Sanofi names new board member
November 20, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi, bonnie bassler
Sanofi has appointed Professor Bonnie Bassler as an independent member to sit among its board of directors. Bassler has more …
GSK tests mHealth trial solutions
November 19, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, GSK, Medidata, dr Vries, healthpatch, mhealth
GlaxoSmithKline is experimenting with mobile health (mHealth) devices linked to cloud services in clinical trials as part of a bid …
AZ predicts strong growth ahead of Pfizer deadline
November 19, 2014Sales and Marketing AZD9291, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Soriot, definiens
AstraZeneca has announced that it expects to deliver revenues of over $45 billion by 2023 as it makes its final …
Reckitt finalises pharmaceutical demerger plans
November 19, 2014Business Services, Sales and Marketing Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals, cillit bang, indivior, suboxone
Reckitt Benckiser has confirmed its plans to spin-off its pharmaceutical portfolio from its core consumer products business. Final details of …
Europe must prepare for COPD ‘timebomb’
November 19, 2014Sales and Marketing COPD, Europe, European COPD Coalition, Spiriva, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Health services in Europe are not making sufficient effort to cope with the escalating burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …
NICE wants more Xolair data
November 19, 2014Sales and Marketing Genentech, NHS, NICE, Novartis, UK, Xolair, hives, omalizumab
Novartis has been asked in draft guidance to give NICE more information before the watchdog can recommend its veteran asthma …
Sanofi appoints an Ebola response co-ordinator
November 19, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ebola, Sanofi, gary nobel
Former director of the NIH Vaccine Research Center Dr Gary Nabel has been hired by Sanofi to spearhead its contribution …
European Medicines Agency appoints admin lead
November 18, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, Luc Vanheel, admin
Luc Vanheel has joined the European Medicines Agency (EMA) as the head of its administration division. A Belgian national, Vanheel …
Pfizer signs $3 billion cancer deal
November 18, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Merck KGaA, PD-L1, Pfizer, anti-PD-L1, opdivo
Pfizer has signed a multi-billion dollar deal to develop one of Merck KGaA’s investigational drugs, MSB0010718C, an anti-PD-L1 antibody. The …
Creston Health rebrands as Health Unlimited
November 18, 2014Medical Communications Astellas, Creston, Red Door, health unlimited, warne
Marketing communications group Creston has announced that its Creston Health arm will now be rebranded as Health Unlimited. Under the …
Antibiotic resistance ranking high among public concerns
November 18, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, Cameron, WHO, longitude, rees, terrorism
People in the UK believe antibiotic resistance is second only to terrorism among threats to the public, according to a …
Actavis buys Allergan for $66 billion
November 18, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Actavis, Allergan, Botox, Canada, Valeant, merger
The stately dance between Actavis and Allergan has culminated in the former buying the Botox manufacturer in a $66 billion …
New head of industrial operations at Bayer
November 18, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Klaus Schäfer
Bayer MaterialScience is getting a new head of industrial operations and technology as Dr Tony Van Osselaer retires from the …
Synergy Vision’s Ffyona Dawber wins Gold and Silver at the 2014 Stevie Awards for Women in Business
November 17, 2014Medical Communications Stevie awards, Synergy Vision, medical communications agency
Ffyona Dawber has scooped two prestigious Stevie® Awards at the 11th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business held in …
GSK tops pharma league for access
November 17, 2014Sales and Marketing Africa, GSK, Novo Nordisk, access, market, vaccines
GlaxoSmithKline is basking in some good news after topping the league table of pharma companies which do the most to …
FDA green lights Lemtrada for MS
November 17, 2014Sales and Marketing FDA, Genzyme, Lemtrada, MS, Sanofi, rems, tecfidera
The US FDA has approved Sanofi’s Lemtrada for multiple sclerosis, almost a year after rejecting the drug on concerns about …
The numbers game: getting quantitative information to patients
November 17, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Kadcyla, Les Rose, clinical, myeloma, numbers, numerics
The great physicist Lord Kelvin said: “If you can measure something, and express it in numbers, then you know something …
Epic Sciences hires HR head from Prometheus
November 17, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing epic sciences, toni wayne
Epic Sciences has confirmed the appointment of Toni Wayne as the vice president of its human resources department. Wayne has …
EMA in turmoil as top job ‘annulled’
November 17, 2014Sales and Marketing EC, EMA, EU, Europe, Guido Rasi, Rasi, transparency
The future of Guido Rasi, head of Europe’s drugs regulator, is up in the air after a legal ruling which …
Hunt unveils £10 billion NHS savings plan
November 14, 2014Sales and Marketing Cameron, HSCIC, Hunt, Labour, NHS, burnham, digital, savings
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has laid out efficiency plans that he hopes will save the NHS up to £10 billion …
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