NHS England’s Sovaldi fund: opening the floodgates?
July 26, 2014Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDG, NICE, Professor David Haslam, hep C, sovaldi
Whilst seemingly more and more barriers are being erected to slow down the adoption of new medicines, there is a …
GSK seeks regulatory review of first malaria vaccine
July 26, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, malaria, rts, s
GSK has submitted a regulatory application to the European Medicines Agency for its malaria vaccine candidate RTS,S and hopes it …
More action needed on antibiotic resistance
July 25, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AMR, Antibiotics, AstraZeneca, GSK, HIV, MRC, WHO, walsh
Pharma and governments need to put their heads together urgently in order to tackle the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), …
New director for Quest Diagnostics
July 25, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing quest diagnostics, vicky gregg
Diagnostic information services firm Quest Diagnostics has confirmed that Vicky Gregg is to serve as a director on its board. Gregg …
NICE extends recommendation for Efient
July 24, 2014Sales and Marketing ACS, Efient, NICE, Plavix, longs ton, prasugrel
In updated guidance NICE has extended its recommendation of Efient (prasugrel) in combination with aspirin for preventing blood clots in …
FDA approves Gilead’s blood cancer drug
July 24, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, FDA, Gilead, blood, follicular lymphoma and small lymphocytic lymphoma, lymphocytic leukaemia, sovaldi, zydelig
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Gilead Sciences new treatment Zydelig (idelalisib) to treat three types of blood cancer. …
New president for Mental Health Foundation
July 24, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Dr Dinesh Bhugra, Mental Health Foundation
Dr Dinesh Bhugra who has served as chair of the Mental Health Foundation for three years has been appointed as …
BMJ investigation raises new concerns over Pradaxa
July 24, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMJ, Boehringer, Channel 4, Pradaxa, blood, warfarin
An investigation by The BMJ has raised fresh concerns about Boehringer’s top-selling blood thinner Pradaxa (dabigatran) and the regulatory decisions …
Another major drop in sales for GSK
July 23, 2014Sales and Marketing China, GSK, Q2, Witty, bribery, sales, scandal, sex
GlaxoSmithKline posted a 4% slide in revenue for the second quarter today as its recovery from a slew of patent …
Wireless tech cannot substitute nurses
July 23, 2014Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Brighton, NHS, RCN, hospital, nursing, wireless tech
The Royal College of Nursing says that whilst a new wireless diagnostic patch is certainly innovative, they are concerned that …
NICE ‘yes’ for cancer drugs
July 23, 2014Sales and Marketing Astellas, BMS, Cancer, NICE, Xtandi, Yervoy
Two big-name oncology brands, Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Yervoy and Astellas Pharma’s Xtandi, have been given the nod by drug costs watchdog …
Agena Bioscience hires Life Technologies president
July 23, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing agena bioscience, peter dansky
Clinical diagnostics firm Agena Bioscience has confirmed that Peter Dansky has joined the company as its chief executive and will …
Allergan slashes 1,500 jobs
July 22, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Allergan, Botox, Jobs, cuts, valiant
Allergan is to cut 1,500 jobs as part of a restructure which it believes will make pre-tax savings of around …
MedImmune to work with biotech Advaxis on cancer
July 22, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Advaxis, AstraZeneca, Cancer, MEDI4736, MedImmune, oncology, pd1
AZ’s MedImmune has entered into a clinical trial collaboration with US biotech firm Advaxis to help develop new cancer immunotherapies. …
Pharma firms give researchers access
July 22, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen R&D, MRC, Pfizer, Takeda, UCB, lilly, research, virtual library
UK researchers are to gain access to compounds from seven pharma companies in a partnership with the Medical Research Council …
More directors for Cello Health Insight
July 22, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Directors, Sunil Sharma, Zahidah Ahmad, cello health insight
Healthcare research agency Cello Health Insight has made two director-level appointments on the back of a wave of new hires.
Sovaldi scores in HIV patients
July 21, 2014Sales and Marketing Gilead, HIV, JAMA, hep C, hepatitis C, sovaldi
Patients with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) have responded well to a combination of Gilead Sciences’ Sovaldi and ribavirin …
Social media driving doctor complaints
July 21, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Facebook, GMC, Twitter, doctors, social media
The advent of social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook are fuelling complaints about doctors, according to a new …
IPF grabs headlines at American Thoracic Society conference
July 21, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing IPF, ats, ats 2014, brett wells, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, san diego, thoracic society
Just prior to landing in San Diego it was somewhat disconcerting to see fire spreading across the terrain and huge …
AstraZeneca reveals Cambridge plans
July 21, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cambridge, cbc, research, silicon fen
AstraZeneca’s new international HQ on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC), due to open in two years’ time, will feature an …
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