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Pfizer

Study claims cardiovascular risk to Pfizer’s Champix

July 6, 2011 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Champix, Chantix, Pfizer, smoking cessation

Pfizer has been drawn into a war of words over its smoking cessation drug Champix after a review of existing …
News
Merck & Co

Merck to close one facility, boosts another

July 5, 2011 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Ireland, Merck & Co, pharma job cuts, pharma manufacturing news

Merck & Co continues to shake up its network of facilities, deciding to close a recently-acquired site in the USA …
News
Novartis Afinitor (everolimus)

Afinitor stops tumour growth in advanced breast cancer

July 5, 2011 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Afinitor, Novartis, Votubia, advanced breast cancer

Novartis’ Afinitor has impressed in a late-stage trial by increasing survival in women with advanced breast cancer. The phase III …
News

SCM Pharma appoints Adam Sims

July 5, 2011 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development appointment, manufacturing and production, research and development

Sterile filling specialist SCM Pharma has bolstered its senior management team with the appointment of Adams Sims as a non-executive …
Appointment

EMA publishes details of new pharmacovigilance format

July 4, 2011 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, pharmacovigilance

Pharma companies have been given the highly-specific electronic formats in which they will soon have to submit information on medicines …
News
Eli Lilly & Company

Lilly prepares late-stage pipeline boost

July 1, 2011 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing autoimmune diseases, diabetes, lilly, neuroscience, oncology

Eli Lilly has highlighted diabetes, oncology, autoimmune diseases and neuroscience as key therapy areas within its growth strategy. Within these …
News

Almirall appoints new general manager for Germany

July 1, 2011 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Almirall, appointment, research and development, sales and marketing

Spanish pharma company Almirall has promoted Farid Taha to be its general manager for Germany. He joined Almirall in 2000 …
News

AstraZeneca signs cancer drug discovery collaboration

June 30, 2011 Research and Development AstraZeneca, PTC Therapeutics

AstraZeneca has signed a deal with PTC Therapeutics to use the company’s proprietary drug discovery platform to discover new cancer …
News

The growing role of regulatory affairs

June 30, 2011 Business Services, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing regulatory affairs, topra

Some years ago, regulatory affairs (RA) was seen by some as merely a ‘front office’ function, providing a necessary interface …
Feature
GlaxoSmithKline

GSK welcomes outside researchers to its ‘open lab’

June 29, 2011 Research and Development GSK, TB, academic alliance, malaria, open lab

The first scientists from outside GlaxoSmithKline have started work at the manufacturer’s ‘open lab’ for diseases of the developing world …
News

Janssen to collaborate with Jubilant on neuroscience targets

June 29, 2011 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Janssen, Jubilant, neuroscience research

Janssen is to team up with Indian pharma services company Jubilant Life Sciences on neuroscience drug discovery. Jubilant Discovery Services …
News

New medicine approvals slumped to record low in 2010

June 29, 2011 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing drug sales, new drug approvals, research

There was a major slide in medicine approvals last year, compounding a difficult and ominous period for the industry. Only …
News

Treatment flexibility will improve adherence in diabetes, study suggests

June 29, 2011 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing diabetes, insulin

A third of patients with diabetes admit to regularly missing or not taking insulin treatment three days a month, according …
News

Sanofi appoints Peter Guenter senior VP, Europe

June 28, 2011 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing appointment, manufacturing and production, research and development, sales and marketing

Sanofi has promoted Peter Guenter to senior vice president, Europe, with effect from 15 July. He is currently general manager …
Appointment

Chiltern Announces Additional Investment in Endpoint

June 27, 2011 Research and Development

 
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