Johnson & Johnson rides out patent attack
October 16, 2009Sales and Marketing JJ, generics
Profits at Johnson & Johnson have risen in the third quarter, despite deep cuts into pharma sales caused by new …
Lilly finds buyer for threatened manufacturing unit
October 16, 2009Manufacturing and Production Evonik, lilly
Lilly has found a buyer for its manufacturing facility Tippecanoe Laboratories in Indiana, USA, which had been under threat of …
Dr Lisa Rojkjaer, head of clinical development, MorphoSys
October 15, 2009Research and Development appointment, morphosys, research and development
MorphoSys has appointed Dr Lisa Rojkjaer as vice president and head of clinical development. Dr Rojkjaer joins MorphoSys from Novartis …
Linda Dyson, global healthcare practice leader, Cohn & Wolfe
October 15, 2009Medical Communications Cohn & Wolfe, appointment, medical communications
Cohn & Wolfe has appointed Linda Dyson as executive vice president and global healthcare practice leader. She will report to …
Sarah Butterworth and Sarah Lucas join ERL Medicom
October 15, 2009Medical Communications appointment, appointment medicom, medical communications, medicom
ERL Medicom has appointed Sarah Butterworth (pictured) as a director and Sarah Lucas as an account executive.Sarah Butterworth moves to …
Tim Herman, Managing Director, Seven Stones
October 15, 2009Medical Communications appointment, medical communications, seven stones
Tim Herman has joined independent healthcare specialist Seven Stones as managing director, after six years running Ogilvy Healthworld Advertising.Tim has …
CME Spotlight: Moving CME forward in Europe
October 15, 2009Medical Communications CME, CME Spotlight, Eugene Pozniak, ethics
As a young advertising account exec in the early nineties I was once told not to concern myself with any …
Tamiflu windfall helps Roche to bumper sales growth
October 15, 2009Sales and Marketing Roche, Tamiflu
Roche has raised its sales growth prediction for 2009 on the back of a strong third quarter and record sales …
Huntsworth Health reshuffles global operations
October 15, 2009Medical Communications Huntsworth, Tonic
Healthcare marketing and communications agency Huntsworth Health is reorganising its global operations.Part of Huntsworth plc, it will be split into …
Pfizer completes Wyeth merger
October 15, 2009Sales and Marketing MA, Pfizer, restructure
Pfizer expects to complete its $68 billion acquisition of Wyeth today after receiving sign-off on the deal from regulators in …
US health reform clears first hurdle
October 14, 2009Sales and Marketing Obama, Senate, US, US healthcare, hc, reform
The US Senate has approved the bill to reform America’s health care system, raising hopes that it can become law …
GSK plans
October 14, 2009Research and Development GSK
GlaxoSmithKline, the government and the Wellcome Trust are collaborating to build what they hope will be a "world-class" science park. …
Merck makes Indian bioscience acquisition
October 14, 2009Research and Development Asia, India, Merck
Merck KGaA has bought an Indian company specialising in research products in a deal it says will make it one …
Hospira takes charge of biogeneric Neupogen
October 14, 2009Sales and Marketing Hospira, biosimilars, generics
US pharmaceutical company Hospira has acquired worldwide rights to a biogeneric version of Amgen's neutropenia treatment Neupogen (filgrastim) in a …
GSK’s Avodart tackles BPH better in combination
October 14, 2009Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, bph, urology
GlaxoSmithKline's urinary treatment Avodart works better as part of a combination therapy, according to a new survey. The drug was …
Green light at Angelini plant resurrects antidepressant prospects
October 13, 2009Manufacturing and Production Angelini
Canadian drugmaker Labopharm has been boosted by the news that manufacturing problems holding up approval of its novel antidepressant product, …
Oakley launches Oxygen Health
October 13, 2009Medical Communications Oxygen, PR, hc
Oxygen Health, an agency aiming to help pharma companies communicate more effectively with stakeholders, has launched.It has been set up …
Contract research news in brief
October 13, 2009Research and Development CRO
Pharmafocus' latest round-up of contract research news includes another CRO heading into private equity hands, changing requirements for the clinicaltrials.gov …
GSK expands in China with vaccine joint venture
October 12, 2009Sales and Marketing China, GSK, vaccines
GSK has joined with Chinese biotech Jiangsu Walvax to develop and manufacture paediatric vaccines for use in China.The pair will …
FDA revises cancer vaccine guidance
October 12, 2009Sales and Marketing Cancer, US, reg, vacccine
There are concerns that draft guidance from the US Food and Drug Administration, which will recommend that cancer vaccine trials …
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