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NICE rejects Forxiga

February 1, 2013
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, BMS, Forxiga, NICE, diabetes

NICE has given the thumbs-down to AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s first-in-class type II diabetes treatment Forxiga. The drug was approved …

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Novo Nordisk creates four senior vice presidents

February 1, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk has promoted four corporate vice presidents within its ranks into senior vice presidents.  The following members of the US …

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GSK slams Guardian article

January 31, 2013
Sales and Marketing Avandia, FDA, GSK, Guardian

GlaxoSmithKline has slammed an article about its controversial diabetes treatment Avandia in The Guardian newspaper, saying that some of it …

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NHS expertise sold abroad

January 31, 2013
Sales and Marketing NHS, UK, government, outsourcing

The government has set up an organisation which will seek to maximise revenue from foreign firms and governments for the …

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Lilly hit by Zyprexa losses

January 30, 2013
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The loss of exclusivity on Eli Lilly’s blockbuster antipsychotic Zyprexa hit the company hard in 2012, with the firm’s overall …

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EMA starts contraceptive safety review

January 30, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing EMA, PRAC, VTE, contraception

Europe’s health regulator is to examine the safety of newer forms of contraceptive pills following concerns over potential health risks …

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Merck signs lupus research deal

January 30, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Feinstein, Merck Serono, SLE

Merck Serono and the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in New York are to collaborate on antibodies to treat systemic …

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Oxyrane brings on board senior team

January 30, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Oxyrane, biotech

UK biotech firm Oxyrane has expanded to the US and made a number of senior appointments. The privately-owned Manchester-based company’s first …

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Succinct and Royal Marsden launch new partnership

January 29, 2013
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, Succinct, royal marsden

Communications agency Succinct has unveiled a new innovative NHS/industry partnership with The Royal Marsden hospital, one of Europe’s leading cancer …

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AstraZeneca signs respiratory deal

January 29, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, COPD, orexo, respiratory

AstraZeneca has signed a research deal with Swedish pharma company Orexo centred around the development of respiratory disease treatments. For …

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Payments register moves closer

January 29, 2013
Sales and Marketing Bad pharma, Goldacre, NHS, doctors, pharma

Greater transparency around the payments made by pharma companies to doctors looks to have moved a step closer with a …

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Lonza says 2012 growth was solid, but more restructuring due

January 29, 2013
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Swiss contract manufacturing organisation (CMO) and ingredients supplier Lonza posted a 46% increase in revenues to 3.93 billion francs last …

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Synthon opens ADC plant in the Netherlands

January 29, 2013
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Synthon Biopharmaceuticals says it has opened officially opened a new antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) manufacturing facility in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The …

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Boehringer calls for ‘game changing’ ideas in health

January 29, 2013
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ashoka Changemakers, Boehringer Ingelheim

Boehringer Ingelheim has teamed up with a social entrepreneur network to promote health projects in developing countries. This is the …

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New government chairman for pharmacy programme board

January 29, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Ken Jarrold, NHS, government

The Department of Health has announced the appointment of Ken Jarrold to chair the programme board for the government’s work …

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NICE hits back at ‘limited’ EC study

January 28, 2013
Sales and Marketing ABPI, EC, NHS, NICE, QALY, Whitehead

NICE has delivered a robust defence of the methods by which it arrives at a judgment on the value of …

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Takeda gets US diabetes approval

January 28, 2013
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Takeda has been given US approval for its diabetes drug Nesina and two variations on it for the treatment of …

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NHS patient data and clinical research – coming together at last?

January 28, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Les Rose, NHS, R&D, clinical, records, transparency

In the mid-1990s, an NHS teaching hospital close to my offices invited proposals for expanding its clinical trials unit. Hitherto …

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GSK appoints Hans Wijers to its Board as a non-executive director

January 28, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, hans Wijers

GSK has confirmed the appointment of Hans Wijers to its Board as a non-executive director with effect from April.  The …

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J&J seeks end to Doxil shortage as Ben Venue signs consent decree

January 28, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Ben Venue, Boehringer, Caelyx, Doxil, J&J, JJ, Janssen

Johnson & Johnson says it has taken steps to establish new supplies of its cancer drug Doxil/Caelyx, which remains in …

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