Another major drop in sales for GSK
July 23, 2014Sales and Marketing China, GSK, Q2, Witty, bribery, sales, scandal, sex
GlaxoSmithKline posted a 4% slide in revenue for the second quarter today as its recovery from a slew of patent …
Wireless tech cannot substitute nurses
July 23, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Brighton, NHS, RCN, hospital, nursing, wireless tech
The Royal College of Nursing says that whilst a new wireless diagnostic patch is certainly innovative, they are concerned that …
NICE ‘yes’ for cancer drugs
July 23, 2014Sales and Marketing Astellas, BMS, Cancer, NICE, Xtandi, Yervoy
Two big-name oncology brands, Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Yervoy and Astellas Pharma’s Xtandi, have been given the nod by drug costs watchdog …
Agena Bioscience hires Life Technologies president
July 23, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing agena bioscience, peter dansky
Clinical diagnostics firm Agena Bioscience has confirmed that Peter Dansky has joined the company as its chief executive and will …
Allergan slashes 1,500 jobs
July 22, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Allergan, Botox, Jobs, cuts, valiant
Allergan is to cut 1,500 jobs as part of a restructure which it believes will make pre-tax savings of around …
MedImmune to work with biotech Advaxis on cancer
July 22, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Advaxis, AstraZeneca, Cancer, MEDI4736, MedImmune, oncology, pd1
AZ’s MedImmune has entered into a clinical trial collaboration with US biotech firm Advaxis to help develop new cancer immunotherapies. …
Pharma firms give researchers access
July 22, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen R&D, MRC, Pfizer, Takeda, UCB, lilly, research, virtual library
UK researchers are to gain access to compounds from seven pharma companies in a partnership with the Medical Research Council …
More directors for Cello Health Insight
July 22, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Directors, Sunil Sharma, Zahidah Ahmad, cello health insight
Healthcare research agency Cello Health Insight has made two director-level appointments on the back of a wave of new hires.
Sovaldi scores in HIV patients
July 21, 2014Sales and Marketing Gilead, HIV, JAMA, hep C, hepatitis C, sovaldi
Patients with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) have responded well to a combination of Gilead Sciences’ Sovaldi and ribavirin …
Social media driving doctor complaints
July 21, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Facebook, GMC, Twitter, doctors, social media
The advent of social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook are fuelling complaints about doctors, according to a new …
IPF grabs headlines at American Thoracic Society conference
July 21, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing IPF, ats, ats 2014, brett wells, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, san diego, thoracic society
Just prior to landing in San Diego it was somewhat disconcerting to see fire spreading across the terrain and huge …
AstraZeneca reveals Cambridge plans
July 21, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cambridge, cbc, research, silicon fen
AstraZeneca’s new international HQ on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC), due to open in two years’ time, will feature an …
Depomed hires Kyalin chief executive
July 21, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Depomed, Srinivas Rao
California-based speciality pharma firm Depomed has appointed Dr Srinivas Rao as its chief medical officer (CMO) and senior VP. Rao …
AbbVie agrees to buy Shire for £32bn
July 18, 2014Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Abbott, Humira, Shire, merger, new abbvie, takeover
Shire has accepted a £32 billion takeover deal from AbbVie after months of rejections and uncertainty. The firm, which is …
GSK melanoma drugs beat rival in new study
July 18, 2014Sales and Marketing GSK, Roche, Tafinlar, Yervoy, Zelboraf, mekinist, melanoma
GlaxoSmithKline’s new combination melanoma treatment has bested Roche’s established oncology drug Zelboraf when treating patients with the deadliest form of …
Mixed bag for Genentech dementia drug
July 18, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Genentech, crenezumab, dementia
A Phase II clinical trial for Genentech’s investigational Alzheimer’s drug failed to meet its primary endpoints – but the company …
Pfizer to pay $360m for InnoPharma
July 18, 2014Sales and Marketing Pfizer, injectables, innopharma
Pfizer is to pay as much as $360 million for private pharma development company InnoPharma in a financial arrangement comprising …
New chairman for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
July 18, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Leukemia & Lymphoma. jim davis
James Davis has been elected chairman of the national board of directors of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). Davis …
New drugs see J&J sales rise
July 17, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing J&J, JJ, Q2, hepatitis C, olysio, sovaldi
Johnson & Johnson saw sales rise 9.1% to $19.5 billion year on year on the back of a strong performance …
Bayer hires litigation head from Pfizer
July 17, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Malini Moorthy, Pfizer
Bayer Healthcare has appointed Malini Moorthy to head up its litigation department in the US. Moorthy joins the German firm from …
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