Resolute’s Kirsty Mearns promoted
January 14, 2010Medical Communications Resolute, appointment, medical communications
Resolute has promoted Kirsty Mearns to the role of director, joining the PR agency’s board. “I am incredibly pleased and …
Ron Branning joins Genzyme
January 14, 2010Manufacturing and Production Genzyme, appointment, manufacturing and production
Genzyme has appointed industry veteran Ron Branning as its new senior vice president of global product quality. Branning has 30 …
World Class Commissioning: how to be partners in quality
January 14, 2010Sales and Marketing NHS, NHS funding, commissioning, funding, healthcare, marketing
World Class Commissioning has been heralded as a critical mechanism to revolutionise healthcare services in the UK. Now two years …
Biogen submits Fampridine PR to European regulators
January 14, 2010Sales and Marketing Biogen, Fampridine, MS
Biogen Idec is seeking European approval for a drug which helps multiple sclerosis sufferers to walk better. A marketing authorisation …
Hans Regenauer joins Sanofi-Aventis’ consumer division
January 14, 2010Sales and Marketing Sanofi-Aventis, appointment, consumer healthcare, sales and marketing
Sanofi-Aventis has appointed Han Regenauer vice president, consumer healthcare, Europe and global development. In his new role he will report …
MDS promotes Steve West to chief executive
January 14, 2010Research and Development appointment, mds, research and development
Canadian clinical research firm MDS has appointed Steve West chief executive. He was formerly president of MDS Nordion and chief …
Germany cuts GSK swine flu vaccine orders by 30%
January 13, 2010Sales and Marketing GlaxoSmithKline, Pandemrix, h1n1, swine flu
The Germany Ministry of Health has cut its order for GlaxoSmithKline’s swine flu vaccine Pandemrix by 30%. The pharma company …
FDA begins consumer transparency initiative
January 13, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, transparency
The Food and Drug Administration has unveiled the first phase of its transparency initiative, designed to make its drug approval …
Evonik completes handover of Tippecanoe from Lilly
January 13, 2010Manufacturing and Production API, Evonik, lilly
Germany’s Evonik Industries has started up production of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) at the Tippecanoe Laboratories facility acquired from Eli …
Rachel Underwood, creative copywriter, Eurocom
January 13, 2010Medical Communications Eurocom, appointment, medical communications
Eurocom has appointed Rachel Underwood as creative copywriter. She has over ten years of scientific and marketing communications experience and …
Digital Pharma: Virtual diabetes patient community launched on Second Life
January 13, 2010Medical Communications Diabetes UK, Second Life, diabetes, digital pharma
Patient group Diabetes UK has, quite literally, set up shop on Second Life, establishing its own office in the online …
CME Spotlight: Raising the quality of published research
January 13, 2010Medical Communications CME, CME Spotlight, Eugene Pozniak, ethics
A few years ago I met someone who worked at a car factory and he described in detail how the …
Train to retain: holding onto your best people
January 13, 2010Business Services, Sales and Marketing MSI, careers, training
It’s a widely-held myth that retaining staff is easy in a recession. As jobs are cut the attraction of staying …
Joseph Zakrzewski, executive chairman, Amarin
January 13, 2010Research and Development Amarin, appointment, research and development
Dublin-headquartered biotech Amarin has appointed Joseph Zakrzewski executive chairman. He is currently the chief executive of Xcellerex, a Massachusetts-based biotechnology …
Sanofi Pasteur collaborates on novel biologics
January 12, 2010Research and Development KaloBios, Sanofi, Sanofi Pasteur, cystic fibrosis, infection, vaccines
Sanofi Aventis’ vaccines division has partnered with US biotech KaloBios to develop a number of novel biologic treatments. Sanofi Pasteur …
Manufacturing news in brief
January 12, 2010Manufacturing and Production ACell, Cel-Sci, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Genzyme, Mannkind, Pfizer, Transgene Biotek, Viva Pharmaceutical
This week’s rundown of manufacturing news includes a delay for Mannkind’s inhaled insulin product Afrezza, more job losses at Pfizer …
Ferring and Stiefel named and shamed for Code breaches
January 12, 2010Medical Communications ABPI, Code of Practice, Ferring, PMCPA, Stiefel
Ferring Pharmaceuticals and Stiefel Laboratories have been named and shamed for breaching the ABPI Code of Practice. Adverts giving details …
Signs of product payoff from GSK’s $1.5bn alliance
January 12, 2010Research and Development ChemoCentryx, Crohn's, GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline is to develop and commercialise a drug which hopes will be a treatment for moderate-to-severe Crohn’s disease. Californian biotech …
Novartis launches Ilaris in the UK
January 12, 2010Sales and Marketing Ilaris, Novartis, cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome
Novartis has launched its new biologic Ilaris in the UK as a treatment for cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome. The rare debilitating …
ScopeMedical appoints new medical writer and boosts project team
January 12, 2010Medical Communications ScopeMedical, appointment, medical communications
ScopeMedical has appointed Matthew Booth as a senior medical writer. Matt has nearly 10 years of solid experience within academia …
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