Campaigners urge for HPV vaccine to be extended to boys
September 22, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing HPV, Vaccine, boys, girls, human papilloma virus, rsph
Public health experts are meeting today to discuss whether boys as well as girls should be offered the HPV jab. …
Patients struggling to take conventional medicines
September 22, 2014Manufacturing and Production Spiegel Institut Mannheim, hermes pharma, medicines, swallowing
A new survey commissioned by Hermes Pharma, which develops easier-to-swallow pills, has found that more than half of those asked …
Merck KGaA pays out $17 billion for Sigma-Aldrich
September 22, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Millipore, Serono, Sigma-Aldrich, buyout, marck kgaa, sigma aldrich
Merck KGaA has swooped in and bought US-based Sigma-Aldrich in a deal worth $17 billion (€13.1 billion). The acquisition will …
Half of cancers diagnosed at late stage
September 22, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CRUK, Cancer, NHS, UK, oncology
A Cancer Research UK study out today reveals that nearly half of all cancers in England are diagnosed at an …
Gilead’s blood cancer pill approved in Europe
September 22, 2014Sales and Marketing CLL, Gilead, blood cancer, fl, idelalisib, oncology, zydelig
Gilead has gained European Commission approval for its new blood cancer pill Zydelig (idelalisib) as it looks to expand further …
IXICO hires chief financial officer
September 22, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
UK-based medical tech business IXICO has appointed Susan Lowther to its board as a chief financial officer. Lowther was previously …
Pharma and Twitter: a happy marriage or time for a divorce?
September 22, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Facebook, PMCPA, Twitter, digital, pharma, social media
There has been a phenomenal rise in the use and scale of social media over the past decade, from the …
GSK fined, executives face jail sentence in Chinese bribery case
September 19, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, Witty, bribery, sex tape
China has fined Britain’s largest pharma firm GlaxoSmithKline $490 million (£297m) for corruption after a year-long investigation into claims it …
Boehringer pays $600m for cancer vaccine deal
September 19, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer Ingelheim, cancer vaccine, oncology, pd1
Boehringer is hoping to expand its oncology pipeline with a new multi-million dollar pact for an investigational cancer vaccine. The …
‘Angelina effect’ sees BRCA tests soar in UK
September 19, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, angelina jolie, brac1, brad, breast, mastectomy
Referrals for testing for breast cancer risk more than doubled across the UK, after Oscar-winning American actress Angelina Jolie announced …
Changes at the top for Merck KGaA
September 19, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Belén Garijo, Merck KGaA, Stefan Oschmann
German chemical and pharma giant Merck KGaA has promoted Stefan Oschmann to the position of deputy chief executive and vice …
Scotland votes no for independence
September 19, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, Scotland
The United Kingdom remains united today as Scotland narrowly voted against breaking up the 307-year-old union. The ‘No, Better Together’ …
Astellas appoints comms head from Baxter
September 18, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astellas, Burson-Marsteller, Edelman, baxter, christy noland, including GolinHarris
Astellas has hired Christy Noland to be its new director of business communications and advocacy for its urology unit in …
Apple’s HealthKit plagued by bugs and delay
September 18, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, Samsung, digital, google, health kit, ios8, wearables
Apple’s new mobile software iOS8 was launched around the world yesterday but the eagerly anticipated centrepiece HealthKit app was conspicuous …
GSK melanoma drug sees quick NICE nod
September 18, 2014Sales and Marketing Cancer, GSK, NICE, Tafinlar, Yervoy, dabrafenib, melanoma, skin cancer
NICE is recommending GlaxoSmithKline’s new melanoma treatment Tafinlar (dabrafenib) after the firm offered a discount for its medicine. In final …
NICE reform put on hold – for now
September 17, 2014Sales and Marketing Dillon, NHS, NHS England, NICE, market access, vba
The reforming of NICE has been put on hold as the watchdog believes more changes must be wrought to deal …
New managing director for PAN
September 17, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Creston Health, Jon Linscott, Pan, eric hansen
Creative comms agency PAN has appointed a new managing director in Eric Hansen who replaces the recently-departed Jon Linscott.Reporting in …
Cancer drug gains first early UK access grant
September 17, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, NICE, UK, keytruda, oncology, pin, promising
A new type of cell therapy for cancer has become the first to be deemed by the UK government as …
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