Eight in ten survive skin cancer
July 22, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Yervoy, Zelboraf, melanoma, skin cancer
The vast majority of men and women diagnosed with malignant melanoma are now surviving the disease, according to a new …
ReNeuron relocates to Wales
July 22, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ReNeuron, Wales, stem cell, stroke
The Welsh government is to fork out a £7.8 million grant package to get English stem cell research company ReNeuron …
GSK admits: Execs ‘breached Chinese law’
July 22, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, bribes, scandal
A senior GlaxoSmithKline executive has admitted that some of the firm’s staff have broken the law in China as a …
Panpharma appoints Novartis senior head
July 22, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novartis, celesio AG, panpharma
Pharma trading group Celesio AG has announced that Alexander Triebnigg has taken over the management of the Brazilian pharma wholesaler …
Secret EFPIA memo on data transparency leaked
July 22, 2013Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, EFPIA, EMA, PhRMA, transparency
A memo from the European pharma lobby group EFPIA has revealed that the industry is trying to ‘mobilise’ patient groups …
ASCO: Dispatches from the frontline against cancer
July 22, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, McConaghie
The growing promise of pharma’s immunotherapy pipeline for cancer was undoubtedly the hottest topic at this year’s ASCO conference. The …
Social care chief inspector appointed by Care Quality Commission
July 19, 2013Sales and Marketing CQC, Lamb, sutcliffe
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has appointed Andrea Sutcliffe as its first chief inspector of adult social care.Any movements at …
Boehringer and partners launch digital diabetes study
July 19, 2013Medical Communications Boehringer, Syrum, Twitter, diabetes, digital, type 2
Boehringer Ingelheim has partnered with Healthrageous and United BioSource to establish a new diabetes study to help patients manage their …
J&J says revived OTC brands are ‘winning the hearts of consumers’
July 19, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Control, FDA, GDP, J&J, JJ, OTC
Johnson & Johnson doesn’t usually provide specific financials for its over-the-counter pharmaceuticals business, but did so for the first time …
Lucentis and Avastin equal in efficacy
July 19, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Lucentis, Novartis, Roche, avastin
Latest results released this morning from a UK government trial show that off-label use of Roche’s Avastin is just as …
EMA appoints head of legal
July 19, 2013The European Medicines Agency has appointed Stefano Marino as head of Legal Service.An Italian national, Marino holds a law degree …
Havas Lynx launches med ed agency
July 19, 2013Medical Communications HAVAS LYNX, medical
The healthcare communications group Havas Lynx has created a new medical education and scientific exchange agency called Havas Lynx Medical. …
Funding boost for lung cancer ‘map’
July 18, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing cancer research, lung cancer, tracerx
A new Cancer Research UK study aims to unlock lung cancer’s secrets by tracking how lung tumours develop and evolve …
GSK finance director barred from leaving China
July 18, 2013Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing GSK, bribes, corruption, hong
GlaxoSmithKline’s finance director and British citizen Steve Nechelput has been stopped from the leaving China as the bribery case into …
Tissue Regenix appoints Sanofi VP
July 18, 2013Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing couldwell, tissue regenix
Medical devices firm Tissue Regenix has appointed Steven Couldwell as a non-executive director. With over 14 years of senior management …
Marginal sales increase for Abbott
July 18, 2013Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Abbott, Q2
Abbott’s second quarter results saw the company buffeted by currency exchange issues – primarily the yen weakening against the US …
Nexium gets its own promotional YouTube channel
July 17, 2013Medical Communications AstraZeneca, Nexium, reflux, youtube
AstraZeneca’s once biggest selling drug Nexium has been given its own YouTube channel in the hope of shoring up sales …
J&J sees Q2 sales rise
July 17, 2013Sales and Marketing Elan, J&J, JJ, Q2, Synthes, sales
Johnson & Johnson saw overall sales rise 8.5% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2013, with the US healthcare group …
Lundbeck/Otsuka Alzheimer’s drug improves cognition
July 17, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Lundbeck, Otsuka
Lundbeck and partner Otsuka have posted positive Phase II results for their experimental Alzheimer’s drug. The latest data show statistically …
Mitsubishi buys into tobacco production firm Medicago
July 17, 2013Manufacturing and Production Mitsubishi, Phillip Morris, medicago, tobacco
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma has bought a majority stake in Canada’s Medicago, a company which specialises in manufacturing vaccines in tobacco …
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