Virgo Health appoints US office head
September 26, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Virgo HEALTH, nancy caravetta
UK-based healthcare comms agency Virgo Health has launched a PR office in New York and appointed Nancy Caravetta to head …
Shire accused of dishonest marketing in US
September 25, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Adderall XR, Department of Justice, DoJ, Shire, US, amphetamine, dextroamphetamine
Shire will pay a fine of $56.5 million to resolve a string of legal allegations in the US surrounding the …
PAN hires two account handlers
September 25, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Margaux Chung, Pan, Rosemary Behan
Creative agency PAN has appointed two new account handlers in Rosemary Behan (pictured) who joins as account director, and Margaux …
New chairman to take seat at GSK
September 25, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, RBS, gent, philip hampton
The Royal Bank of Scotland’s chairman Sir Philip Hampton has been appointed by GlaxoSmithKline to succeed Sir Christopher Gent in …
MedImmune and CRUK team up on cancer
September 25, 2014Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, CRT, CRUK, Cambridge, Cancer, MedImmune
AstraZeneca’s biologics arm MedImmune has joined forces with Cancer Research UK to establish a new research laboratory in Cambridge, UK. …
Avillion hires chief business officer
September 25, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Avillion, Jarrod Longcor, melinta, rib-x
London-based drug development firm Avillion has confirmed the appointment of Jarrod Longcor as its chief business officer. Longcor joins as …
FDA accepts new schizophrenia drug filing
September 24, 2014Sales and Marketing FDA, Lundbeck, Otsuka, brexpiprazole, depression, schizophrenia
The FDA is reviewing Otsuka and Lundbeck’s brexpiprazole for the treatment of schizophrenia and as an adjunctive therapy for the …
Boehringer to slash 600 jobs in native Germany
September 24, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AMNOG, Boehringer, Germany, Novartis, cuts, mergers, staff
Boehringer Ingelheim is to cut around 600 of its staff in Germany as part of a drive to reduce costs …
Labour makes NHS central to 2015 election pledge
September 24, 2014Sales and Marketing 2015 election, Conservative, GPs, Labour, NHS, manifesto, nurses
The Labour Opposition party has set out its plans to ‘save and transform’ the NHS and has made this the key …
Novella Clinical hires European director
September 24, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing clinical, deepak dhami, novella
Contract research organisation Novella Clinical has appointed Dr Deepak Dhami as the director of its clinical monitoring unit for Europe. …
ABPI and BIA establish new manufacturing partnership
September 23, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Actavis, AstraZeneca, BIA, Eisai, Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, GlaxoSmithKline, Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), Oxford BioMedica, Pfizer, Whitehead, bates, mmip
The ABPI and the Bioindustry Association (BIA) have jointly established a new Medicines Manufacturing Industry Partnership (MMIP) to boost medicines …
NHS launches transparency website
September 23, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, NHS England, mynhs, transparency, website
NHS England has launched a new ‘comparison website tool’ that allows health and social care organisations to see how their …
App may help detect jaundice in newborns
September 23, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing bilicam, digital, jaundice, smartphone, university of washington
A smartphone application being developed is likely to be able to help healthcare providers and parents detect signs of jaundice …
Senior J&J head appointed by Synageva
September 23, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing J&J, JJ, rob bazemore, synageva
US biopharma firm Synageva has appointed Robert Bazemore as its chief operating officer. Reporting directly to the president and chief …
Campaigners urge for HPV vaccine to be extended to boys
September 22, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing HPV, Vaccine, boys, girls, human papilloma virus, rsph
Public health experts are meeting today to discuss whether boys as well as girls should be offered the HPV jab. …
Patients struggling to take conventional medicines
September 22, 2014Manufacturing and Production Spiegel Institut Mannheim, hermes pharma, medicines, swallowing
A new survey commissioned by Hermes Pharma, which develops easier-to-swallow pills, has found that more than half of those asked …
Merck KGaA pays out $17 billion for Sigma-Aldrich
September 22, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Millipore, Serono, Sigma-Aldrich, buyout, marck kgaa, sigma aldrich
Merck KGaA has swooped in and bought US-based Sigma-Aldrich in a deal worth $17 billion (€13.1 billion). The acquisition will …
Half of cancers diagnosed at late stage
September 22, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CRUK, Cancer, NHS, UK, oncology
A Cancer Research UK study out today reveals that nearly half of all cancers in England are diagnosed at an …
Gilead’s blood cancer pill approved in Europe
September 22, 2014Sales and Marketing CLL, Gilead, blood cancer, fl, idelalisib, oncology, zydelig
Gilead has gained European Commission approval for its new blood cancer pill Zydelig (idelalisib) as it looks to expand further …
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