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New Alzheimer’s test ‘90% accurate’

March 10, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, US, mdi, washington dc

US researchers have developed a blood test which they say is able to predict with overwhelming accuracy if someone will …
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Breaking into the oncology market

March 10, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, Cancer, NSCLC, edwards, gilotrif, oncology

In many ways, the US approval of Boehringer’s Gilotrif for patients with late-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) last year …
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Boston Scientific hires new director

March 10, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing boston scientific, ludwig

Medical device development firm Boston Scientific has elected Edward Ludwig as a director. Ludwig was formerly the chief executive, president …
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Roche replaces chairman

March 7, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Roche, franz, humar

Christoph Franz who has been on the board at Roche since 2011 has now been elected as its new chairman.  …
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Novasep adds chairman role to its chief executive



March 7, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novasep, spagnol

Life sciences manufacturing firm Novasep has appointed Michel Spagnol as chairman of its supervisory 
board following the departure of the …
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Sanofi looking to hire Alstom’s chief executive

March 6, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi, alstom, kron

Sanofi is proposing to replace Lord Douro at the French firm with Patrick Kron as its new independent director. Kron …
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New chief executive for Parkinson’s Institute

March 6, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Carrolee Barlow, Parkinson’s Institute

The Parkinson’s Institute and Clinical Center has appointed neuroscience and neurodegeneration expert Dr Carrolee Barlow as its new chief executive. …
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Alzheimer’s tie-up for Eisai and Biogen

March 6, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, BAN2401, Biogen IDEC, E2609, Eisai

Eisai and Biogen Idec have joined forces to look for new Alzheimer’s treatments, developing and commercialising two of the Japanese …
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Smart pills ‘set to boom’

March 5, 2014 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing frost and sullivan, rajan, smart pills, smartpills

There will be an explosion in the development of smart pills used for internal imaging and even drug delivery within …
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Canbex Therapeutics hires chief medical officer



March 5, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Canbex Therapeutics

UK biotech firm Canbex Therapeutics has appointed former Lilly head Dr Alberto Lledó as its new chief medical officer (CMO). …
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NICE U-turn on Pfizer drug Inlyta

March 5, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Kidney cancer, NHS, NICE, Pfizer, axitinib, inlyta

NICE has recommended that Pfizer’s kidney cancer drug Inlyta should be used for some patients in England, following a similar …
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Cobra agrees oncology deal with BioCancell

March 4, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development BC-821, Cobra, biocancell, oncology

Contract manufacturing organisation Cobra Biologics has signed a deal with specialist oncology biopharma firm BioCancell to manufacture an investigational cancer …
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Clinical studies still not being published

March 4, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, EMA, alltrials, clinical trials, csr

Half of all trials registered on a US clinical study database are not being published in public journals. This is …
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CluePoints appoints three heads

March 4, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing cluepoints, colby, polvent, stephenne

Clinical trial data firm CluePoints has announced three new appointments to its global team. John Colby (pictured) and Elizabeth Polvent join …
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Roche lung cancer drug fails

March 3, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, MetMAb, NSCLC, Roche, Tarceva, avastin

An independent data monitoring committee has told Roche to halt a study of its experimental lung cancer drug MetMab due …
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