Novo agrees price cut deal with Greece
June 16, 2010Sales and Marketing Greece, Novo Nordisk, insulin, pricing
Novo Nordisk has agreed to resume supply of its insulins to the Greek market after pulling them last month as …
GSK’s Votrient approved in Europe
June 16, 2010Sales and Marketing GlaxoSmithKline, Kidney cancer, Votrient
The European Commission has granted a conditional marketing authorisation for a GlaxoSmithKline drug that treats the most common form of …
R&D: a new world order
June 16, 2010Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development industry, job cuts, research, research and development
Big pharma is today demolishing the in-house drug discovery and research structures built up over the last decade, and is …
Patrick Walker appointed to PPRS resolution panel
June 16, 2010Sales and Marketing DH, UK, appointment, sales and marketing
The Department of Health has appointed Patrick Walker to chair the Dispute Resolution Panel for UK pricing system the Pharmaceutical …
Novavax makes manufacturing promotions
June 16, 2010Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Novavax, appointment, manufacturing and production, research and development
US biotech company Novavax has made a brace of manufacturing management promotions. It has appointed John Madsen as head of …
Nexavar fails in lung cancer trial
June 15, 2010Research and Development Bayer, NSCLC, Nexavar, Onyx
Bayer and Onyx Pharmaceutical’s oncology drug Nexavar has failed to meet its primary endpoint in a phase III study for …
Pfizer forms rare diseases unit
June 15, 2010Research and Development Orphan, Pfizer
Pfizer is seeking to boost its coverage of research into orphan conditions with the creation of a new unit focused …
Ben Fisher joins OgilvyHealthPR
June 15, 2010Medical Communications Ogilvy, appointment, medical communications
OgilvyHealthPR has appointed Ben Fisher as associate director. He joins the agency from Porter Novelli and has ten years experience …
Management appointments at Novasep
June 15, 2010Manufacturing and Production Novasep, appointment, manufacturing and production
Pharma manufacturing company Novasep has appointed Stephen Stefano to head up its US business and Patrick Glasser to lead its …
Patheon back in the black, secures major Merck contract
June 15, 2010Manufacturing and Production Patheon
Contract services company Patheon swung back into profit in the second quarter of the year, helped by a weak dollar, …
Victoza wins partial NICE recommendation
June 15, 2010Sales and Marketing NICE, Victoza, diabetes
Novo Nordisk has been given a limited approval for its new type II diabetes treatment in draft guidance issued by …
Early halt for successful apixaban trial
June 14, 2010Research and Development apixaban, atrial fibrilation
Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s atrial fibrillation treatment apixaban has performed so well in a phase III trial that it has …
Digital Pharma: Janssen gets animated about ADHD
June 14, 2010Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ADHD, Janssen, disease awareness campaigns
Janssen-Cilag has launched a new UK campaign to raise awareness of ADHD among teenagers, their parents and teachers. The campaign’s …
Boehringer denies Micardis cancer link
June 14, 2010Sales and Marketing ACE-inhibitors, ARB, Boehringer, Micardis, drug safety
Boehringer Ingelheim has given a robust rebuttal to a Lancet report implicating its hypertension drug Micardis (telmisartan) in scares about …
Pharma pools trial data for brain disorder research
June 14, 2010Research and Development Alzheimer's, Huntington's, Parkinson's, clinical trials, partnerships
Leading pharma companies have come together for a major new research collaboration aimed at improving clinical trials for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, …
Brecon appoints Nycomed’s Dr Herbert Pomper
June 14, 2010Manufacturing and Production Brecon, appointment, manufacturing and production
Packaging and clinical supply services company Brecon Pharmaceuticals has appointed Dr Herbert Pomper to the newly created role of associate …
Doctors.net.uk appoints Gareth Thomas
June 14, 2010Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing appointment, doctors.net, medical communications, sales and marketing
Gareth Thomas has joined UK online medical professional network Doctors.net.uk as international development director.
Implementing value-based pricing in the UK
June 14, 2010Sales and Marketing hta, pricing, value
The UK has a strong history of innovation in medicines and it is vital to the economy that this continues …
GSK-funded project will print APIs onto tablets
June 14, 2010Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development GlaxoSmithKline, manufacturing, production, tablets
Researchers at GlaxoSmithKline and two UK universities are working on a technology that could allow active pharmaceutical ingredients to be …
Digital Pharma: NHS Direct pilots online treatment aids
June 11, 2010Medical Communications NHS, NHS Direct, osteoporosis, patient information, prostate cancer
NHS Direct is piloting online decision aids to help patients suffering from osteoporosis or prostate cancer make informed healthcare choices. …
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