Pfizer signs drug profiling deal with Nodality
August 10, 2012Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Lupus, Nodality, Pfizer, SCNP
Pfizer has signed a multi-year drug profiling deal with Nodality to help get the best from its autoimmune disease compounds. …
Former Pfizer head Kindler joins Lux Capital
August 10, 2012Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Kindler, Pfizer
Venture capital firm Lux Capital has appointed former Pfizer chairman and chief executive Jeff Kindler as a partner. Kindler will …
Fuji buys Thai manufacturing facility from DKSH
August 9, 2012Manufacturing and Production DKSH, Fuji, OLIC, Thai
Japan’s Fuji Pharma has bought Thailand’s largest pharmaceutical contract manufacturing organisation OLIC from current owner DKSH. In a deal that …
Working Life: Amanda Paxon
August 9, 2012Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amanda Paxon, Boehringer Ingelheim, Working Life
How did you find your way into your current role? Through a combination of good luck and hard work! I …
NICE still minded not to recommend Zelboraf
August 9, 2012Sales and Marketing BMS, NICE, QALY, Yervoy, Zelboraf
NICE is asking Roche for more information about its melanoma pill Zelboraf, saying it is still too expensive and its …
Amgen scraps pancreatic cancer drug
August 9, 2012Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amgen, GAMMA, Ganitumab, pancreatic
Biotech company Amgen has abandoned its late-stage trial of a new drug for one of the most hard-to-treat of all …
Nicholson to end NHS black listing of drugs
August 9, 2012Sales and Marketing IHW, NHS, NICE, Sir David Nicholson, formulary
The chief executive of the NHS is looking to stamp out black listing of NICE-approved medicines. In a letter to …
Cambridge University gains stem cell centre funding
August 9, 2012Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cambridge, MRC, Wellcome Trust, stem cell
The Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council are investing £8 million into a new stem cell research centre. The …
UK government to create four new ‘eHealth’ centres
August 9, 2012Sales and Marketing MRC, NHS, data, eHealth, investment, patient records
A consortium of ten UK government and charity groups has invested £19 million to create a series of eHealth research …
NHS Board appointments
August 9, 2012Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing DoH, NHS, government
Further Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) managing directors have been announced by the NHS Board Authority.
UK doctors must prepare for the rise of the ‘ePatient’
August 9, 2012Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, GPs, digital
Doctors and other healthcare professionals must prepare for the rise of ‘ePatients’ in the coming years and keep apace with …
ABPI appoints UK pharma team to head VBP discussion
August 8, 2012Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, VBP
The ABPI has announced the team which will represent the pharma industry in negotiations with the government to agree the …
Pfizer pays $60m in bribery cases
August 8, 2012Sales and Marketing DoJ, FDA, GSK, Janssen, Pfizer, Wyeth, bribery
Pfizer has been fined $60 million for making improper payments to doctors in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The …
AstraZeneca and BTG sepsis drug fails
August 8, 2012Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AZD977, AstraZeneca, BTG, CytoFab, sepsis
AstraZeneca’s pipeline has suffered another blow with the troubled company halting development of an investigational sepsis drug following poor Phase …
Appointments made to NHS property services
August 8, 2012Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Charles Howeson, NHS
The company set up by the government to manage all the ex-PCT estate not transferred to providers (NHS Property Services), …
GSK’s Votrient gains new licence
August 8, 2012Sales and Marketing GSK, NICE, Votrient, soft cell sarcoma
GlaxoSmithKline has gained a new European licence for its cancer pill Votrient adding to its renal cell carcinoma licence. The …
Regeneron to expand workforce at New York facility
August 8, 2012Manufacturing and Production Arcalyst, Eylea, Regeneron, Zaltrap
Buoyant product sales at US biotech Regeneron have prompted the company to undertake a recruitment drive at its manufacturing facility …
Champix better than patches for smoking cessation
August 7, 2012Sales and Marketing Champix, FDA, Pfizer, Zyban, smoking
New research shows that Pfizer’s Champix is better than nicotine patch therapy at helping smokers kick the habit. A Pfizer …
Ticking all the Boxes
August 7, 2012Manufacturing and Production
Pharmaceutical packaging has many functions to perform but in the OTC area of the market brand owners and product manufactures …
GE and iBio expand plant production alliance
August 7, 2012Manufacturing and Production GE Healthcare, iBio, iBioLaunch
GE Healthcare and iBio have forged an alliance to commercialise plant-based technologies for the manufacture of biologic drugs and vaccines. …
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