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MSD’s Alzheimer’s study could break new ground for treatment

November 3, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, MSD, clinical trials

MSD, known as Merck in North America, has published results of a Phase I trial of verubecestat. The drug is …
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FDA issues warning letter after Chinese firm impedes investigation

November 2, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, FDA

The US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has issued a Chinese firm with a warning letter after claims it intentionally …
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Gilead quietly drops drugs from line up alongide Q3 results

November 2, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Abzena, Gilead, research and development

Gilead Sciences followed Pfizer in discreetly dropping a drug alongside its third quarter profit reports. The drug in question, for …
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Multi Packaging Solutions wins ‘Packaging Company of the Year’

November 2, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Multi Packaging Solutions (“MPS”)(NYSE: MPSX),  a global market leader in healthcare, spirits, confectionery and media packaging, has been voted the …
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Avacta joins major US cancer centre for CAR-T immunotherapy development

November 2, 2016 Research and Development Avacta, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Biotherapeutic and research reagent developer Avacta has announced it will collaborate with New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK, …
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Nimbus Therapeutics receives $200 million payment from Gilead

November 2, 2016 Research and Development Gilead Sciences, Nimbus Therapeutics, nash

Nimbus Therapeutics only signed a deal with Gilead Sciences back in April of this year and yet have already received …
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Celgene partners with IBM for new pharmacovigilance platform

November 2, 2016 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Celgene, Watson, ibm

IBM is set to join forces with Celgene to develop a new drug safety evaluation platform, it has emerged. Running …
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Valeant looking at selling core asset to manage debt

November 2, 2016 Research and Development Takeda Pharmaceutical, Valeant pharmaceutical, salix

Valeant is rumoured to be looking into selling its Salix drugs business to Takeda Pharmaceutical, with figures floated of a …
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Pfizer surprises industry by ending development of projected blockbuster

November 1, 2016 Research and Development Pfizer, cholesterol, clinical trials

Pfizer announced the news that it would no longer be developing an experimental cholesterol lowering drug. The drug had been …
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Takeda appoint Marc Weeks to Digital Lead role

October 31, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Takeda, digital

Takeda UK have appointed Marc Weeks to the newly created role of digital lead. The creation of the role comes as …
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Ashfield walks away with gold at EVCOM Clarion Awards

October 31, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ashfield

The awards ceremony, held at The Seven Dials Club, Covent Garden, London on Friday 7 October, drew leading event and …
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Astellas snatches up oncology firm Ganymed for $1.4 billion

October 31, 2016 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astellas, Ganymed, IMAB362

Japanese pharma firm Astellas is set to bolster its oncology business with the acquisition of Ganymed Pharmaceuticals in a deal …
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Novartis elects new MD for UK plant

October 28, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novartis, appointment

Novartis has named Cynthia Chiaramitara as managing director of its plant in Grimsby, UK. She will take on the role …
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Top ten stories in the pharmaceutical industry this week

October 28, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing top ten

Halloween is creeping up, and its business as usual for the pharma industry; the week has been full of shockers, …
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Adents and Microsoft pool resources to create new cloud platform

October 27, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Adents, EU, France, Microsoft

Adents, a French software developer for unique production identification and ‘Track & Trace’ solutions, and Microsoft have developed, with an …
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