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Former Cubist chief executive Michael Bonney to chair board at Alnylam

December 22, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alnylam, David Pyott, michael bonney

Michael Bonney, current board member and former chief executive of Cubist Pharmaceuticals, has been appointed as chairman of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals …
Appointment
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Two billion people still lack medicines access. Is the industry doing enough?

December 22, 2015 Manufacturing and Production Access to Medicine Foundation, Access to Medicine Index, affordability, market access, medicines access, pricing

“We have a mission to encourage the pharmaceutical industry in improving access to medicine for the two billion people who …
Feature
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EMA management board chair stands down

December 21, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing EMA, European Medicines Agency, Sir Kent Woods

Sir Kent Woods will step down as chair of the board at the EMA from the end of December 2015. …
Appointment
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MSD’s Keytruda impresses in lung cancer chemotherapy trial

December 21, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development MSD, PD-L1, docetaxel, keytruda, lung cancer, non small cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, pd-1, pembrolizumab

MSD’s Keytruda significantly improved overall survival (OS) compared to chemotherapy in people with lung cancer and PD-L1 expression, a trial …
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Novartis completes purchase of rights to GSK drug for up to $1bn

December 21, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Novartis has completed the acquisition of all outstanding rights to Arzerra from GSK for up to $1.034 billion. The deal, …
News
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Karma may have caught up with Martin Shkreli, but America’s drug pricing problem isn’t about one man

December 18, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Daraprim, Martin Shkreli, Turing Pharmaceuticals

As so often occurs in situations of this kind, Twitter reacted with a significant amount of glee and schadenfreude to …
Feature
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Servier UK appoints new chief executive

December 18, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Arnaud Lallouette, Mike Sumpter, Servier

Dr Arnaud Lallouette has been appointed chief executive of Servier Laboratories, the UK subsidiary of the French-based pharma firm, after …
Appointment
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Horizon chief exec Walbert to head up US biotech trade body

December 18, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organisation, Timothy Walbert, iBio, illinois

Timothy Walbert, the chairman, president and chief executive of Horizon Pharma, has been elected as chairman of the board of …
Appointment
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Alliance Pharma buys Sinclair’s healthcare products business for £132m

December 17, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Alliance Pharma, Sinclair IS Pharma, acquisitions, dermatology merger

Alliance has completed a £132 million purchase of Sinclair IS Pharma’s non-aesthetics healthcare business as it moves to strengthen its …
News

AstraZeneca to acquire Takeda’s respiratory franchise

December 16, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development AstraZeneca, China, Takeda, investment, respiratory

AstraZeneca and Takeda have agreed a multi-million pound deal for AZ to acquire the Japanese firm’s core respiratory business, including …
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AstraZeneca invests £75m to future-proof production facilities

December 15, 2015 Manufacturing and Production AstraZeneca, manufacturing, production

AstraZeneca says it will invest £75m to future-proof a key production facility in Macclesfield, Cheshire. The upgrade to the 48-year-old …
News
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Pharma giants Sanofi and Boehringer negotiate deal to swap assets

December 15, 2015 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Andreas Barner, Boehringer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Merial, Sanofi, olivier brandicourt

Two of the world’s biggest pharma companies – Sanofi and Boehringer Ingelheim – have entered into exclusive negotiations to swap …
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GSK in malaria collaboration with Comic Relief

December 15, 2015 Manufacturing and Production Comic Relief, GSK, corporate social responsibility, csr, malaria

GSK and UK-based charity Comic Relief have launched a five-year partnership to fight malaria and improve health in five countries …
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Bristol-Myers Squibb chooses UCLA as latest research partner

December 14, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development BMS, Bristol-Myers Squibb, University of California Los Angeles, rare malignancies, ucla

Pharma firm Bristol-Myers Squibb is entered into a new collaboration agreement with the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) as …
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Ablynx sets focus on pharma collaborations

December 14, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Ablynx, collaboration, nanobodies, partnership

Drug development companies should prioritise strategic pharma collaborations to keep up with the next wave of immuno-oncology treatments, the chief …
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