Baxter Alzheimer’s candidate shows promise
March 20, 2010Research and Development Alzheimer's, baxter
Baxter’s Gammagard has shown promise in treating Alzheimer’s disease, with patients showing better cognitive function and less brain enlargement than …
GSK’s Relovair moves into phase III
March 19, 2010Research and Development GlaxoSmithKline, Relovair, Seretide, Theravance, respiratory
GlaxoSmithKline has started phase III asthma trials of Relovair, the respiratory treatment it is developing with San Francisco biopharma firm …
European approval for ‘double strength’ Faslodex
March 19, 2010Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Faslodex, breast cancer
AstraZeneca’s Faslodex has expanded its European licence after winning approval to treat women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer in a …
Cephalon to develop new class of cancer drug
March 19, 2010Research and Development CRT, Cancer, Cancer Research UK, Cephalon
Pennsylvania-based Cephalon has signed a deal with the discovery arm of charity Cancer Research UK to develop a new class …
LEC appoints Matthew Baker
March 19, 2010Medical Communications Lane Earl Cox, appointment, medical communications
UK healthcare advertising agency Lane Earl Cox (LEC) has appointed Matthew Baker as deputy managing director. He joins LEC from …
Brandcast strengthens healthcare team
March 19, 2010Medical Communications Brandcast, appointment, medical communications
Digital agency Brandcast Media has added two new members to its London-based team. Lily Max (pictured left) joins as video …
Digital Pharma: Novartis’ transplant community
March 19, 2010Medical Communications Novartis, PatientsLikeMe, community, digital pharma, digital pharma research, patient information
Novartis has become the second pharma company to partner with PatientsLikeMe on an online community, working with the site on …
Manufacturing news in brief
March 19, 2010Manufacturing and Production Angel Biotech, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Fresenius Kabi, Haselmeier, Patheon, W.R. Grace, excipients
Developments in the pharmaceutical manufacturing arena in the last week include facility news for Dr Reddy’s, Dishman, W. R. Grace, …
Talking Point: Responding to trial emergencies
March 19, 2010Research and Development Talking Point, Talking R&D, research and development
Patients taking part in a clinical trial will sometimes experience a medical emergency, at which point the potential need to …
Teva to buy Ratiopharm for €3.6 billion
March 18, 2010Sales and Marketing Ratiopharm, Teva
Teva has secured the acquisition of German generics business Ratiopharm with a last minute bid of 3.62 billion euros. Teva …
IMS adds countries to ‘pharmerging’ hit-list
March 18, 2010Sales and Marketing China, IMS, em
IMS Health has added 10 more countries to its list of ‘pharmerging markets’ which represent the future of pharma industry …
Rooftop raiders steal $76m of Lilly products
March 18, 2010Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing lilly, supply chain, theft
Thieves have made off with $75 million-worth of central nervous system, cardiovascular and cancer drugs from an Eli Lilly distribution …
Roche delivers updated pipeline
March 18, 2010Cancer, Roche
Roche says its pipeline can sustain its growth in oncology and increase its presence in personalised healthcare. Roche also plans …
Publication planning: piecing the jigsaw together
March 18, 2010Medical Communications medical education, publication
In the pharmaceutical industry where every statement of fact must be referenced, trial data is fundamental to the delivery of …
Athena expands account team
March 18, 2010Medical Communications Athena, appointment, medical communications
London-based PR agency Athena has appointed Rhian Mullock as senior account executive.She have more than two and a half years …
WHO suspends use of Sanofi-Aventis vaccine
March 18, 2010Manufacturing and Production Sanofi-Aventis, Shantha Biotechnics, Vaccine
The World Health Organization has temporarily stopped procurement and use of a combination vaccine supplied by Sanofi-Aventis subsidiary Shantha Biotechnics …
Talking Point: Specialist logistics provision
March 18, 2010Manufacturing and Production BioStorage Technologies, Talking Point, logistics, supply chain, talking logistics
“The world is getting smaller” is a quote that is frequently heard in conversations about the economy, business, health care, …
LEC appoints Alison Squire
March 18, 2010Medical Communications LEC, Lane Earl Cox, appointment, medical communications
Lane Earl Cox has appointed Alison Squire as international account director.She joins the advertising agency from HC&B Healthcare and has …
Genzyme plays down Irish contamination
March 18, 2010Manufacturing and Production Cerezyme, Contamination, Fabrazyme, Genzyme
The contamination problems plaguing Genzyme in the US have also appeared in product manufactured at its plant in Waterford, Ireland, …
Tekturna fails to show heart attack benefit
March 17, 2010Research and Development Diovan, Novartis, Tekturna, hypertension
Novartis’ hypertension treatment Tekturna has failed to show it helps patients recover from a heart attack when added to standard …
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