Boehringer to slash 600 jobs in native Germany
September 24, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AMNOG, Boehringer, Germany, Novartis, cuts, mergers, staff
Boehringer Ingelheim is to cut around 600 of its staff in Germany as part of a drive to reduce costs …
Labour makes NHS central to 2015 election pledge
September 24, 2014Sales and Marketing 2015 election, Conservative, GPs, Labour, NHS, manifesto, nurses
The Labour Opposition party has set out its plans to ‘save and transform’ the NHS and has made this the key …
Novella Clinical hires European director
September 24, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing clinical, deepak dhami, novella
Contract research organisation Novella Clinical has appointed Dr Deepak Dhami as the director of its clinical monitoring unit for Europe. …
ABPI and BIA establish new manufacturing partnership
September 23, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Actavis, AstraZeneca, BIA, Eisai, Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, GlaxoSmithKline, Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), Oxford BioMedica, Pfizer, Whitehead, bates, mmip
The ABPI and the Bioindustry Association (BIA) have jointly established a new Medicines Manufacturing Industry Partnership (MMIP) to boost medicines …
NHS launches transparency website
September 23, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, NHS England, mynhs, transparency, website
NHS England has launched a new ‘comparison website tool’ that allows health and social care organisations to see how their …
App may help detect jaundice in newborns
September 23, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing bilicam, digital, jaundice, smartphone, university of washington
A smartphone application being developed is likely to be able to help healthcare providers and parents detect signs of jaundice …
Senior J&J head appointed by Synageva
September 23, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing J&J, JJ, rob bazemore, synageva
US biopharma firm Synageva has appointed Robert Bazemore as its chief operating officer. Reporting directly to the president and chief …
Campaigners urge for HPV vaccine to be extended to boys
September 22, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing HPV, Vaccine, boys, girls, human papilloma virus, rsph
Public health experts are meeting today to discuss whether boys as well as girls should be offered the HPV jab. …
Patients struggling to take conventional medicines
September 22, 2014Manufacturing and Production Spiegel Institut Mannheim, hermes pharma, medicines, swallowing
A new survey commissioned by Hermes Pharma, which develops easier-to-swallow pills, has found that more than half of those asked …
Merck KGaA pays out $17 billion for Sigma-Aldrich
September 22, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Millipore, Serono, Sigma-Aldrich, buyout, marck kgaa, sigma aldrich
Merck KGaA has swooped in and bought US-based Sigma-Aldrich in a deal worth $17 billion (€13.1 billion). The acquisition will …
Half of cancers diagnosed at late stage
September 22, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CRUK, Cancer, NHS, UK, oncology
A Cancer Research UK study out today reveals that nearly half of all cancers in England are diagnosed at an …
Gilead’s blood cancer pill approved in Europe
September 22, 2014Sales and Marketing CLL, Gilead, blood cancer, fl, idelalisib, oncology, zydelig
Gilead has gained European Commission approval for its new blood cancer pill Zydelig (idelalisib) as it looks to expand further …
IXICO hires chief financial officer
September 22, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
UK-based medical tech business IXICO has appointed Susan Lowther to its board as a chief financial officer. Lowther was previously …
Pharma and Twitter: a happy marriage or time for a divorce?
September 22, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Facebook, PMCPA, Twitter, digital, pharma, social media
There has been a phenomenal rise in the use and scale of social media over the past decade, from the …
GSK fined, executives face jail sentence in Chinese bribery case
September 19, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, Witty, bribery, sex tape
China has fined Britain’s largest pharma firm GlaxoSmithKline $490 million (£297m) for corruption after a year-long investigation into claims it …
Boehringer pays $600m for cancer vaccine deal
September 19, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer Ingelheim, cancer vaccine, oncology, pd1
Boehringer is hoping to expand its oncology pipeline with a new multi-million dollar pact for an investigational cancer vaccine. The …
‘Angelina effect’ sees BRCA tests soar in UK
September 19, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, angelina jolie, brac1, brad, breast, mastectomy
Referrals for testing for breast cancer risk more than doubled across the UK, after Oscar-winning American actress Angelina Jolie announced …
Changes at the top for Merck KGaA
September 19, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Belén Garijo, Merck KGaA, Stefan Oschmann
German chemical and pharma giant Merck KGaA has promoted Stefan Oschmann to the position of deputy chief executive and vice …
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