Lixisenatide shaping up to rival Victoza
September 22, 2010Research and Development Lixisenatide, Sanofi-Aventis, diabetes
Data for Sanofi-Aventis’ injectable lixisenatide suggests it could rival Novo Nordisk’s drug Victoza.Lixisenatide is a once-daily GLP-1 receptor agonist, and …
Outdated HRT website breaches Code
September 22, 2010Medical Communications ABPI, Code of Practice, PMCPA, Pfizer, Wyeth
A website which contained outdated information about the risk of using hormone replacement therapy has been found in breach of …
Tesco to sell cut-price Viagra
September 21, 2010Sales and Marketing Boots, Pfizer, Tesco, supermarket, viagra
Tesco has declared a price war in erectile dysfunction, announcing it will sell Viagra through its in-store pharmacies for less …
Digital Pharma: GSK takes drug information to Europe
September 21, 2010Medical Communications Digital Pharma blog, GlaxoSmithKline, digital patients
European patients can now get information on GlaxoSmithKline’s prescription medicines direct from the company through its expanded health.gsk.com website. The …
J&J’s Weldon will appear at next congressional hearing
September 21, 2010Manufacturing and Production Johnson & Johnson, manufacturing compliance, recalls
Johnson & Johnson chief executive William Weldon will appear in person at the next congressional hearing on the company’s wide-ranging …
Red Door boosts consumer health division
September 21, 2010Medical Communications Red Door, appointment, medical communications
London-based healthcare communications consultancy Red Door has boosted its consumer health division with two senior appointments. Rachel Vrettos has returned …
AAIPharma appoints Patrick Walsh
September 21, 2010Manufacturing and Production AAIPharma, appointment, manufacturing and production
Contract manufacturing and drug development services company AAIPharma has appointed Patrick Walsh as its new chief executive. Walsh has 30 …
Medical, marketing & sales: making cross-functional working work
September 21, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing marketing, sales force effectiveness, sales representatives
A successful market access strategy requires the close collaboration of all functions within a pharmaceutical company. Most notably, the triumvirate …
Pharma manufacturing news in brief
September 21, 2010Manufacturing and Production AAIPharma, Actavis, Japan, KV Pharmaceutical, Purac, Takeda, contract manufacturing
This week’s round-up of pharmaceutical manufacturing news includes updates from Takeda, KV Pharmaceutical, Actavis, AAIPharma and Purac, while Japan’s CMOs …
Public sceptical of pharma research
September 21, 2010Research and Development Animal testing, Animal tests
Businesses including drug companies are seen as broadly untrustworthy or self-serving when it comes to medical research. This is one …
Transition drops new diabetes drug
September 20, 2010Research and Development Transition Therapeutics, diabetes, lilly
Transition Therapeutics is to abandon trials of its new diabetes treatment TT-223 following disappointing trial results. The Canadian biopharma company …
FDA launches safety review of Actos
September 20, 2010Sales and Marketing Actos, Takeda, diabetes
A new safety review of Takeda’s diabetes drug Actos has been launched by the FDA after a long-term study suggested …
Novartis hails longer-lasting COPD drug
September 20, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing COPD, Novartis, Onbrez Breezhaler
A phase III treatment for COPD has demonstrated superior results over GSK’s established Serevent (salmeterol). Data from Novartis’ INSIST study …
GSK workers in Ireland await review
September 20, 2010Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development GlaxoSmithKline, Ireland, job cuts
Workers at a GlaxoSmithKline facility in Ireland are anxiously awaiting the outcome of an official review of the operation amid …
Realising outsourcing’s potential
September 20, 2010Sales and Marketing Kinapse, White paper
IntroductionAs the budgets of pharma companies face continued downward pressure, the objective of outsourcing is not only to find effective …
Cellzome hires GSK’s Alan Watt
September 20, 2010Research and Development Cellzome, appointment, research and development
Cambridge, UK-based drug discovery and development company Cellzome has appointed Alan Watt to its senior management team as vice president …
Contract research news in brief
September 20, 2010Research and Development Covance, Galapagos, MediData Solutions, MediSync BioServices, PPD, Quotient Bioresearch, i3
A round-up of recent news from the CRO sector, featuring updates from Covance, Quotient Bioresearch, PPD, i3, Galapagos, MediSync BioServices …
Realising outsourcing’s potential
September 20, 2010IntroductionAs the budgets of pharma companies face continued downward pressure, the objective of outsourcing is not only to find effective …
Digital Pharma: Novo launches insulin dosing app
September 17, 2010Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Digital Pharma blog, Novo Nordisk, app, diabetes, iphone
Novo Nordisk has launched an iPhone app for US healthcare professionals that enables to them look up dosing guidelines for …
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