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CHMP nod for Pfizer CML drug

January 21, 2013
Sales and Marketing CHMP, CML, FDA, Pfizer

Pfizer’s cancer drug bosutinib has been given a positive opinion by the CHMP for patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). …

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Crohn’s and Colitis UK hire new chief executive

January 21, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Crohn's and Colitis, David Barker

The medical charity Crohn’s and Colitis UK Trustees have announced the appointment of David Barker as the new chief executive …

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EU nod for Lilly brain diagnostic

January 18, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzhheimer's, Amyvid, brain, lilly

Eli Lilly’s diagnostic radiopharmaceutical Amyvid has been approved in Europe to assess whether patients have Alzheimer’s disease. Amyvid (Florbetapir F …

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Roche’s Burgess to head up discovery at BMS

January 18, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, Burgess

Bristol-Myers Squibb has appointed Mike Burgess as senior vice president, Discovery Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology. He will report to Francis …

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Amgen earmarks $200m for new Singapore plant

January 18, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Amgen, Merck, Singapore

Amgen has unveiled plans to construct a new manufacturing plant in Singapore, its first production facility in Asia. The biotechnology …

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Biogen and Elan file for Tysabri first line use in MS

January 18, 2013
Sales and Marketing Biogen IDEC, EMA, Elan, FDA, MS, Tsyabri, gilenya

Biogen Idec and Elan have applied to the FDA and EMA to expand Tysabri’s use in patients with relapsing forms …

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MPs: ‘get on with VBP’

January 18, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, PPRS, VBP

An influential group of MPs has hit out at inactivity over moves towards value-based pricing (VBP), saying that the issue …

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Senior sales appointment at Rieke Dispensing

January 18, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Nicolas Lemaigre-Voreaux, Rieke Dispensing

Packaging firm Rieke Dispensing has appointed Nicolas Lemaigre-Voreaux as its European Sales director to spearhead the company’s growth programme. Lemaigre-Voreaux …

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Go digital health launched

January 17, 2013
Medical Communications GolinHarris, Virgo, go digital health

A new global digital practice, go digital health, has been launched by Virgo Health and GolinHarris. The team brings together …

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EMA issues draft guidance on shared facility risks

January 17, 2013
Manufacturing and Production EMA, manufacturing

The European Medicines Agency has issued draft guidance to help drug manufacturers avoid cross-contamination of products made in shared facilities. …

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Bayer cleared of Xarelto ‘breaches’

January 17, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Bayer, PMCPA, Xarelto

Bayer has been found not guilty of making multiple breaches of the ABPI Code of Practice following an anonymous complaint …

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Scotland fund for rare diseases

January 17, 2013
Sales and Marketing SMC, Scotland, rare diseases

The Scottish government is launching a £21 million fund in March to meet the costs of patients who require orphan …

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MSI appoints senior consultant

January 17, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing David Watson, MSI Consultancy

Strategic pharma marketing consultancy firm The MSI Consultancy has appointed David Watson as a senior consultant, specialising in channel strategy. …

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Private equity firm pays $212m for Cambridge Major Labs

January 16, 2013
Manufacturing and Production American Capital, CML, Cambridge

Private equity firm American Capital has said it will pay $212 million to buy out Cambridge Major Laboratories (CML), a …

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The price of innovation

January 16, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, NICE, Rose, VBP

One of the strange paradoxes of our industry is that we have a very large number of new medicines in …

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AstraZeneca shakes up management

January 16, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Mackay, R&D, Soriot

AstraZeneca has taken its most dramatic steps yet to arrest decline, with chief executive Pascal Soriot axeing two senior positions …

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Sanofi Pasteur MSD appoint president of Vaccines Europe

January 16, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Andrea Rappagliosi, Sanofi pasteur msd, vaccines

Vice president of Market Access, Health Policy & Medical Affairs at Sanofi Pasteur MSD Andrea Rappagliosi has been appointed president …

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Boehringer in oncology tie-up

January 16, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, Cancer, horizon, x-man

Boehringer Ingelheim has entered a five-year tie-up with a UK biotech company which specialises in helping research into personalised medicines. …

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NICE consults on tamoxifen

January 15, 2013
Sales and Marketing Cancer, Evista, NICE, lilly, tamoxifen

Patient groups have welcomed NICE’s new draft guideline recommending the use of preventive treatments in women who have a family …

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Mitsubishi deal to buy Qualicaps will close in March

January 15, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Mitsubishi, Patheon, Qualicaps

Mitsubishi Chemical has agreed to buy Qualicaps from US private equity company Carlyle Group in the latest round of M&A …

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