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Rock appoints new associate director

September 11, 2012
Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Laura Patel, Rock Medical Communications

ROCK medical communications has appointed Laura Patel as associate director. Patel has considerable experience in managing key medical education programmes, …

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MedImmune signs China deal

September 11, 2012
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, China, MedImmune, WuXi, emerging markets, rheumatoid arthritis

MedImmune has sealed a joint venture with Shanghai-based WuXi AppTec to develop a novel biologic for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases …

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Ex-Pfizer head joins Red Door as International director

September 10, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Andrew Thomas, Pfizer, Red Door

Andrew Thomas the strategic communications lead for Pfizer’s primary care medicines across Europe and Canada joins Red Door Communications in …

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Lilly suffers late-stage cancer blow

September 10, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alimta, Cancer, avastin, lilly, oncology

Eli Lilly suffered a blow to its oncology programme when a new combination treatment failed to improve overall survival in …

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Merck KGaA licences new cancer candidate

September 10, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, EGFR, Merck KGaA, oncology

Merck KGaA has signed a worldwide licence agreement with Danish company Symphogen which could expand its portfolio of drugs targeting …

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Kantar appoints Graeme Jacombs head of APMEA region

September 7, 2012
Sales and Marketing Kantar Health

Consultancy and market research firm Kantar Health has promoted Graeme Jacombs to Managing Director of the Asia Pacific, Middle East …

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Boehringer signs diabetes research deal

September 7, 2012
Sales and Marketing Boehringer, diabetes, obesity

Boehringer Ingelheim has signed a four-year research agreement with a top Swiss university to look at the underlying causes of …

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Novartis to file for new Lucentis indication

September 7, 2012
Lucentis, Novartis, macular edema, macular oedema, ophthamology

Novartis is set to file eye treatment Lucentis for a new indication. The firm will submit Lucentis (ranibizumab) to the …

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New product launches – maximise your chance of success

September 6, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MSI, Paul Stuart Kregor, Paul Stuart-Kregor, marketing, product launch

You don’t have to look very far to see that the pharma industry business model is under increased pressure, and …

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Brazil delays excipient GMP deadline

September 6, 2012
Manufacturing and Production ANVISA, Brazil, GMP

Brazil’s national medicines regulatory agency ANVISA has delayed proposed new rules on good manufacturing practice (GMP) for pharmaceutical excipients after …

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Hospira buys Indian antibiotic plant

September 6, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Hospira, India

US injectable drugs specialist Hospira has announced plans to expand in India via the purchase of a manufacturing facility and …

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Double approval for Pfizer cancer drugs

September 6, 2012
Sales and Marketing CML, Cancer, Glivec, Pfizer, axitinib, rcc

 Two cancer drugs from Pfizer have been approved, one in Europe for kidney cancer and another in the US for …

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Merck KGaA cuts over 10% of German workforce

September 5, 2012
Research and Development

Merck KGaA is to get rid of more than 10% of its workforce in Germany over the next three years …

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Pharma welcomes Hunt to top health job

September 5, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Andrew Lansley, NHS, NHS reform

The ABPI has used health secretary Andrew Lansley’s demotion at prime minister David Cameron’s first major cabinet reshuffle to restate …

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Pfizer to develop phase II cancer vaccine

September 4, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Pfizer, VLST, cancer vaccine

Pfizer has licensed a cancer compound which is ready for phase II study from a US firm specialising in cancer …

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Valeant to buy dermatogy firm Medicis

September 4, 2012
Sales and Marketing Valeant

Speciality pharma company Valeant is to acquire dermatology-focused Medicis for $2.6 billion.Medicis’ portfolio includes ‘cosmaceutical’ prescription brands such as Solodyn, …

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Contract research news in brief

September 4, 2012
Research and Development CRO, Charles River, WuXi

 Charles River Laboratories (CRL) has paid $17 million for Accugenix, a company which provides endotoxin detection and microbial identity testing …

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Genzyme recalls drug on failed stability testing

September 4, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Genzyme, Stability Testing, pharma recalls

Sanofi subsidiary Genzyme has recalled nine lots of its transplant drug Thymoglobulin in the US after stability testing revealed there …

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Cash incentive for NHS digital info sharing

September 3, 2012
NHS, digital

NHS bodies which develop new digital services for sharing information could be eligible for thousands of pounds worth of funding, …

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Cash incentive for NHS digital info sharing

September 3, 2012
NHS, digital

NHS bodies which develop new digital services for sharing information could be eligible for thousands of pounds worth of funding, …

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