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Breast cancer treatment market booming

March 19, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Frost, Herceptin, Kadcyla, Roche, breast cancer, oncology, targeted, tykerb

The increased use of combined targeted therapies for breast cancer is set to lift the market and improve progression-free disease …
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Sanofi diabetes drug fails to show cardio disease benefit

March 19, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ACS, Lixisenatide, Lyxumia, Sanofi, cardio, diabetes

A Phase IIIb study of Sanofi’s diabetes drug lixisenatide has shown it is no better or worse than a placebo …
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Teva and Ignyta shake hands in oncology deal

March 19, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CEP-32496, CEP-40125, Levact, RXDX-105, Teva, ignyta, oncology

Ignyta has acquired four oncology R&D assets from Israeli pharma generics giant Teva in a deal worth around $42 million. …
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MISSION hires chief business officer from Medivir

March 19, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing medvir, mission, paul wallace

UK, Cambridge-based cancer biotech MISSION Therapeutics has appointed Dr Paul Wallace as its chief business officer. Having worked in business …
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Catalent Pharma Solutions names new unit head

March 18, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing catalent pharma solutions, sharon johnson

UK pharma and healthcare products firm Catalent Pharma Solutions has picked its senior VP Sharon Johnson of the company’s quality …
Appointment
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Big pharma partners with government over $100m dementia fund

March 17, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Biogen IDEC, GSK, J&J, JJ, Pfizer, government, jp morgan, lilly

Lilly, Pfizer, GSK, J&J and Biogen Idec are set to join a $100m Dementia Discovery Fund to boost research into …
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23andMe assigns chief scientific officer to new unit

March 17, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing 23andm3, Richard Scheller

US personal genetics firm 23andMe has created a new therapeutics group and appointed pharma veteran Richard Scheller as chief science …
Appointment
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23andMe to move into drug development

March 16, 2015 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing 23andME, DNA, Genentech, Pfizer, google

The Google-backed DNA test company 23andMe has announced plans to start using genetic data to design new drugs. In recent …
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Drug development contracts: can lessons be learned from healthcare delivery?

March 16, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CCG, CRO, Les Rose, NHS, drug development, trials

There is a very good question to ask at the beginning of every project: “What does success look like?” If …
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Recipharm appoints quality management VP

March 16, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Recipharm, thomas beck

Contract development and manufacturing organisation Recipharm has appointed Thomas Beck to the new senior role of vice president of quality …
Appointment
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AXON Communications adds five to London team

March 13, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Axon, bilotta, burns, peregrin, treadwell, ura

UK healthcare comms and PR firm AXON Communications has added five new members to its team in London. Lucie Burns …
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GSK picks Singapore for Asian hub

March 12, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Asia, GSK, Singapore, Takeda, Witty, emerging markets

Despite GlaxoSmithKline’s ongoing troubles in Asia it has decided to establish a new HQ in Singapore to bolster its presence …
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Adaptimmune appoints PwC head to board

March 12, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Lawrence Alleva, adaptimune, pwC

Clinical-stage biotech firm Adaptimmune has appointed Lawrence Alleva as a non-executive director who is also to serve as chairman of its …
Appointment
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Government pledges ‘new era’ for NHS

March 11, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, Simon Stevens, five year, reform, reorganisation, vanguard

The government is investing £200 million to back healthcare professionals to implement their own ideas for improving patient care. The …
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New details of Innovative Medicines review disclosed

March 11, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, NICE, PPRS, UK, george freeman, innovative medicines

The government has announced details of a sweeping review into how medicines are accessed in the UK. The Innovative Medicines …
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