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July 26, 2013 Research and Development Ascendancy Healthcare, CRO Solutions, Clinical Research Advantage, ResearchDx, SPS Pharma Services, VxP Pharma

Quintiles wins multi-year contract in China, CRO Solutions sets up niche subsidiary and CRA buys CNS unit, plus relocations for …
News
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Teva and Lonza abandon biosimilars joint venture

July 26, 2013 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development CMO, Levin, Lonza, Teva, biosimilars

Escalating costs have led Teva and contract manufacturing organisation (CMO) Lonza to abandon a joint venture set up in 2009 …
News
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Two non-executive directors join NICE Board

July 26, 2013 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing DoH, NICE, finbarr martin, mumford

The Department of Health has announced that two new non-executive directors will join the National Institute for Health and Care …
Appointment
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Chiltern hires Andrew Monaghan as director

July 25, 2013 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CRO, chiltern, monaghan

Contract research organisation Chiltern has appointed Andrew Monaghan as its director of Global Pharmacovigilance. Monaghan has more than 30 years’ …
Appointment
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Transition Therapeutics buys into Lilly bone drug

July 24, 2013 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Transition, bone, lilly

Transition Therapeutics has bought Lilly’s early-stage osteoarthritis drug TT-601 that is designed to help patients with chronic bone pain. Transition …
News
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New Roche leukaemia drug beats rival

July 24, 2013 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Rituxan, Roche, leukaemia, obinutuzumab

Roche’s next generation leukaemia drug obinutuzumab has beaten the firm’s ageing blood cancer medicine Rituxan in a late-stage trial. The …
News
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Pharma groups want limited data release

July 24, 2013 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EFPIA, Goldacre, PhRMA, all trials, transparency

The two main US and European pharma lobby groups have released a joint statement saying they welcome independent reviews of …
News

Professor Trevor Jones CBE appointed chairman of Simbec Research

July 24, 2013 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, simbec, trevor jones

Clinical research organisation Simbec Research has appointed Professor Trevor Jones CBE as non-executive chairman of the Board of directors. Jones …
Appointment
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Strategic North hires Rosalyn Bilton as consultant

July 23, 2013 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Strategic North, bilton

Healthcare agency Strategic North has welcomed its latest recruit Rosalyn Bilton to the team in the role of consultant. Bilton …
Appointment
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Eight in ten survive skin cancer

July 22, 2013 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Yervoy, Zelboraf, melanoma, skin cancer

The vast majority of men and women diagnosed with malignant melanoma are now surviving the disease, according to a new …
News

ReNeuron relocates to Wales

July 22, 2013 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ReNeuron, Wales, stem cell, stroke

The Welsh government is to fork out a £7.8 million grant package to get English stem cell research company ReNeuron …
News
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Panpharma appoints Novartis senior head

July 22, 2013 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novartis, celesio AG, panpharma

Pharma trading group Celesio AG has announced that Alexander Triebnigg has taken over the management of the Brazilian pharma wholesaler …
Appointment
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Secret EFPIA memo on data transparency leaked

July 22, 2013 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, EFPIA, EMA, PhRMA, transparency

A memo from the European pharma lobby group EFPIA has revealed that the industry is trying to ‘mobilise’ patient groups …
News

ASCO: Dispatches from the frontline against cancer

July 22, 2013 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, McConaghie

The growing promise of pharma’s immunotherapy pipeline for cancer was undoubtedly the hottest topic at this year’s ASCO conference. The …
Feature
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Lucentis and Avastin equal in efficacy

July 19, 2013 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Lucentis, Novartis, Roche, avastin

Latest results released this morning from a UK government trial show that off-label use of Roche’s Avastin is just as …
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