSK and Theravance file COPD drug

July 16, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, GSK, Relovair, Revlar, Spiriva, Theravance

GlaxoSmithKline and US biopharma firm Theravance have submitted their investigational chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) drug to regulators in Europe …

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GSK launches Olympics drug test adverts

July 16, 2012
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing GSK, London 2012, Olympics, doping

GlaxoSmithKline has launched a UK advertising campaign to celebrate the role anti-doping science will play in keeping the Games as …

AZ sets up Alzheimer’s research collaborative

July 13, 2012
Research and Development Alzheimer's, AstraZeneca, neuroscience

AstraZeneca and Dr Steven Paul of Weill Cornell Medical College have unveiled a new research alliance that brings four leading …

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AstraZeneca buys neuroscience molecules

July 13, 2012
Research and Development Alzheimer's, AstraZeneca, neuroscience

AstraZeneca is to acquire a portfolio of neuroscience assets from Link Medicine, a private US pharma firm.The deal is the …

Social care plan criticised

July 13, 2012
Sales and Marketing Kings Fund, NHS, king's fund, reform, social care

A leading health think-tank has criticised what it calls the ‘financial vacuum’ at the heart of the government’s plans for …

Success Factors in Value Communication Design – Start with the Key Message

July 12, 2012
Sales and Marketing interactive apps, value, value communication design

This is Part 1 to the â€˜Success Factors in Value Communication Design’ series; a set of articles that examine and explain the …

Success Factors in Value Communication Design – Introduction

July 12, 2012
Sales and Marketing interactive apps, sales, value, value communications

This is the introductory article to the â€˜Success Factors in Value Communication Design’ series; a set of articles that examine and explain …

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Takeda appoints new head of Corporate Communications, Europe and Canada

July 12, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Takeda, communications

Takeda Pharmaceuticals has appointed Rob Gallo as head of Corporate Communications, Europe and Canada. Since 2010 Gallo has been the …

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NHS appoints first CSS managing directors

July 12, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Hakin, NHS

The first round of appointments to commissioning support service (CSS) managing director posts has been made by the NHS Commissioning …

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Jobs under threat in Actelion cost saving

July 12, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Actelion, R&D, Tracleer, cuts

Swiss speciality pharmaceutical company Actelion has unveiled a new cost saving plan which could include the loss of 260 jobs …

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