MedCity will be ‘concierge’ for life sciences
April 8, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boris Johnson, Francis Crick Institute, life sciences, medcity
MedCity, the new entity seeking to capitalise on the so-called ‘golden triangle’ of medical and life sciences R&D organisations between …
Alkermes schizophrenia drug shines in Phase III
April 8, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Abilify, Alkermes, aripiprazole, schizophrenia
Alkermes’ investigational schizophrenia drug has met its primary endpoint in a pivotal trial, leading the firm to seek regulatory approval …
Virgo health bolsters senior team with new hires
April 8, 2014Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Tonic Life, Virgo
The newly named Virgo Consumer Health & Wellbeing welcomes two new joiners – Matthew Coy and Reena Patel (both pictured), …
Takeda and Lilly hit with $9 billion Actos damages bill
April 8, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Actos, Takeda, law case, lilly
A US jury has ordered Japanese firm Takeda Pharmaceutical to pay $6 billion (£3.6 billion) in punitive damages, over claims …
Michael Griffith becomes executive vice president of inVentiv Health
April 8, 2014Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing inVentiv
inVentiv Health has appointed Michael Griffith as its new executive vice president. In this capacity, Griffith will head inVentiv’s commercial …
Roche joins forces with PatientsLikeMe
April 8, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novartis, PatientsLikeMe, Roche, UCB, real-word data
PatientsLikeMe has set up a five-year agreement with Genentech, Roche’s biologics arm, to allow the firm access to patients’ real-world …
Pfizer breast cancer drug combo aces trial
April 7, 2014Femera, Pfizer, breast cancer, oncology, palbociclib
Under fire Ranbaxy sold to Sun Pharma for $4 billion
April 7, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing FDA, Ranbaxy, Sun Pharma, deal, hamburg, manufacturing
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has bought struggling drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories in a deal that will see the two companies become the …
Celgene ‘stops Mylan entering market’
April 6, 2014Sales and Marketing Celgene, Mylan, Revlimid, myeloma
Generic manufacturer Mylan is suing Celgene in a spat over allowing copycat versions of existing cancer drugs – Revlimid and …
Alzheimer’s disease: pharma’s greatest challenge
April 4, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AD, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer’s, Eisai, Lunt, Pfizer, galantamine, karran, priddy
Like it or not, we are all becoming increasingly prone to a currently incurable and debilitating disease, that places an …
NICE U-turn on Roche cancer drug
April 4, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NICE, Roche, Tarceva, U-turn
Roche’s lung cancer drug Tarceva has been given a reprieve to treat relapsed lung cancer patients in the NHS after …
Novartis sues Biocon
April 4, 2014Sales and Marketing Biocon, Galvus, Gilead, Herceptin, Novartis, sofosbuvir
India’s status as a battleground for patent issues has been reinforced with the news that Novartis is suing Biocon over …
Fishawack buys JK Associates
April 4, 2014Medical Communications 1010 Digital., Arbor Communications, Endpoint Medical Communications, JK Medical Communications, fishawack, jk associates
Medical communications firm Fishawack has acquired JK Associates in a bid to significantly expand the company’s presence in the US. …
AbbVie drops EMA legal case after compromise
April 4, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Abbott, EMA, alltrials
AbbVie will no longer seek to stop the European Medicines Agency from releasing data on its blockbuster arthritis treatment Humira. …
‘BrainSpan’ 3D technology could help drug development
April 4, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NIH, brainscan, digital, nimh
A new three-dimensional atlas of the developing human brain has been made available in the hope that it can help …
EMG appoints new chair and officers
April 4, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMG, Sanofi, oldfield
Sanofi UK and Ireland’s managing director Steve Oldfield has been elected as chair of the European Medicines Group (EMG). Oldfield …
‘E-tattoo’ could help deliver drugs into patients
April 4, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing device, digital, etattoo, nature, wearable tech
Researchers have created a new wearable device that is as thin as a temporary tattoo and can store and transmit …
More manufacturing misery for GSK
April 4, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing GSK, Ireland, Paxil, cork, manufacturing
GlaxoSmithKline’s manufacturing woes are getting worse after the firm was hit with a second FDA warning in as many days. …
Latest content
Global coalition calls for stronger government action on COPD
Global health researchers call for more equitable partnerships
Liverpool launches £20m lab for infectious disease drug discovery
Circle Health Group expands into UK laboratory operations
FibroFind appoints Professor Andrew Fisher as Chief Medical Officer
