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ABPI hires new head of Commercial

May 22, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Watson

The ABPI has appointed David Watson as its new head of Commercial, who will be reporting to the association’s Commercial …
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‘Stop Alzheimer’s testing on animals’

May 22, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AZ, Alzheimer's, Pfizer, humane, langley

Animals should not be used for Alzheimer’s research according to a new paper, because scientists should instead be looking at …
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BMS and AbbVie get FDA lift

May 21, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, BMS, FDA, elotuzumab, multiple, myeloma

Bristol-Myers Squibb and AbbVie are celebrating after receiving breakthrough designation status from the US regulator for their investigational medicine elotuzumab …
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GSK’s Arzerra fails in lymphoma

May 21, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Arzerra, GSK, Genmab, non-Hodgkin lymphoma

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Rebranding and personnel news for Discovery London

May 21, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing holy, london discovery, medics, publicis

Publicis Healthcare-owned med comms firm Medicus International has been rebranded as Discovery London. Barbara Joly is the general manager of …
Appointment
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Europe approves Janssen’s hep C drug Olysio

May 20, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Janssen, hepatitis C, sovaldi

Janssen-Cilag International’s Olysio has been given marketing authorisation in the European Union for the treatment of adults with hepatitis C …
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Boehringer and InterMune data on IPF drugs impress

May 19, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer Ingelheim, InterMune, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Two new medicines for a generally fatal lung disease, known as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and made by Boehringer and InterMune, …
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Braille phone launched by UK developer

May 19, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development Apple

British technology firm OwnFone has launched what it says is the first commercially available Braille phone. The device, which shares …
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Novartis agrees Gleevec patent deal

May 19, 2014 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Gleevec, India, Novartis, Sun Pharma, patent

Novartis has settled patent litigation with Sun Pharmaceutical Industries in the US, paving the way for the Indian company’s subsidiary …
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AstraZeneca rejects Pfizer’s ‘final offer’

May 19, 2014 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, MPs, Pfizer, R&D, UK, science, takeover

AstraZeneca has this morning rejected a new bid from Pfizer that could have seen the US giant pay £69 billion …
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Science left behind in Pfizer-AstraZeneca saga

May 18, 2014 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, MPs, Pfizer, Wellcome Trust, science

With all the posturing, debates and endless comment on the commercial aspects of a $106 billion deal between Pfizer and …
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Pfizer to submit breast cancer drug

May 18, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pfizer, breast cancer, femara, palbociclib

Pfizer, currently in the middle of trying to acquire AstraZeneca for $106 billion, says it will soon submit its new …
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Clinical evidence revisited

May 18, 2014 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Les Rose, Lord Saatchi, Medical Innovation Bill, clinical trials

One of the most important words in the English language is ‘evidence’. It has had a seismic effect on the …
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Heartbreak for Novartis as FDA rejects drug

May 18, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Novartis, heart drug

Novartis has been delivered a blow by the US Food and Drug Administration as the regulator says it needs further …
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AstraZeneca signs UK research deal

May 16, 2014 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cambridge, Pfizer

The UK’s Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) and AstraZeneca will join forces to help discover new …
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