Germany and UK to seize control of medicines prices
July 1, 2010Sales and Marketing Germany, Lansley, PPRS, UK, global pricing, price cuts
Major changes are afoot in Germany and the UK, the last two European countries with ‘free pricing’ of pharmaceuticals. Governments …
Crestor victory lifts AstraZeneca
July 1, 2010Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Crestor
AstraZeneca has defeated a challenge to the US patent on its blockbuster cholesterol drug Crestor. A US District Judge in …
CSL vaccine plant cited in FDA letter
July 1, 2010Manufacturing and Production CSL, GMP, P&G, manufacturing compliance
CSL Biotherapies has been sent a letter by the US Food and Drug Administration which indicates that vials of seasonal …
The magnificant seven: digital strategy quiz
July 1, 2010Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Creation Interactive, digital pharma
How healthy is your digital engagement strategy? World-class ‘Olympian’, or ‘gasping for breath’? We’ve put together a quick quiz for …
GSK tipped to lead kidney cancer market
July 1, 2010Sales and Marketing Kidney cancer, Patorma, Votrient, rcc
GlaxoSmithKline’s kidney cancer drug Votrient has been forecast as a future leader in a marketplace currently dominated by Pfizer. Analysts …
Digital Pharma: First app for psoriasis launched
June 30, 2010Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Janssen, app, iphone, psoriasis
Janssen-Cilag UK has unveiled the first psoriasis iPhone app – a disease calculator for healthcare professionals treating the chronic skin condition. It …
No sign of revival in R&D productivity
June 30, 2010Research and Development drug development, industry, research
New data on the performance of the pharmaceutical industry shows efforts to raise productivity have not yet made an impact. …
US and India advance healthcare co-operation
June 30, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing India, h1n1, medical schools
The US and India are looking to establish closer ties between their top medical schools. The initiative was one of …
Sanofi acquires US biotech TargeGen
June 30, 2010Research and Development Sanofi, TargeGen, haematology
Sanofi-Aventis is to buy TargeGen, a US biopharmaceutical company which develops small molecule kinase inhibitors. The drugs are used to …
FDA draft CMC guidance could cut down on red tape
June 30, 2010Manufacturing and Production FDA, GMP, manufacturing
The FDA has published draft guidance aimed at alleviating the burden on pharmaceutical companies of notifying the agency of minor …
Frank Morich and Haruhiko Hirate join Takeda
June 30, 2010Sales and Marketing Takeda, appointment, sales and marketing
Takeda has made new two appointments, looking outside the company to fill a brace of executive-level positions. Dr Frank Morich …
Real World Development: Increasing value for patients
June 30, 2010Research and Development Kinapse, drug development
The traditional drug development paradigm is protracted and costly, with many products failing to deliver commercial or clinical success.We propose …
Contract research news in brief
June 30, 2010Research and Development CRO
Yet more geographic expansion from leading CROs, with Kendle opening an office in India and PRA International announcing a Hungarian …
Avandia probe deepens
June 29, 2010Sales and Marketing Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline, diabetes
GlaxoSmithKline has come under further scrutiny from the FDA after two new studies showed patients taking its troubled diabetes medication …
NHS trials patient payments
June 29, 2010NHS, PCT, patient
For the first time patients are to be paid directly by the NHS to allow them to choose how their …
J&J recall plant will be closed all year
June 29, 2010Manufacturing and Production Johnson & Johnson, McNeil, manufacturing compliance
The manufacturing facility at the centre of Johnson & Johnson’s product recall woes is likely to stay closed until at …
DPT promotes JJ Feik
June 29, 2010Manufacturing and Production DPT Laboratories, appointment, manufacturing and production
Contract development and manufacturing company DPT Laboratories has promoted JJ Feik to senior director of business development. He was previously …
Chemists find easier method for drug synthesis
June 29, 2010Manufacturing and Production manufacturing
Researchers in the US have developed a new synthetic pathway that could make the development of new pharmaceuticals quicker, cleaner …
Boehringer cheered by diabetes data
June 28, 2010Research and Development Boehringer, DPP-4, diabetes, linagliptin
Boehringer Ingelheim has been cheered by phase III data showing its new oral once-daily type II diabetes tablet linagliptin significantly …
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