Turn your people into your competitive advantage
April 27, 2010Business Services careers voice, rsa, talking careers
Nick Stephens, chief executive of RSA, outlines and analyses the major HR and people management issues global life sciences executives’ …
Dr Pia Garguilo and Richard Watts join Qiagen
April 27, 2010Sales and Marketing Qiagen, appointment, sales and marketing
Netherlands-based diagnostics company Qiagen has made two appointments to its new pharma business development team. Dr Pia Gargiulo joins as …
Charles River to buy WuXi for $1.6bn
April 27, 2010Research and Development Charles River, Charles River Laboratories, WuXi, contract research
Contract research and laboratory supplies giant Charles River has said it intends to purchase Chinese counterpart WuXi PharmaTech in a …
Synovate appoints Manfred Eberlein
April 26, 2010Sales and Marketing appointment, sales and marketing, synovate
Pharma research company Synovate Healthcare has appointed Manfred Eberlein to head up its operations in Western Europe. In his new …
Digital Pharma: UK election check-up
April 26, 2010Medical Communications NHS, digi game, election, general election
A new lighthearted game from The Kings Fund aims to educate players on the three main political parties’ health and …
Nycomed partners with Merck on Daxas
April 26, 2010Sales and Marketing Daxas, Merck & Co, Nycomed
Swiss firm Nycomed and Merck & Co have agreed to co-promote oral chronic obstructive pulmonary disease candidate Daxas in Europe. …
Recovery signs, but outsourcing gets more competitive
April 26, 2010Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Interphex, contract manufacturing, contract research, contract research organisation
The first green shoots of recovery in the global economy – assuming of course they are not going to be …
New manufacturing products launched at Interphex
April 26, 2010Manufacturing and Production Interphex, manufacturing and production, manufacturing equipment
The annual Interphex exhibition in New York was somewhat low-key this year with attendance disrupted by the block on flights …
Paula Staples joins Owen Mumford
April 23, 2010Manufacturing and Production Owen Mumford, appointment, manufacturing and production
UK medical device manufacturer Owen Mumford has appointed Paula Staples as global head of quality.She joins from pharma company Abbott, …
Parties debate future of NHS
April 22, 2010Sales and Marketing NHS, general election
The UK general election debates turned to health policy on Thursday, with the Lib Democrats, Conservatives and Labour outlining their …
Digital marketing – can we talk?
April 22, 2010Medical Communications digital pharma, social media
The internet and online developments such as YouTube, Twitter, Wikipedia and Facebook have already revolutionised how we communicate, and with …
HealthTalker appoints Collie Turner
April 22, 2010Sales and Marketing Company news, HealthTalker, appointment, new hires, pharm marketing, sales and marketing
Collie Turner has joined US word-of-mouth marketing agency HealthTalker’s leadership team as senior director of strategic partnerships. She will focus on driving new …
Genzyme fined $175m for manufacturing problems
April 22, 2010Manufacturing and Production Cerezyme, Cerezyme Fabrazyme Gaucher's Genzyme, Fabrazyme, Gaucher's, Genzyme, manufacturing compliance
The FDA seems to have lost patience with biotechnology company Genzyme over contamination problems at its manufacturing facilities, levying a …
Elan looks again at hiving off drug delivery unit EDT
April 22, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Elan
Irish drugmaker Elan says it is once again considering spinning out its drug delivery division, Elan Drug Technology, after abandoning …
Bayer lures Novartis’ Reinhardt for top healthcare post
April 22, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, appointment, research and development, sales and marketing
German pharma company Bayer has ended its search for someone to replace healthcare chief executive Arthur Higgins, appointing Dr Jörg …
Novartis shines in first quarter
April 21, 2010Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, Alcon, Novartis
Novartis has had a very strong first quarter, its first under new chief executive Joe Jimenez, delivering a 25% increase …
Astellas eyes oncology growth
April 21, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astellas, Astellas Pharma Europe
Astellas Pharma Europe has set its sights on the oncology market, earmarking the therapy area as its latest “franchise focus” …
Volcanic ash fallout hits pharma
April 21, 2010Manufacturing and Production Clinical Supply Operations, disaster, logistics, supply chain
The headline news in the wake of the Icelandic volcano eruption has been of stranded passengers struggling to get home …
Secondary endpoints failure take shine off Benlysta
April 21, 2010Sales and Marketing GSK, HGS, Lupus
GlaxoSmithKline’s lupus treatment has failed to reach a statistically significant secondary endpoint in the second of two phase III trials. …
Wyeth’s Ursula Franklin joins Red Kite
April 21, 2010Business Services, Sales and Marketing Red Kite, appointment, coaching, development, leadership, sales and marketing, strategic planning, strategy, training
Red Kite has appointed Ursula Franklin to head up its new Transformation division. She joins from Wyeth Europa, now part …
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