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Changing our minds about depression

February 9, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Campbell, Lamb, Lundbeck, depression, economist, mind

Alastair Campbell, former Labour spin doctor and depression patient, thinks that mental and physical health should not be seen as …
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Flu vaccine ineffective against this season’s strain

February 6, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing A(H3N2, Public Health England, UK, Vaccine, WHO, flu, phe

This season’s flu vaccine has provided little protection against the main strain circulating in the UK according to a new …
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Martindale Pharma appoints sales director

February 6, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing eric vick, martindale pharma

UK speciality pharma firm Martindale Pharma has appointed Eric Vick to be its group director of international sales. Eric has …
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FDA commissioner steps down in March

February 5, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Andrew von Eschenbach, FDA, Margaret Hamburg, Obama, Stephen Ostroff, US

The commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration Dr Margaret Hamburg is to resign from her post at the …
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Half of UK population will get cancer

February 4, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDF, CRUK, Cancer, Jevtana, Sanofi, cabazitaxel

New figures from Cancer Research UK (CRUK) suggest that one in two people will develop cancer at some point in …
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New chairman for Bayer’s Central Works Council

February 4, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Oliver Zühlke, Thomas de Win, central works council

Oliver Zühlke has succeeded Thomas de Win as chairman at the Central Works Council of Bayer as he steps down …
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Sucampo Pharma names new CFO

February 3, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing andrew smith, sucampo

US firm Sucampo Pharmaceuticals has appointed Andrew Smith from within its ranks to fulfill the role of chief financial officer. …
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Takeda scraps vaccine trial in Phase II

February 2, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Diptheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertussis (DTaP) and Sabin inactivated poliovirus vaccine (sIPV), Rajeev Venkayya, TAK-361S, Takeda

Takeda has announced it is abandoning the development of a vaccine in Japan that was in Phase II clinical trials.TAK-361S, …
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Stephen Whitehead: pharma has transformed

February 2, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, CDF, NHS, NICE, PPRS, Stephen Whitehead, lgbt, pharma

According to The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) the dominant issue in 2015 will be the affordability and …
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Packer Forbes Communications hires director

February 2, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Packer Forbes, samantha bremner

Samantha Bremner has joined healthcare comms firm Packer Forbes as an associate director and member of the agency’s leadership team.
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Government spending on Tamfilu is justified

January 30, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMJ, Lancet, Roche, Tamiflu, alltrials, oseltamivir, transparency

The most thorough analysis of Roche’s Tamiflu to date suggests that the controversial treatment can shorten the duration of flu …
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Gilead makes two senior promotions

January 30, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Gilead, andrew cheng

Gilead Sciences has promoted Dr Andrew Cheng to the position of executive vice president, HIV therapeutics and development operations, and …
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Scientists warn Ebola virus is mutating

January 29, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, Ebola, GAVI, GSK, Institut Pasteur, J&J, JJ, guinea

Researchers in France studying the Ebola epidemic say the virus has mutated making it potentially even more contagious. Scientists based …
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GSK-Novartis mega-deal signed-off by EC

January 29, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Abbott, GSK, Mylan, Novartis, acquisition, etc, merger

The European Commission has approved a GSK-Novartis M&A deal, in which GSK will purchase Novartis’ vaccines unit and Novartis will …
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AstraZeneca dives into gene editing

January 29, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Intellia Therapetics, Novartis, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge, Whitehead, broad institute, crispr, the Innovative Genomics Initiative in California

AstraZeneca is looking to harness the power of a pioneering genome-editing tool in a series of new collaborations. The UK …
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