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Oxyrane brings on board senior team

January 30, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Oxyrane, biotech

UK biotech firm Oxyrane has expanded to the US and made a number of senior appointments. The privately-owned Manchester-based company’s first …

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Succinct and Royal Marsden launch new partnership

January 29, 2013
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, Succinct, royal marsden

Communications agency Succinct has unveiled a new innovative NHS/industry partnership with The Royal Marsden hospital, one of Europe’s leading cancer …

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AstraZeneca signs respiratory deal

January 29, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, COPD, orexo, respiratory

AstraZeneca has signed a research deal with Swedish pharma company Orexo centred around the development of respiratory disease treatments. For …

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Payments register moves closer

January 29, 2013
Sales and Marketing Bad pharma, Goldacre, NHS, doctors, pharma

Greater transparency around the payments made by pharma companies to doctors looks to have moved a step closer with a …

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Lonza says 2012 growth was solid, but more restructuring due

January 29, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Arch, CMO, Lonza

Swiss contract manufacturing organisation (CMO) and ingredients supplier Lonza posted a 46% increase in revenues to 3.93 billion francs last …

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Synthon opens ADC plant in the Netherlands

January 29, 2013
Manufacturing and Production ADC, Synthon

Synthon Biopharmaceuticals says it has opened officially opened a new antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) manufacturing facility in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The …

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Boehringer calls for ‘game changing’ ideas in health

January 29, 2013
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ashoka Changemakers, Boehringer Ingelheim

Boehringer Ingelheim has teamed up with a social entrepreneur network to promote health projects in developing countries. This is the …

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New government chairman for pharmacy programme board

January 29, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Ken Jarrold, NHS, government

The Department of Health has announced the appointment of Ken Jarrold to chair the programme board for the government’s work …

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NICE hits back at ‘limited’ EC study

January 28, 2013
Sales and Marketing ABPI, EC, NHS, NICE, QALY, Whitehead

NICE has delivered a robust defence of the methods by which it arrives at a judgment on the value of …

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Takeda gets US diabetes approval

January 28, 2013
Sales and Marketing FDA, Nesina, Takeda, diabetes

Takeda has been given US approval for its diabetes drug Nesina and two variations on it for the treatment of …

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NHS patient data and clinical research – coming together at last?

January 28, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Les Rose, NHS, R&D, clinical, records, transparency

In the mid-1990s, an NHS teaching hospital close to my offices invited proposals for expanding its clinical trials unit. Hitherto …

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GSK appoints Hans Wijers to its Board as a non-executive director

January 28, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, hans Wijers

GSK has confirmed the appointment of Hans Wijers to its Board as a non-executive director with effect from April.  The …

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J&J seeks end to Doxil shortage as Ben Venue signs consent decree

January 28, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Ben Venue, Boehringer, Caelyx, Doxil, J&J, JJ, Janssen

Johnson & Johnson says it has taken steps to establish new supplies of its cancer drug Doxil/Caelyx, which remains in …

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Vaccine manufacturing emerges as outsourcing market

January 28, 2013
Manufacturing and Production R&D, Vaccine, outsourcing

Healthy growth in the market for vaccines – coupled with high production costs – look set to create a vaccine …

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Life Tech gets bigger in bioproduction with BAC buy

January 28, 2013
Manufacturing and Production BAC, Life Technologies

Life Technologies has expanded its position in bioprocessing technologies with the acquisition of Dutch protein purification specialist BAC. Carlsbad, US-based …

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Scotland’s medicines bill can shrink further, says report

January 25, 2013
Sales and Marketing PPRS, Scotland, VBP, prescribing

An official review of primary care prescribing in Scotland has welcomed savings made, but says further efficiencies are possible.Audit Scotland …

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Abbott finishes strongly before spin-off

January 25, 2013
Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Abbott, Q4 2012

Abbott has presented its full-year results for 2012 – the last in which many of its products will appear, following …

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NICE recommends two cystic fibrosis treatments

January 25, 2013
Sales and Marketing Colobreath, Forest Labs, Novartis, Tobi Podhaler, cystic fibrosis

NICE has given final recommendation to two new inhalers for cystic fibrosis (CF) patients.Forest Lab’s Colobreath (colistimethate sodium) and Novartis’ …

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Allergan in $958m neurology deal

January 25, 2013
Sales and Marketing Allergan, CNS, MAP Pharmaceuticals, migraine

Allergan is to pay $958m for MAP Pharmaceuticals in a deal which sees both companies hoping to reap the benefits …

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Flying start to 2013 for Watermeadow Medical

January 24, 2013
Medical Communications

Watermeadow Medical has started the new year with an office relocation from Knutsford to fully refurbished, larger office space in …

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