AstraZeneca strikes cancer vaccine pact
January 8, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, MedImmune, oncology
AstraZeneca’s biologics arm MedImmune has struck an oncology research deal with UK biotech company Immunocore. The deal, which could be …
SCM Pharma hires US-based manager
January 8, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing SCM Pharma, richards
UK Sterile manufacturing specialist SCM Pharma has appointed US-based business development manager Derek Richards. Richards will oversee the contract development …
AZ and Horizon in cancer tie-up
January 8, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, horizon, medimunne
AstraZeneca has signed a deal with British biotech firm Horizon Discovery to look at a number of genotypes to see …
US cancer research receives $540 million
January 7, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, US, licr, ludwig
Six facilities in the US have received a total of $540 million from the estate of an American businessman in …
Janssen bets on stem cells
January 7, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDC, Janssen, Stem cells, cap, capricor
US biotech Capricor Therapeutics is being backed by Janssen Biotech to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars to …
Pharma facility news in brief
January 7, 2014Manufacturing and Production manufacturing, pharma
GlaxoSmithKline has launched a new website and Twitter account to inform the public about progress with its £350 million ($574 …
GE makes $1 billion Thermo deal
January 7, 2014Sales and Marketing general electric, merger, thermo fisher
General Electric Company is to pay around $1.06 billion in a bid to boost its life sciences capability in pharma’s …
Healthcare Corporation of America names chief executive and chairman
January 7, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing healthcare corporation of america
The Healthcare Corporation of America has appointed Natasha Giordano as its chief executive and Yaron Eitan as chairman of the …
FDA and EMA team up for generic drug inspections
January 6, 2014Manufacturing and Production EMA, FDA, GMP, Taylor, manufacturing
The regulatory authorities in the US and EU have taken another step towards harmonisation by agreeing to pool their resources …
EMA identifies GMP transgressors in public database
January 6, 2014Manufacturing and Production Database, EMA, GDP, GMP
The European Medicines Agency has continued its march towards increased transparency by publishing – for the first time – the …
NHS patient data to be shared with researchers
January 6, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, data, online, transparency
NHS England will begin to gather patient data from GPs for the first time this spring to ‘improve care and …
GSK and Sanofi expand transparency
January 6, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Goldacre, Sanofi, alltrials, transparency
GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi have announced separate moves which will shine greater light on both companies’ clinical trial data. GSK has …
Cancer patients lose out in NHS overspend
January 6, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Macmillan, NHS England
Patients in the NHS may not be able to receive new treatments for cancer as it emerges that health chiefs …
Aeterna Zentaris appoints former Boehringer head
January 6, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing aeterna zentaris
Speciality biopharma firm Aeterna Zentaris has hired Dr Richard Sachse to be its senior vice president and chief scientific officer. …
GSK sells off non-core assets
January 6, 2014Sales and Marketing GSK, Suntory, aspen, lucozade, ribena
GlaxoSmithKline has completed the offloading of several of its non-core assets in moves which stand to net the pharma manufacturer …
Regulate, don’t strangulate
January 6, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, code of practise, low, myeloma
As many of you will know, work is now under way to revise the ABPI Code. Not before time I …
China ban for corrupt pharma firms
January 2, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cameron, China, GSK, Witty, bribery, lilly
‘Printed’ eye cells could herald new treatments
December 24, 2013Research and Development, Sales and Marketing biofabrication, blind, blindness, eye printing
Researchers from Cambridge University have printed new eye cells using a standard printer that could herald new treatments to stop …
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