Valeant looking to buy Zoetis
June 26, 2015Sales and Marketing Actavis, Allergan, Valeant, Zoetis, brett wells
Canadian drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals has made a move to acquire animal health company Zoetis. This is according to the Wall …
UK Court weighs in on Lilly-Actavis Alimta case
June 26, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Actavis, Alimta, UK, lilly
Actavis will be infringing Lilly’s patent if it were to produce generic versions of Alimta, the UK Court of Appeal …
Hanover names branding and comms lead
June 26, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Hanover, frances beves
London-based healthcare communications agency Hanover has recruited Frances Beves as a director to join in August. Beves joins as a …
Red Door Unlimited hires new director
June 25, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Kimberly Santiago, Paradigm Communications, Porter Novelli, red door unlimited
Red Door Unlimited has appointed a new director in Kimberly Santiago who joins from Porter Novelli’s sister agency Paradigm Communications. …
Lilly and Novartis face legal challenges
June 25, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Gleevec, Glivec, Novartis, cymbalta, imatinib, lilly, zyprexa
Judges in California have ruled that Lilly should face claims it failed to fully disclose the extent of post-withdrawal side …
Senior heads depart AstraZeneca and Takeda
June 25, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Briggs Morrison, François-Xavier Roger, James Ward-Lilley, Takeda, brett wells
AstraZeneca vice president James Ward-Lilley and Takeda’s chief financial officer François-Xavier Roger are both exiting their respective companies and moving …
Sophia Genetics appoints chief financial officer
June 25, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Marylin Mermod Schule, Sophia Genetics
Swiss-based Sophia Genetics that deals in data driven medicine has appointed Marylin Mermod Schule to be its chief financial officer. …
China rejects Gilead’s Sovaldi patent
June 24, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, Gilead, hep C, sofosbuvir, sovaldi
Manufacturer of the blockbuster hepatitis C treatment Sovaldi Gilead has seen its application for a patent in China rejected following …
NICE asks for more evidence from dry eye treatment maker
June 24, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ikervis, NHS, NICE, ciclosporin, santen pharma
A NICE appraisal committee has asked for more information on a treatment for chronic dry eye syndrome, after failing to …
Google unveils its health wearable
June 24, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, brett wells, fitbit, gogle x, google, researchkit, study kit, wearable
Google has developed a health-tracking wearable that is not for the consumer market but rather designed to be utilised in …
OBN chief executive Jon Rees steps down
June 24, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing OBN, jon rees, ross sommerville
UK life sciences membership organisation OBN has confirmed that its chief executive Jon Rees is stepping down in August after a decade …
Former Sanofi chief executive joins Waypoint
June 23, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi, Viehbacher, waypoint
The former Sanofi chief executive Christopher Viehbacher is joining Geneva-headquartered business enterprise firm Waypoint Capital as a managing partner.
Pfizer acquires meningitis vaccines from GSK
June 23, 2015Sales and Marketing GSK, Mencevax, Nimenrix, Novartis, Pfizer, meningitis
Pharma giants GSK and Pfizer have announced an agreement to transfer the ownership of two meningitis vaccines from GlaxoSmithKline to …
NICE reworks cancer guidance for GPs
June 23, 2015Sales and Marketing Cancer, GPs, NICE, UK, baker, research
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence says thousands of lives will be saved each year if GPs and …
NuCana appoints chief medical officer
June 23, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing martin birkhofer, nucana
Scottish clinical stage biopharma firm Nucana has appointed Dr Martin Birkhofer as its chief medical officer. Birkhofer, an oncologist by training, …
Google backs Oxford Sciences Innovation
June 22, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Oxford, Oxford Sciences Innovation, google, ventures
Google has invested into a company that funds spinoffs from Oxford University’s technology and science departments called Oxford Sciences Innovation …
Eisai earns FDA nod for Fycompa
June 22, 2015Sales and Marketing Eisai, FDA, Fycompa
The FDA has expanded the patient groups for whom Eisai’s epilepsy drug Fycompa is available to include people who have …
GCI Health makes team changes
June 22, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GCI Health, caryl johns, claire martin, helen khan, laura starr
Healthcare comms agency GCI Health has promoted Claire Martin to associate director and Laura Starr to associate director and head …
Overcoming barriers in rare diseases
June 22, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BIA, NHS, Shire, bates, government, nps, rare diseases
In recent months the focus on the need to develop new drugs and fund new treatments for rare diseases has …
Sun Pharma sacks 18 Ranbaxy executives
June 19, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Daiichi, India, Ranbaxy, Sun Pharma, brett wells
Sun Pharma has asked 18 executives to leave the company who were previously a part of Ranbaxy, the firm it …
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