New comms director for Royal College of Surgeons
February 17, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing RCS, royal college of surgeons, simon edwards
The Royal College of Surgeons has promoted Simon Edwards to the position of director of communications. Edwards previously held the …
Hospira launches biosimilar monoclonal antibody
February 16, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MSD, Merck, Remicade, biosimilar. hospira, inflectra, infliximab
Hospira has won the race to become the first company to launch a biosimilar version of an anti-TNF biologic, after …
Shire delivers record revenues
February 16, 2015Sales and Marketing ADHD, AbbVie, Shire, Viropharma, Vyvanse, intuniv, lialda
Shire has posted strong growth in its full-year results, showing that the company is faring well even after the collapse …
FDA approves Eisai thyroid drug, fast-tracks Novartis heart pill
February 16, 2015Sales and Marketing Eisai, FDA, LCZ696, Lenvima, Novartis, heart, lenvatinib, thyroid
The FDA has approved Eisai’s thyroid cancer drug Lenvima and also granted Novartis heart pill LCZ696 a priority review. Lenvima …
AstraZeneca loses US Pulmicort patent
February 16, 2015Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Budesonide Inhalation Suspension, asthma, pulmicourt, respiratory
British drugmaker AstraZeneca has been dealt a blow by the courts in the US, after a district judge ruled its …
Onyx Health appoints account manager
February 16, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Onyx, dean forbes
UK healthcare marketing communications firm experts Onyx Health have hired Dean Forbes to develop their marketing, PR and branding services. …
Big Data has yet to hit the big time
February 16, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astellas, Big Data, chris poole, data, development, mark thornton
Big data has taken quite a knocking over the past year. First, from some sceptics who have warned big data …
TiGenix and Lonza partner on stem cell manufacturing
February 13, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Crohn’s disease, Lonza, Stem cells, TiGenix, crohn's disease, eascs, manufacturing, spa
Stem cell therapy developer TiGenix has enlisted the help of biologics manufacturer Lonza to produce its medicine Cx601 for late-stage …
Hormone replacement therapy elevates ovarian cancer risk
February 13, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, HRT, Lancet, Oxford, oncology, ovarian
According to a new study women who undergo hormone replacement therapy nearly double their risk of developing ovarian cancer. Findings …
Celgene’s blood cancer pill too expensive for NHS
February 13, 2015Sales and Marketing Celgene, NHS, NICE, Pomalidomide, imnovid, myeloma
NICE has decided not to recommend Celgene’s Imnovid for treating patients with multiple myeloma – a cancer that affects white …
Boehringer and Sanofi admit to code breaches
February 13, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Boehringer, PMCPA, Sanofi, afatinib, giotrif
Sanofi and Boehringer Ingelheim have both admitted to breaching the ABPI Code of Practice, with Sanofi set to be publicly …
Sanofi makes gene therapy move
February 13, 2015Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Genzyme, Sanofi, Voyager Therapeutics, gene therapy, merger
Sanofi has signalled its intent to develop gene therapy treatments for nerve diseases through a $745 million deal with US …
New director at IMC Healthcare Communication
February 13, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing imc healthcare communication, stephanie westwood
Dr Stephanie Westwood has joined IMC Healthcare Communication as a medical and scientific director. Westwood was previously a scientific director …
Google search results to include health facts
February 12, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing digital, google, health, internet, knowledge graph, wearables
Google is set to introduce health information directly into its search results as increasing numbers of people use search engines …
Websites selling illegal drugs increasingly face closure
February 12, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing MHRA, counterfeit, drugs, illegal, on tap, websites
The number of websites shut down by the MHRA for selling illegal pharmaceutical products has increased dramatically in recent years, …
New support guidelines for NHS whistleblowers
February 12, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing CCG, Jeremy Hunt, NHS, comms, robert francis, whistleblowers
New guidelines to support NHS whistleblowers have been proposed by Sir Robert Francis QC – who led the inquiry into …
Apple hails health benefits of new watch
February 12, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, FDA, cook, healthkit, watch, wearables
Users of the upcoming Apple Watch will be prompted to be more active because ‘sitting is the new cancer’ according …
RSA hires three new consultants
February 12, 2015Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Beatriz de Luis, Maria-Angeles Garcia, Omar de Bary, rsa
Executive search and interims specialist firm RSA has announced three new appointments to its team of consultants in the UK. …
Pharma is boosting pipelines to avoid patent cliff
February 11, 2015Sales and Marketing Biogen IDEC, Moody's, dimethyl fumarate, lilly, pharma, pipelines, sofosbuvir, sovaldi, tecfidera
Pharmaceutical companies have improved their pipelines of new drugs over the last 18 months according to financial analysts Moody’s Investors …
US measles outbreak worst for 15 years
February 11, 2015Sales and Marketing FDA, cdcp, hamburg, measles, priorix, trimovax, vaccines
The worst measles outbreak in 15 years has reached a startling 121 cases in the US alone according to the …
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