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NICE: Cancer Drugs Fund must use our processes

September 3, 2014 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, David Haslam, Kadcyla, NICE, Roche

NICE believes that the Cancer Drugs Fund should be aligned with its cost-effectiveness processes, after the government recently announced a …
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Novo Nordisk scraps inflammatory disorders business

September 2, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Danish, IL20, Novo Nordisk, diabetes, inflammatory, thomsen

A restructuring of Novo Nordisk will see it completely drop its inflammatory disorders activities in favour of concentrating on its …
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EMA hires head of comms and HR

September 2, 2014 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, Manuel Ortigão, Marie-Agnes Heine

The European Medicines Agency has confirmed two new appointments to join its management team.  Marie-Agnes Heine (pictured) has joined to …
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Children’s cancer death rates drop

September 2, 2014 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CRUK, Cancer, Cancer Research UK, child, death rates

The rate of children dying from cancer has dropped by 22% in the last decade, according to new data published …
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BioNTech appoints chief financial officer

September 2, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BioNTech, Sierk Pötting

German biopharma firm BioNTech has announced that Sierk Pötting will be joining its management team as its chief financial officer, …
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AZ shares climb on positive cancer drug news

September 1, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Pfizer, immunoc-oncology, pd-1

AstraZeneca has moved a key new oncology drug into mid-stage trials as it looks to shore up its cancer research …
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China: a dangerous game that pharma must play

September 1, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, chinese, emerging, market access, pharma, susie lunt

Set to be the biggest country for pharma growth in the 21st century, with rising levels of chronic disease, an …
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Biogen Idec hires from Novartis to head ALS

September 1, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Biogen IDEC, Novartis, als, donald johns

Biogen Idec has appointed Dr Donald Johns as the vice president of its amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) innovation hub unit. …
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Janssen: why transparency is essential to the health of our industry

August 29, 2014 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EFPIA, EMEA, Goldacre, Janssen, alltrials, transparency

The pharmaceutical industry is moving forward, working together to ensure patients have access to new and innovative medicines.However, more must …
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Publish all clinical trials, say pharma doctors

August 29, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Goldacre, all trials, data, fpm, transparency

All clinical trials should be registered and published according to a recent survey conducted by the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine. …
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MSC hires new president and chief executive

August 29, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Mary Beth Loesch, msc

US healthcare performance firm Medical Simulation Corporation has confirmed the appointment of Mary Beth Loesch as its president and chief executive. Loesch …
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Biostar appoints chief scientist

August 28, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Xiaohui Zheng, biostar pharmaceuticals

Chinese manufacturing and marketing firm Biostar Pharmaceuticals has hired professor Xiaohui Zheng as its chief scientist.Zheng is a professor and director of …
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Ice Bucket Challenge nears $100m in donations

August 28, 2014 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Clovis Pharma, Motor Neurone Disease Association

Charitable donations to a once obscure healthcare charity called the ALS Association have rocketed in August after its #IceBucketChallenge went …
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US rivals Pfizer and Merck team up for lung cancer

August 27, 2014 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck, NSCLC, Roche, Xalkori, melanoma, pembrolizumab

The two biggest rival US pharma firms have joined forces to help develop a new combination treatment for certain non-small …
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UK nurse with Ebola given new drug in London

August 27, 2014 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, Ebola, zmapp

A British nurse was this weekend flown to a London hospital and is now being given an experimental drug after …
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