Pfizer lung cancer drug suffers late-stage setback
January 28, 2014Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, NSCLC, Pfizer, Roche, Tarceva, dacomitinib
An experimental cancer drug developed by Pfizer has failed in two separate Phase III clinical studies. Dacomitinib is a tyrosine …
UCB launches online challenge to find new drugs
January 28, 2014Medical Communications UCB, crowdsourcing, innovation challenge, website
UCB has launched its ‘Innovation Challenge’ as it looks to pay members of the public to help develop new drugs. …
NICE looks at Xtandi again
January 28, 2014Sales and Marketing Astellas, NHS, NICE, Xtandi
NICE has announced it is to consult again on its decision to recommend Astellas Pharma’s prostate cancer drug Xtandi after …
Targacept appoints chairman
January 28, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Targacept, richard
Clinical-stage biopharma firm Targecept has appointed its non-executive director since 2002 John Richard to be its chairman of the board. …
NICE rejects ‘benefit’ test
January 28, 2014Sales and Marketing Dillon, EMIG, NHS, NICE, benefits
NICE has refused to include a ‘wider societal benefit’ test into its deliberations about which drugs should be available on …
J&J: we’re proud to top social media leaderboard
January 27, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing IMS, J&J, JJ, Janssen, digital, epatient, pharma
Johnson & Johnson says recognising the rise of the ePatient and being willing to share its corporate plans with the …
BMS revenue drops in 2013
January 27, 2014Sales and Marketing AZ, BMS, Yervoy, diabetes, hep C, q4
Bristol-Myers’ Squibb’s revenue has fallen 7% year-on-year to $16.4 billion during 2013. Turnover rose 6% to $4.4 billion in the …
Teva’s Great White Hope knocked back by Europe
January 27, 2014Sales and Marketing CHMP, EU, MS, Nerventra, Teva
The drug designed to be a follow-up to Teva’s wildly successful Copaxone has been hit by rejection in Europe, leaving …
NHS reform: did the government get it right?
January 27, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing DH, Hunt, Lansley, NHS, atkins, reform, reforms
Some nine months after the coalition government’s controversial health reforms came in, have they been a success? And how are …
PTC Therapeutics makes series of changes
January 27, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing PTC Therapeutics
Biopharma firm PTC Therapeutics has expanded its senior management team with a raft of appointments. Robert Spiegel (pictured) becomes its …
FDA extends Ranbaxy ban
January 27, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing API, FDA, Ranbaxy, toansa
India-based generic manufacturer Ranbaxy Laboratories has been dealt a further blow as the US regulator has banned more of its …
Shire replaces retiring chairman with former banker
January 24, 2014Sales and Marketing Organogenesis, Shire, dermagraft, emmens, kilsby
Susan Kilsby is to be the new chairman at Shire and steps into Matthew Emmens’s role as he retires from …
Elderly denied cancer treatment on NHS
January 24, 2014Sales and Marketing Cancer, Macmillan, NCIN, NHS, elderly
A UK charity is warning the NHS not to write off older cancer patients as ‘too old’ for treatment. With …
Mail backs down over NICE ‘champagne perks’ attack
January 24, 2014Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Daily Mail, NHS, NICE, UK, spending
The Daily Mail newspaper has backed down on an article it published earlier this month, which alleged that staff at …
NHS consults on loosening controls for Viagra
January 23, 2014Sales and Marketing DH, ED, NHS, Pfizer, Sildenafil, viagra
The Department of Health is looking to make cheaper generic versions of Pfizer’s Viagra more widely available to patients with …
Danish government: ‘Sue pharma firms’
January 23, 2014Sales and Marketing Actavis, Danish, Denmark, Lundbeck, celexa
A senior figure in Denmark’s government has said that local authorities should take legal action against pharma firms which put …
Novartis may axe 1,000 jobs in Diovan wake
January 23, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Coartem, Diovan, Novartis, cuts
Novartis will shut down a plant in New York State that made heart drug Diovan and malaria treatment Coartem as …
Biotec Services appoints US head
January 23, 2014Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
Clinical trials services firm Biotec Services International is looking to expand its presence in the US with the appointment of …
J&J profits up amid drug gains
January 23, 2014Sales and Marketing FDA, J&J, JJ, Remicade, Zytiga, olysio, q4
Johnson & Johnson’s sales in the fourth quarter of 2013 rose 4.5% compared to the same period in the previous …
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