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Drug prices defy gravity – until patent expiry

June 23, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing John LaMattina, LaMattina, Pfizer, drug, pharma, pricing, research

How drugs are priced is a hot topic these days, and a new Bloomberg article will cause it to heat-up …
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Conversis Medical hires global director

June 23, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing conversis, hooper, medical

Medical translation agency Conversis Medical has appointed Dr Mark Hooper as its global director. Hooper has worked in the pharma …
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Boehringer abandons hep C

June 23, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Boehringer, HCV, faldaprevir, german, hep C

Boehringer Ingelheim has abandoned its hepatitis C (HCV) drug development programme as a dead loss after ‘re-evaluating’ its strategy. The …
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PAN expands creative team with two hires

June 20, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ogilvy, Pan

Creative agency PAN has increased its team by hiring two new people in Minas Maroudas (pictured) who joins as senior …
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Dementia research ‘achingly slow’

June 20, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Cameron, Parkinson's, Parkinsons, UK, billings, dementia, research

The UK prime minister’s envoy on dementia has described progress on research into the neurodegenerative condition as ‘achingly slow’. Global …
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AbbVie moves in on Shire with $46 billion bid

June 20, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Abbott, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Shire, merger

AbbVie is looking to acquire Ireland-based speciality biopharma firm Shire in a deal that could shore up the US company’s …
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£16m dementia research platform launched

June 19, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, MRC, Parkinson's, brain, dementia, ukdp

The Medical Research Council (MRC) has launched the UK Dementias Research Platform (UKDP), a £16 million public-private partnership set up …
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Bartlett hires account manager

June 19, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Dominique Pizzingrilli, bartlett Davis Communications

Bartlett Davis Communications has welcomed Dominique Pizzingrilli to the newly-created role of account manager. Pizzingrilli takes a wealth of healthcare …
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AbbVie hep C treatment fast-tracked

June 18, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Abbott, EMA, EU, Gilead, HCV, hep C, sovaldi

The European regulator is to fast-track AbbVie’s oral, interferon-free treatment for adults with chronic genotype 1 (GT1) hepatitis C virus …
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Genome-driven lung cancer trial launches

June 18, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, Genentech, MedImmune, Pfizer, genome, lung cancer

Amgen, Genentech, Pfizer, AstraZeneca and MedImmune – AstraZeneca’s global biologics R&D arm – have each put investigative treatments into a …
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Amgen lures senior head from 3M

June 18, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing amgen 3m, david meline

Amgen has poached David Meline from US multinational firm 3M to serve as an executive VP and chief financial officer. …
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ABPI president: NICE needs political reform

June 17, 2014 Business Services, Medical Communications, Research and Development ABPI, NHS, NICE, Pfizer, QALY, emms, jonathan, vba

NICE needs to be reformed with its QALY formula heavily revised if it is to meet the challenges of 21st …
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Pfizer opens R&D hub in US Cambridge

June 17, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cambridge, Massachusetts, Pfizer, kit, manufacturing, research

Pfizer has open a new 280,000 sq.ft. R&D hub in Cambridge, Massachusetts which also serves to bring together 1,000 of …
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John Handley appointed chairman of Fishawack

June 17, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing fishawack, handley

The Fishawack Group has appointed John Handley to fulfill the role of chairman for the UK medical comms specialists. Handley …
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EMA changes ‘on screen’ data policy

June 16, 2014 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, EMA, Goldacre, Humira, alltrials, transparency

The European Medicines Agency is to formally agree its policy on the vexed issue of the publication of clinical trial …
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