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New chief scientific officer for Pfizer

June 4, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Morris Birnbaum, Pfizer

Dr Morris Birnbaum has joined Pfizer as its chief scientific officer for cardiovascular and metabolic disease research. Based in Cambridge …
Appointment

Merck drug shines at ASCO

June 4, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, Cancer, FDA, MK-3475, Merck, melanoma

Merck has shown off one of its investigative cancer drug’s impressive results in advanced head and neck cancer at ASCO …
News
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Novartis hires Merck president to lead oncology

June 3, 2014 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bruno Strigini, MSD, Merck, Novartis, oncology

Novartis has hired Merck’s president of Europe and Canada Bruno Strigini to be its president of oncology.  The role was …
News

GSK signs Adaptimmune deal

June 3, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AZ, Adaptimmune, BMS, Cancer, GSK, oncology

GlaxoSmithKline has signed a deal to develop and commercialise biotech firm Adaptimmune’s lead clinical cancer programme with T-cell receptors (TCRs), …
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Patricell appoints business development specialist

June 3, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing patricell, robertshaw

Nottingham-based life sciences supplier firm Patricell has appointed an experienced business development manager in Lucy Robertshaw. Robertshaw has years of …
Appointment
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Masters Speciality Pharma hires two

June 2, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing masters, mosa, rosetti

UK-based pharma supply firm Masters Speciality Pharma has made two new key appointments to strengthen its team. Ivan Rosetti (pictured) …
Appointment
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David Haslam: NICE, drug pricing and ethics

June 2, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Chairman, Dillon, NHS, NICE, adams, has lam

Since 2010, I have spent a great deal of time of writing about NICE, covering nearly all of all its …
Feature

ASCO 2014: old dogs, new tricks top the bill

June 2, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, Cancer, chicago, docetaxel, exemestane

 Research showing the effectiveness of established cancer treatments in new settings is taking centre stage at this year’s American Society …
News
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IT director Chris Roche joins Aridhia

May 30, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMC, IT, Roche, aridhia

Health tech informatics firm Aridhia has appointed Chris Roche to a newly-created post on its executive team as chief commercial …
Appointment
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BMJ slams EMA ‘U-turn’

May 30, 2014 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMJ, EMA, alltrials, data, transparency

The BMJ has attacked the European Medicines Agency for what it believes is a decision to ‘backtrack’ on public access …
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£47.5 million fund for UK life sciences

May 29, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing European Investment Fund, Scottish Enterprise, Strathclyde Pension Fund, UK, epidarex, life sciences, lilly

A new fund has raised more than £47.5 million to help set up early-stage life science and health technology companies …
News
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Taiho hires head from BMS

May 29, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, taiho, whiten

Japan-based pharma firm Taiho Oncology has appointed Tim Whitten to the position of senior vice president and chief commercial officer. …
Appointment
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GSK now faces UK investigation

May 28, 2014 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, Poland, UK, bribery, corruption, iraq, sfo

The woes of GlaxoSmithKline look set to continue as the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched a criminal probe …
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BMS signs cancer deal

May 28, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, AstraZeneca, BMS, Cancer, Merck, Roche, cytomx, oncology

Bristol-Myers Squibb has partnered with CytomX Therapeutics to discover and develop new immuno-oncology candidates using the latter’s Probody Platform technology. …
News

New biomedical engineering centre for Imperial

May 28, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cambridge, imperial college london, johnson, medcity, uren

Imperial College London is to build a pioneering biomedical engineering centre that will cement London and the south east’s reputation …
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