MediCity hub moves forward
June 11, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, BioCity, alderley park, johnson, medcity, medicity
Nine new businesses have signed tenancy agreements at Nottingham’s MediCity, bringing to 20 the number of companies which have been …
InterMune drops EMA lawsuit over data release
June 10, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, EU, Esbriet, Goldacre, InterMune, alltrials, lung
InterMune has ended a year-long legal spat with the European Medicines Agency over the potential release of data for its …
Merck buys Idenix
June 10, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing HCV, IDX21437, IDX21459, Merck, hep C, idenix
Merck is to improve its pipeline of hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatments by splashing out $3.85 billion on biopharma firm …
Dendreon chief resigns from struggling firm
June 10, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Dendreon, John Johnson, Provenge, Vaccine, Watson, prostate
Chief executive of Dendreon John Johnson is to step down in the summer amid falling sales of the company’s key …
Sovaldi hurdles first drug pricing barrier
June 10, 2014Sales and Marketing Gilead, SMC, Scotland, hep C, sofosbuvir, sovaldi
Scotland’s NHS will pay for Gilead’s new hepatitis C pill Sovaldi despite rising concern over its high cost. The Scottish …
Langland hires business unit director
June 10, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Langland, Michael Le Brocq
Healthcare advertising agency Langland has appointed Michael Le Brocq as business unit director for its Ethical division. Also joining the …
Lilly app targets depression
June 10, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Android, depression, iphone, lilly, talking progress
Eli Lilly has launched a free mobile app for Android and iPhone handsets which aims to support patients who suffer …
Child flu pilot ‘encouraging’
June 9, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing UK, Vaccine, chid, children, flu, government, phd
Figures from the child flu vaccine pilot launched last year by Public Health England (PHE) are encouraging, the government says. …
Pharma, digital and patients: a healthy concoction?
June 9, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing adams, digital, epatient, pharma
A young woman sits stunned in an oncologist’s office, unsure of where to look or how to react to the …
IDEA Pharma appoints account manager
June 9, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing idea, ritacco
IDEA Pharma has hired Rick Ritacco as an account manager to join its New York practice working with the company’s …
Penn Pharma starts operations
June 9, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing API, Penn Pharma, Wales, manufacturing, south
Penn Pharma has opened its expanded facility in South Wales, after a £3 million investment which will allow it to …
Pradaxa gets DVT indication
June 6, 2014Sales and Marketing Boehringer, DVT, Pradaxa, blood, dabigatran etexilate, thinner
Pradaxa has been given approval in Europe to treat deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) just a week …
Bayer announces more changes at the top
June 6, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Dieter Weinand, Otsuka, dekkers, healthcare
US-based president at Japanese drugmaker Otsuka, Dieter Weinand, is to join Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals as the new head of its …
Andy Burnham: NHS needs a ‘reset’
June 6, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Hunt, NHS, burnham, confederation, reset
The NHS must be ‘reset’ in order to make it into a 21st century health service, according to shadow health …
Skills crisis looming in pharma, says report
June 6, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Jobs, career, life sciences, medcity, pharma, skills
More than half of life sciences employers expect to face a serious shortage of experienced job applicants in the coming …
RSA appoints US business lead


June 6, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing mccabe, molloy, rsa
Life sciences recruitment firm RSA has confirmed the appointment of Elizabeth McCabe as its head of RSA North America. With …
EMA accepts Boehringer IPF drug
June 6, 2014Sales and Marketing Boehringer, EMA, IPF, inpulsis, lung, nintedanib
Boehringer Ingelheim has moved a step closer to getting its investigational treatment nintedanib approved in Europe for a potentially fatal …
Novo cleared in complaints case
June 5, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, Novo Nordisk, PMCPA, complaints
Novo Nordisk has been cleared completely of any wrongdoing over a complaint about three of its employees in relation to …
AbbVie expands Sligo plant
June 5, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Ireland, Sligo, manufacturing
AbbVie has officially opened its expanded manufacturing plant in Sligo, Ireland. The US company has put €85 million into the …
Kymab makes two senior appointments
June 5, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing arkinstall, clark, kymab
Cambridge-based biopharma firm Kymab has hired Steve 
Arkinstall as a chief scientific officer, and Nigel Clark as VP 
and head …
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