European Medicines Agency appoints admin lead
November 18, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, Luc Vanheel, admin
Luc Vanheel has joined the European Medicines Agency (EMA) as the head of its administration division. A Belgian national, Vanheel …
Pfizer signs $3 billion cancer deal
November 18, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Merck KGaA, PD-L1, Pfizer, anti-PD-L1, opdivo
Pfizer has signed a multi-billion dollar deal to develop one of Merck KGaA’s investigational drugs, MSB0010718C, an anti-PD-L1 antibody. The …
Creston Health rebrands as Health Unlimited
November 18, 2014Medical Communications Astellas, Creston, Red Door, health unlimited, warne
Marketing communications group Creston has announced that its Creston Health arm will now be rebranded as Health Unlimited. Under the …
Antibiotic resistance ranking high among public concerns
November 18, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, Cameron, WHO, longitude, rees, terrorism
People in the UK believe antibiotic resistance is second only to terrorism among threats to the public, according to a …
Actavis buys Allergan for $66 billion
November 18, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Actavis, Allergan, Botox, Canada, Valeant, merger
The stately dance between Actavis and Allergan has culminated in the former buying the Botox manufacturer in a $66 billion …
New head of industrial operations at Bayer
November 18, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Klaus Schäfer
Bayer MaterialScience is getting a new head of industrial operations and technology as Dr Tony Van Osselaer retires from the …
Synergy Vision’s Ffyona Dawber wins Gold and Silver at the 2014 Stevie Awards for Women in Business
November 17, 2014Medical Communications Stevie awards, Synergy Vision, medical communications agency
Ffyona Dawber has scooped two prestigious Stevie® Awards at the 11th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business held in …
GSK tops pharma league for access
November 17, 2014Sales and Marketing Africa, GSK, Novo Nordisk, access, market, vaccines
GlaxoSmithKline is basking in some good news after topping the league table of pharma companies which do the most to …
FDA green lights Lemtrada for MS
November 17, 2014Sales and Marketing FDA, Genzyme, Lemtrada, MS, Sanofi, rems, tecfidera
The US FDA has approved Sanofi’s Lemtrada for multiple sclerosis, almost a year after rejecting the drug on concerns about …
The numbers game: getting quantitative information to patients
November 17, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Kadcyla, Les Rose, clinical, myeloma, numbers, numerics
The great physicist Lord Kelvin said: “If you can measure something, and express it in numbers, then you know something …
Epic Sciences hires HR head from Prometheus
November 17, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing epic sciences, toni wayne
Epic Sciences has confirmed the appointment of Toni Wayne as the vice president of its human resources department. Wayne has …
EMA in turmoil as top job ‘annulled’
November 17, 2014Sales and Marketing EC, EMA, EU, Europe, Guido Rasi, Rasi, transparency
The future of Guido Rasi, head of Europe’s drugs regulator, is up in the air after a legal ruling which …
Hunt unveils £10 billion NHS savings plan
November 14, 2014Sales and Marketing Cameron, HSCIC, Hunt, Labour, NHS, burnham, digital, savings
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has laid out efficiency plans that he hopes will save the NHS up to £10 billion …
MSF starts trials of Ebola candidates
November 14, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ebola, MSF, Médecins Sans Frontières, avigan, brincidofovir, favipiravir
Three experimental Ebola therapies will be tested at sites operated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in West Africa, according to …
EMA responds to redaction concerns
November 14, 2014Sales and Marketing AbbVie, EMA, Goldacre, Humira, Rasi, adalimumab, redactions, transparency
The EMA has published a response to European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly’s questions about some of its trial data redactions. O’Reilly’s …
Cost of NHS medicines rises
November 14, 2014Sales and Marketing HSCIC, NHS, NICE, PPRS, drugs, hospitals, spend
Hospitals in England are taking an increasing share of the NHS’s bill for drugs approved by NICE, according to a …
Actavis appoints Pepsi head as CFO amid takeover talk
November 14, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Actavis, maria moen, pepsi
Dublin-based speciality pharma firm Actavis which is currently in talks to buy Allergan for $60 billion, has hired a chief …
NHS to ‘kitemark’ health-related apps
November 13, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, Hunt, NHS, Samsung, apps, kitemark, wearables
Plans to improve the quality of patient care by introducing a ‘kitemark’ to safely validate healthcare apps have been announced …
Allergan eyeing Actavis buyout
November 13, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Actavis, Allergan, Botox, Valeant, acquisition, buyout, merger
Allergan is attempting to block a recent Valeant hostile takeover bid by seeking the rumoured alternative merger deal with Actavis, …
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