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Allergan eyeing Actavis buyout

November 13, 2014 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Actavis, Allergan, Botox, Valeant, acquisition, buyout, merger

Allergan is attempting to block a recent Valeant hostile takeover bid by seeking the rumoured alternative merger deal with Actavis, …
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Charity ‘deeply concerned’ on CDF changes

November 13, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, NHS, NICE, breakthrough breast cancer, palframan

A leading cancer charity has warned that a number of key drugs are at risk of being withdrawn from patients …
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Laser testing could lead to improved asthma therapies

November 13, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Oxford, asthma, pmdis, pope, stfc

UK scientists have used a laser beam trap to examine how drug particles from asthma inhalers travel through the air …
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GE and Takeda make liver pact

November 13, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GE Healthcare, Japan, Takeda, US, liver, nafld, nash

GE Healthcare and Takeda Pharmaceutical have joined forces to develop treatments which target liver conditions including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease …
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VorroHealth hires VP of Care Innovation

November 13, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing maria moen, vorrohealth

VorroHealth the healthcare clinical tech provider firm has appointed Maria Moen to the newly-created position of vice president of Care Innovation. Moen …
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Horizon forms new cancer advisory board

November 12, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cambridge, Horizon Discovery, Karin Schmitt, Paul Morrill, biotech, sab

UK biotech Horizon Discovery has formed a new Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) for its diagnostics arm to recommend better cancer …
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Dendreon files for bankruptcy

November 12, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Dendreon, Provenge, awick, delaware, johnson, nj

Dendreon Corporation, the troubled manufacturer of high-cost cancer vaccine Provenge, has filed for bankruptcy as a prelude to restructuring its …
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Theorem appoints two vice presidents

November 12, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Angela Weston, Kathryn Bohannon, theorem

Contract research organisation Theorem has named Kathryn Bohannon as vice president of its biopharma development unit, and Angela Weston as …
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Eisai: Fycompa decision ‘deeply regrettable’

November 11, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Eisai, Fycompa, Germany, epilepsy, gba, perampanel

Eisai has lashed out at a major German health assessment body, calling its stance on first-in-class epilepsy treatment Fycompa ‘deeply …
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inVentiv Health president joins from eBay

November 11, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing inVentiv Health, jeff wilks

Life sciences services company inVentiv Health has announced the appointment of Jeffrey Wilks as the president of its advertising businesses. …
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BMS claims advance with hepatitis C regimen

November 10, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, Gilead, HCV, dcv-trio, hep C, hepatitis C, liver, sovaldi

Bristol-Myers Squibb has reported data for its hepatitis C virus cocktail that it says outperforms even newer all-oral therapies in …
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Working Life: Shire’s Mark Rus

November 10, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Shire, Working Life, mark rus, neuroscience

How did you find your way into your current role? After completing an MSc in Economics at the London School …
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Chief executive promotion at myoscience

November 10, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing jeffrey gold, myoscience

Californian medical device firm myoscience has appointed Jeffrey Gold as its chief executive.  Gold who was the president and chief …
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New editor for Pharmafocus named

November 7, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pharmafocus, lilian anekwe, pharmafile

Lilian Anekwe has been named as the new editor for the Pharmafocus and Pharmafile brands, and joins the publishing team …
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EU and drug industry set aside €280m for Ebola

November 7, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, Ebola, WHO, chan, vaccines, virus, west

The EU’s Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) has unveiled a new programme to find vaccines, drugs and diagnostics for Ebola, funded …
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