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Pfizer launches UK pharmacy service

June 7, 2010
NHS, NHS Constitution, NHS Health Check, Pfizer

Pfizer has launched a new pharmacy-based service that will enable Primary Care Trusts in England to provide the NHS Health …

News
Nexium

AZ submits Nexium-aspirin combination for EU approval

June 7, 2010
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Nexium, aspirin

AstraZeneca is seeking European approval for a new version of its anti-ulcer blockbuster Nexium that combines the pill with aspirin. …

News
Avastin packs

Avastin promising in ovarian cancer

June 7, 2010
Research and Development ASCO, avastin

Roche’s Avastin took a step closer to winning an additional indication after phase III trial data showed the blockbuster cancer …

News

Pfizer recalls Indian-made intravenous drugs

June 7, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Claris Lifesciences, Pfizer, manufacturing compliance, recalls

Pfizer is recalling two intravenous antibiotics and an anti-nausea medication after particulate matter was found to be floating in them, leading …

News

Teva will invest $56m in Canadian plant

June 7, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Canada, Teva, production

Israeli generic drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries is planning to spend $54 million to expand a Canadian production plant for solid …

News

Careers Voice: Online recruitment? Don’t take it at face value

June 7, 2010
Business Services careers voice, rsa

With social networking and online sites offering low cost solutions, are the days of traditional recruitment firms numbered? Without face-to-face …

Feature

UCB’s Kola joins Astex board

June 5, 2010
Research and Development Astex, UCB, appointment, research and development

Dr Ismail Kola has joined the board of directors at UK biotech company Astex Therapeutics. Astex’s non-executive chairman Peter Fellner …

Appointment

Sanofi signs deal on pre-clinical cancer drugs

June 4, 2010
Research and Development Cancer, Sanofi

Sanofi-Aventis has signed a deal with US biotech company Ascenta to co-develop new oncology treatments aimed at restoring ‘apoptosis’ or …

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ASCObag

ASCO cancer conference opens

June 4, 2010
Research and Development ASCO, Cancer, lenalidomide, rituximab

One of the most important dates in the pharmaceutical industry’s calendar, the ASCO cancer conference begins today. The American Society …

News

Vaccine for brain cancer shows promise

June 3, 2010
Research and Development Cancer, GBM, ImmunoCellular

Early stage trials of a new treatment for the brain cancer glioblastoma multiforme have shown promise. ICT-107 is being developed …

News

NICE rejects Xolair for children

June 3, 2010
Sales and Marketing NICE, Xolair, asthma

The drug was first approved in Europe in November 2005 for patients aged 12 or older, and gained NICE approval …

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Ogilvy wins Pradaxa account

June 3, 2010
Medical Communications Boehringer, Ogilvy, Pradaxa

Boehringer Ingelheim has awarded OgilvyHealthPR the global communications brief for its oral blood-thinner Pradaxa. The agency was appointed after a …

News

Erbitux ‘now standard of care’ in KRAS patients

June 3, 2010
Sales and Marketing Erbitux, Merck Serono

A new survey suggests Merck Serono’s Erbitux has become a standard of care for KRAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer The …

News

Teva staff in Ireland vote for industrial action

June 3, 2010
Manufacturing and Production Ireland, Teva

Workers at a plant operated by Teva in Ireland have voted to take industrial action in a dispute over redundancy …

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iPhone

Pfizer launches iPhone service for doctors

June 3, 2010
Medical Communications Apple, Epocrates, Pfizer, digital doctors, emedicine, iphone

A new service to allow doctors to communicate with Pfizer via iPhones and other mobile devices has been unveiled. Clinicians …

News

Chiltern Announces Early Phase Partnership with Tayside Academic Health Sciences Centre

June 3, 2010
Research and Development

Chiltern will draw upon many parts of TAHSC, including the Clinical Research Centre (CRC) which is located on the same …

News
Press release

Leo chooses Cegedim for Asia Pacific

June 2, 2010
Business Services Asia, CRM

Leo Pharma has chosen a Cegedim Dendrite CRM system for its sales teams in Asia Pacific. ‘Mobile Intelligence’ is a …

News
NICEweb

Thalidomide recommended ahead of Velcade

June 2, 2010
Medical Communications NICE, myeloma

Celgene’s Thalidomide has been recommended by NICE as a treatment for multiple myeloma, and is favoured ahead of Janssen-Cilag’s Velcade. …

News

Xeloda for gastric cancer gains NICE nod

June 2, 2010
Sales and Marketing UK, Xeloda

NICE has recommended Roche’s Xeloda as a first line treatment of inoperable advanced gastric cancer.The cost-effectiveness body says the oral …

News

Tim Mustill joins Acumed

June 2, 2010
Medical Communications Acumed, KnowledgePoint360, appointment, medical communications

Tim Mustill has been appointed vice-president of client services at Acumed, part of the KnowledgePoint360 medical communications group. He has …

Appointment
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