IDEA Pharma appoints Tony Akiwumi
October 18, 2010Sales and Marketing Go-To-Market Strategy, IDEA Pharma, IDEAtion, Phase II, appointment, sales and marketing
Tony Akiwumi has joined Idea Pharma as director of client value, moving to the strategic marketing consultancy from Quintiles.He will lead …
Roche investing $180m on US diagnostics facilities
October 18, 2010Research and Development Diagnostics, Roche, Ventana, personalised medicine
Swiss drugmaker Roche is planning to invest $180 million and boost staff at its diagnostics subsidiary Ventana Medical Systems, as …
In with the ‘new’: A leaner, fitter biosciences sector – 2010
October 18, 2010Sales and Marketing Kinapse, White paper
The biosciences sector has witnessed numerous challenges during recent years, as the global economic downturn has adversely impacted sector liquidity …
What’s the best way for pharma to reach patients in Europe?
October 17, 2010Medical Communications
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Alzheimer’s disease
October 16, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's disease, Elan, J&J, JJ, Pfizer, lilly, pharmaceutical
In 1906 a psychiatrist working in a Frankfurt asylum became fascinated by the unnamed illness suffered by one of his …
Streaming Well and National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society Team up to Promote Awareness
October 15, 2010Medical Communications NRAS, National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society, rheumatoid arthritis, streaming well
LONDON UK – Patient education video producer and distributor
Discovery Innovation – Productive Partnering For Shared Success
October 15, 2010Sales and Marketing Kinapse, White paper
Partnering is an integral feature within today’s pharmaceutical industry. While the conventional wisdom suggests that Phase II represents the optimum …
Digital Pharma: Pharma iPhone app update
October 15, 2010Medical Communications Astellas, Boehringer, Digital Pharma blog, GlaxoSmithKline, Lundbeck, Menarini, Nycomed, Pfizer, Servier, Teva, app, iphone
The ranks of pharma iPhone apps are increasing all the time and recent months have seen new additions from Teva, …
Edelman acquires Dutch firm Hinfelaar
October 15, 2010Medical Communications Edelman, Hinfelaar
Edelman has acquired leading Dutch PR agency Hinfelaar to strengthen its position as one of the largest agencies in the …
Roche revenue depressed by plummeting Tamiflu sales
October 15, 2010Sales and Marketing 2010 financials, Q3, Roche
Roche suffered a 3% drop in group revenue in the third quarter as sales of its Tamiflu plummeted by 90 …
Contract research news in brief
October 15, 2010Research and Development Clinipace, Covance, PPD, Quintiles, Synexus, cellectis
Our latest crop of contract research news includes updates from Clinipace, PPD, Cellectis bioresearch, Covance, Quintiles and Synexus. US contract …
Pharma-academia links under ‘greater scrutiny’
October 15, 2010Medical Communications Recognition Academy, academia, industry relations, industry reputation
A company aiming to form a bridge between health providers and the pharma sector has warned that academics and clinicians …
Orital appoints Andy Yeoman
October 15, 2010Business Services, Medical Communications Orital, appointment, medical communications
Andy Yeoman has joined digital healthcare consultancy Orital as a managing consultant.He has 20 years experience of working with the …
Government drops generic substitution plans
October 15, 2010Sales and Marketing NHS, generics, government
The coalition government has dropped plans to implement generic substitution in England. The Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS), a scheme …
PAN boosts account handling team
October 15, 2010Medical Communications Pan, appointment, medical communications
UK advertising agency PAN has made two new appointments and three promotions.Andisheh Thomson joins as account manager and Natalie Enniks …
Celgene completes Abraxis takeover
October 15, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Abraxane, Abraxis, Celgene, mergers and acquisitions, oncology
Celgene has completed its acquisition of Abraxis BioScience for cash and stock totalling $2.9 billion. The takeover gives the cancer …
Video exclusive: PM Society Digital Awards 2010
October 14, 2010Medical Communications PM Society Digital Awards, awards, digi, pm society
Janssen was confirmed as one of the UK pharma industry’s most innovative pharma companies in the field of digital communications …
Researchers unearth Pfizer’s buried data
October 14, 2010Research and Development Ben Goldacre, Pfizer, publication, reboxetine, trial data
Researchers from Germany’s cost-effectiveness body IQWiG have unearthed a mountain of unpublished data from trials of Pfizer’s reboxetine that show …
Philip Loder joins Alpha-Plus Medical Communications
October 14, 2010Medical Communications Alpha-Plus, Alpha-Plus Medical Communications, Client Service Director, appointment, fishawack, medical communications
High Wycombe, UK-based Alpha-Plus Medical Communications has appointed Dr Phil Loder as client service director. He has 16 years of …
Pharma manufacturing news in brief
October 14, 2010Manufacturing and Production Accucaps, Fresenius Kabi, ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Laureate Pharma, SAFC Pharma
This week’s round-up of pharmaceutical manufacturing news includes a recall for Fresenius Kabi, facility updates from SAFC and Laureate Pharma …
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