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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 …
Appointment
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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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Two senior appointments for MJL

November 7, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing mjl, nicky oates, nina buckley

UK healthcare agency MJL has made two appointments in Nina Buckley as managing director and Nicky Oates as a senior …
Appointment
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ROCK medical communications appoints MD

November 6, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Creston, ROCK, terence bradley

ROCK medical communications has appointed Terence Bradley to be its managing director. Most recently Bradley was the founding director of …
Appointment
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Former Vodaphone head to lead ABPI comms

November 5, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Aileen Thompson, meadon, vodaphone

The ABPI has appointed a new director of communications in Aileen Thompson, a former Vodaphone head who replaces Catherine Meadon in …
Appointment
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Wales Assembly facing questions over cancer

November 5, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CDF, Cancer, NHS, Wales, Welsh, assembly, drugs fund, oncology

The state of cancer services in Wales has come under increased scrutiny this week as the country’s ability to provide …
News
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Retrospective study backs Iressa use in oesophageal cancer

November 5, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, Cancer Oesophagus Gefitinib, Iressa, gefitinib, oncology

A group of oesophageal cancer patients can increase their survival by six months or more if treated with AstraZeneca’s Iressa, …
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LabCorp buys Covance for $6.1 billion

November 5, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CRO, Covance, king, labcorp, medical

US medical diagnostics firm LabCorp has entered the drug development business via a $6.1 billion deal to buy contract research …
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Horizon Discovery names executive director

November 5, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Horizon Discovery, david smoller

Cambridge-based genetics research firm Horizon Discovery has appointed Dr David Smoller to be an executive director on its board. Smoller …
Appointment
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AstraZeneca buys biotech Definiens

November 4, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Janssen, MedImmune, Pharmacyclics, binnig, definiens

AstraZeneca has strengthened its oncology capabilities with the acquisition of Definiens, a German company that has pioneered cancer imaging and …
News

Astellas teams up with Proteostasis against protein defects

November 4, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astellas, Biogen IDEC, Protein, Proteostasis, upr

Astellas has announced it will collaborate with Proteostasis Therapeutics to develop drugs for diseases caused by protein defects, using the …
News
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Alnylam poaches VP from Bristol-Myers Squibb

November 4, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alnylam, pushkal garg

US-based RNAi therapeutics firm Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has appointed Dr Pushkal Garg to the position of senior vice president of its …
Appointment

AstraZeneca completes respiratory deal with Almirall

November 3, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Almirall, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, deal, duaklir, merger, respiratory

AstraZeneca has finally completed its takeover of Almirall’s respiratory drug portfolio in a deal worth $875 million. As reported by …
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