BMA warns of ‘slash and burn’ health service cuts
June 28, 2011BMA, NHS reforms
The BMA has hit out against reckless cuts to health service budgets and a ‘phoney war’ on NHS pensions. In …
Shire gets green light for second Replagal facility
June 28, 2011Manufacturing and Production Replagal, Shire, Vpriv, pharma manufacturing news
The European Medicines Agency has approved a second manufacturing facility in the USA for Shire’s Fabry disease treatment Replagal. Shire’s …
GlaxoSmithKline fined $41m for manufacturing failings
June 28, 2011Manufacturing and Production GSK, pharma manufacturing news
GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay almost $41 million to dozens of US states in a lawsuit focusing on alleged substandard …
Pharma manufacturing news in brief
June 28, 2011Manufacturing and Production pharma manufacturing news
Abbott delays closure of Canadian facility, West Pharma starts a new build in China, plus updates from Vetter, Pharmadule and …
Sanofi appoints Peter Guenter senior VP, Europe
June 28, 2011Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing appointment, manufacturing and production, research and development, sales and marketing
Sanofi has promoted Peter Guenter to senior vice president, Europe, with effect from 15 July. He is currently general manager …
Service Insight: Submission development and market access
June 28, 2011Sales and Marketing Service Insight
SERVICE INSIGHT A successful health technology assessment is critical for market access in the UK. However, submissions that don’t follow …
Pfizer sells Irish manufacturing facility to BioMarin
June 27, 2011Manufacturing and Production BioMarin, Ireland, Pfizer, pharma manufacturing news
Pfizer is selling its Irish manufacturing facility in Shanbally, Cork, to US biopharmaceutical company BioMarin for $48.5 million, creating up …
Activaero appoints Christian Pangratz
June 27, 2011Sales and Marketing appointment, sales and marketing
Activaero GmbH has appointed Christian Pangratz as chief business officer, with a brief to lead its business development, marketing and …
CHMP backs Boehringer-Lilly diabetes drug Trajenta
June 27, 2011Sales and Marketing Tradjenta, Trajenta, diabetes
Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly’s new type II diabetes drug Trajenta has been recommended for European approval. It was given …
Bury the NHS reform bill, says BMJ
June 27, 2011Health and Social Care Bill, NHS reforms
The influential British Medical Journal has called on the government to abandon its healthcare reform bill, which it says has …
Beyond technology: how pharma marketing will be transformed…..
June 27, 2011Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing digital marketing, pharma marketing
I speak about social media and pharma company communications all the time. I find myself talking about it not just …
Novo Nordisk invests €134m in Danish facility
June 24, 2011Manufacturing and Production Novo Nordisk, biologics, pharma manufacturing news
Novo Nordisk plans to invest almost 1 billion Danish kroner (134 million euros) in a new biologics manufacturing facility at …
Chamberlain moves under CCC umbrella
June 24, 2011Medical Communications medical communications, medical communications agency, medical communications news
Health PR specialist Chamberlain Communications Group is to come under the umbrella of Chandler Chicco Companies (CCC) as a prelude …
Pfizer to retain 350 jobs at Sandwich
June 24, 2011Research and Development Pfizer, Sandwich, pharma jobs, recruitment
Pfizer has made the surprise decision to retain 350 jobs at its research and development site in Sandwich, Kent, providing …
Roche and Evotec to collaborate on cancer biomarkers
June 24, 2011Research and Development Evotec, Roche, biomarkers
Roche and Evotec are to collaborate to find biomarkers for Roche oncology drugs under development. Roche has been one of …
Roche launches R&D Institute in France
June 24, 2011Research and Development Roche, translational research
Roche has launched a new R&D Institute in France, furthering its links with academic centres in the country. The Institute, …
Succinct Communications boosts team
June 24, 2011Medical Communications appointment, medical communications
Succinct Healthcare Communications has strengthened its team with four new appointments.Andrea Scales joins Amersham, UK-based agency as editorial assistant, James …
Service Insight: Creative consumer communications and pharma
June 24, 2011Medical Communications Service Insight, advertising, creativity, fmcg
SERVICE INSIGHTI arrived in healthcare communications having spent 12 years as a creative PR consultant within the FMCG and technology …
Menarini pilots UK gout awareness campaign
June 23, 2011Medical Communications Menarini, disease awareness, disease awareness campaigns
A. Menarini Pharma UK has piloted a new gout awareness campaign in the North East and is preparing to give …
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