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AbbVie ditches Shire as tax deal falters

October 21, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Obama, Shire, US government, tax, tax inversion

Tax rule changes coming from the US government have forced the collapse of a multi-billion dollar deal between Humira manufacturer …
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Admedus appoints two board directors

October 20, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing John Seaberg, Wayne Paterson, admedus

Australian-based healthcare product development firm Admedus has appointed two new directors to its board. John Seaberg and Wayne Paterson (pictured) …
Appointment
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Working Life: MedImmune’s Dr Bing Yao

October 20, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MedImmune, Working Life, bing yao

 How did you find your way into your current role? When I was pursuing my doctorate in microbiology and immunology, …
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GSK: Ebola vaccines will come ‘too late’

October 17, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ebola, GSK, JK-05, Sihuan, tekmira, vaccines, zmapp

GlaxoSmithKline says its potential Ebola vaccine will come ‘too late’ for the current outbreak despite being fast-tracked. In August the …
News
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Roche and Pharmacyclics agree leukaemia pact

October 17, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, CLL, Cancer, Gazyva, Pharmacyclics, Roche, imbruvica, leukaemia

Pharmacyclics’s cancer drug Imbruvica will be tested in combination with Roche’s Gazyva in a new partnership announced by the firms. …
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Four promotions at Red Door Communications

October 17, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Kate Aldous, Katy Pogson, Matt Lowe, Red Door Communications, Sarah Aldridge

Red Door Communications (RDC) has promoted Matt Lowe and Katy Pogson to its board of directors, and Kate Aldous and …
Appointment
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New cancer drugs escalate Roche earnings

October 16, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Herceptin (trastuzumab), Kadcyla, Perjeta, Q3, Roche, ado-trastuzumab emtansine, pertuzumab

Roche’s sales saw solid growth in the first nine months of the year, increased by the firm’s new cancer medicines. …
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AstraZeneca deepens Cambridge ties

October 16, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, CRUK, Cambridge, MRC, MedImmune

AstraZeneca along with its biologics R&D arm MedImmune are to enter into four new collaborations with the University of Cambridge. …
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Boehringer and Roche IPF drugs win FDA approval

October 16, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, ERS, Esbriet, FDA, IPF, InterMune, Roche, US, lung scarring, lungs, ofev

The FDA has approved both Roche’s Esbriet (pirfenidone) and Boehringer Ingelheim’s Ofev (nintedanib) for the treatment of the fatal lung …
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Novo Nordisk hires human resources VP

October 16, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Jackie Scanlan, Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk has appointed Jackie Scanlan to join its executive team as the corporate vice president of its human resources …
Appointment
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BT and Exostar partner on research software

October 15, 2014 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BT, cloud, exostar, iam, life sciences, software, workbench

Cloud computing company Exostar has become a partner of BT for Life Sciences, allowing its Identity and Access Management (IAM) …
News
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FDA approves Eisai’s chemo side-effects drug

October 15, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Eisai, FDA, Helsinn, akynzeo, chemotherapy, cinv

Eisai and Helsinn Healthcare’s Akynzeo (netupitant/palonosetron) has received FDA approval for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). CINV …
News
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Scottish Lifesciences Association welcomes chair

October 15, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ken Sutherland, Scottish Lifesciences Association

The Scottish Lifesciences Association has named Dr Ken Sutherland as its new chair. Sutherland joins from Toshiba Medical Visualisation Systems …
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BMS, Pharmacyclics and Janssen collaborate on cancer

October 14, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, Janssen, Pharmacyclics, imbruvica, opdivo

Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pharmacyclics and Janssen are to collaborate on clinical trials combining BMS’s cancer drug Opdivo (nivolumab) with Janssen and …
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NICE releases ‘person-centred’ medicines optimisation guidelines

October 14, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, NICE, UK, WHO, Whitehead

NICE has recently released the draft of its first guidance on medicines optimisation that it hopes will be more person-centered …
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