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 …
£15.8 million UK haul of fake drugs
June 19, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing MHRA, counterfeit, drugs, fake, interpol
Counterfeit and unlicensed medicines and devices worth £15.8 million have been seized in the UK as part of a global …
Health wearable Fitbit leads the market
June 19, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, brett wells, digital, fitbit, health, watch, wearables
Health and fitness wearable device Fitbit has beaten expectations as the company’s shares soar following its first day of trading …
Zeus Capital names healthcare finance lead
June 19, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing phil walker, zeus capital
Investment banking boutique Zeus Capital is increasing its healthcare sector team by hiring Phil Walker to head the firm’s healthcare …
NICE wants more answers from Gilead on Zydelig
June 18, 2015Sales and Marketing Gilead, MabThera, NICE, Roche, UK, brett wells, zydelig
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has not recommended Gilead’s leukaemia drug Zydelig in draft guidance. But the …
EU approval for new Sanofi, Merck vaccine
June 18, 2015Sales and Marketing EU, Europe, Merck, Sanofi, Sanofi pasteur msd, brett wells, gardasil 9
Sanofi and Merck are looking forward to a successor to their blockbuster Gardasil now that the European Commission has granted …
No ‘Plan B’ for Obamacare
June 18, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ACT, Medicaid, Medicare, Obama, Obamacare, patient protection
US president Barack Obama has no ‘Plan B’ if a crucial Supreme Court vote in the next fortnight goes against …
NHS England unveils digital roadmap
June 17, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing GP, HSCIC, NHS, NIB, brett wells, choices, digital, wearables
NHS England has laid out digital technology plans that it says will completely transform services and improve health outcomes using …
AZ takes manufacturing head from Merck
June 17, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
Pam Cheng has joined AstraZeneca from Merck to be its executive vice president of operations and IT. Cheng succeeds David …
GSK ploughs $95m into research institute
June 17, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Pfizer, acquisition, altius, merger, takeover
GlaxoSmithKline is pouring $95 million into a new US research institute to investigate how a cell’s operating system works in …
Immodulon Therapeutics makes two senior hires
June 17, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Immodulon Therapeutics
UK late-stage biopharma firm Immodulon Therapeutics has made two new senior appointments to its board of directors. Investment fund manager …
Actavis changes its name to Allergan
June 16, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Actavis, Allergan, Botox, Valeant
Actavis has now officially changed its name to Allergan following the Ireland-based company’s recent acquisition of the botox maker. This …
Pfizer expands in China with $95m consumer products plant
June 16, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Asia, China, Pfizer, brett wells, production
Pfizer says it has broken ground with a $95 million production facility in Suzhou in China to expand its production …
FDA links with PatientsLikeMe
June 16, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing FDA, PatientsLikeMe, data
The US Food and Drug Administration has signed a research deal with PatientsLikeMe in a move the online patient network …
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