GSK discloses US healthcare professional payments
December 15, 2009Medical Communications GSK, doctors, industry reputation, payments
GlaxoSmithKline has disclosed some of the fees it has paid to US healthcare professionals for speaking and consulting services.The list …
Digital Pharma: A Year in Digital (4/5)
December 15, 2009Medical Communications 2009, Bayer, digi, digital pharma, year in review
Favourite use of digital (pharma)Physicians’ social networks. This is pharma’s new engagement channel offering the industry an opportunity to normalise …
Commission launches new wave of anti-trust raids
December 15, 2009Sales and Marketing Europe, European Commission, Lundbeck, Teva, generics, kroes
The European Commission has launched a new series of raids on pharmaceutical companies as part of its crackdown on alleged …
The future is personalised
December 15, 2009Research and Development, Sales and Marketing diagnostic, industry, nestle, personalised, pricewaterhousecoopers
A new report says the market for personalised medicine products is set to grow strongly over the next few years, …
Patheon will shed another Puerto Rico plant
December 15, 2009Manufacturing and Production JLL, Patheon, Puerto Rico
Contract manufacturer Patheon has taken the axe to its Puerto Rico operations once again, this time marking its facility in …
Kendle appoints Christopher Bergen chief administrative officer and Simon Higginbotham chief marketing officer
December 15, 2009Research and Development Kendle, appointment, research and development
Kendle has appointed Christopher Bergen to the newly-created role of chief administrative officer and executive vice president.Bergen was previously chief …
AstraZeneca’s Chris Brinsmead and ex-health minister Lord Darzi appointed ambassadors for UK lifescience
December 15, 2009Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Darzi, UK, appointment, research and development, sales and marketing
AstraZeneca UK’s chairman Chris Brinsmead and former health minister Lord Ara Darzi are among six newly appointed private sector business …
Vision for £500m biomedical research hub in UK unveiled
December 14, 2009Research and Development Paul Nurse, UKCMRI, Wellcome
Construction of a new biomedical research institute designed to bring the UK to the forefront of fundamental research in a …
Pharma welcomes UK pre-budget report
December 14, 2009Research and Development patent, tax
The pharma and healthcare sectors have been unpicking the implications of last week’s Pre-Budget Report (PBR) by chancellor Alastair Darling.The …
Manufacturing news in brief
December 14, 2009Manufacturing and Production Alexion, Codexis, Dishman, Dow
Pharmafocus’ round-up of developments in pharmaceutical manufacturing includes facility updates from Dishman, Alexion, Stirling Products, RL Fine Chemicals and Cambrex, …
PCTs receive mixed ratings from PBC commissioners
December 14, 2009PBC, primary
PCTs have received a mixed report from practice-based commissioners, less than a third of who rate the quality of PCT …
MabThera shows improved leukaemia survival benefits
December 14, 2009Sales and Marketing CLL, MabThera, Roche
MabThera/Rituxan is the first treatment to show improved survival in previously untreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), according to …
Pfizer gives notice of staff cuts at former Wyeth plant
December 14, 2009Manufacturing and Production Pfizer, US
Pfizer says it will cut around 200 staff at its Pearl River manufacturing facility in New York, US, according to …
Pronova gets EU nod for Omacor manufacturing plant
December 14, 2009Manufacturing and Production Denmark, Omacor, Pronova
Pronova BioPharma has been granted approval by EU regulatory authorities for its new manufacturing plant in Kalundborg, Denmark, that will …
Mental health support programme launched
December 14, 2009NICE, mental health
A government programme offering workplace support for people with mental health issues has been launched.The idea is to allow sufferers …
Pfizer UK’s Theodora Anastasi joins The MSI Consultancy
December 14, 2009Sales and Marketing MSI, appointment, sales and marketing
Pharmaceutical consultancy firm The MSI Consultancy has appointed Theodora Anastasi as a consultant.
Digital Pharma: A Year in Digital (3/5)
December 14, 2009Medical Communications 2009, Roche, digi, digital pharma, year in review
A number of Roche’s own interactive educational initiatives, such as those explaining biotechnology or what it takes to develop a …
GSK to invest in UK manufacturing thanks to ‘patent box’ concept
December 11, 2009Manufacturing and Production GSK, biopharmaceutical
GlaxoSmithKline has welcomed plans for a new UK government initiative the ‘patent box’ aimed at stimulating investment in the UK. …
Digital Pharma: Byte-sized roundup
December 11, 2009Medical Communications 2009, Facebook, NHS, digi, digital pharma, google, iphone, sidewiki, year in review
The Department of Health this week launched mental health programme New Horizons, following a consultation period that included a dedicated …
BIA appoints Nigel Gaymond chief executive
December 11, 2009Research and Development BIA, appointment, biotech, research and development
The BioIndustry Association (BIA) has appointed Nigel Gaymond as its new chief executive.
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