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Industry awaits key immunotherapy results at ASCO

May 20, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, Cancer, oncology, pharma

This year’s American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference has a strong focus on immunotherapy, as pharma ramps up its …
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Scottish government doubles fund for new medicines

May 20, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Scotland, cystic fibrosis, medicines

The Scottish government will increase its New Medicines Fund next year to double the amount of money available to fund …
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Amgen hires senior VP, general counsel and secretary

May 20, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amgen, jonathan graham

Amgen has appointed Jonathan Graham as its senior vice president, general counsel and secretary who will take to his post in July. …
Appointment
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Pfizer head joins UK biotech Calchan

May 19, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pfizer, calhan, zahid ali

UK-based biotech Calchan has looked to Pfizer for appointing a new chief scientific officer in Zahid Ali. Ali has almost …
Appointment
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FDA issues more diabetes drug warnings

May 18, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Boehringer, J&J, JJ, lilly

The FDA has warned that a class of type 2 diabetes drugs manufactured by several big pharma firms could cause …
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Takeda appoints new business unit director

May 18, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Takeda, craig adkins

Takeda UK has appointed Craig Adkins as the new director of its its inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) business unit. Adkins …
Appointment
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The EU Falsified Medicines Directive: what does pharma need patients to know?

May 18, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing eu falsified, waarde

Recent legislation assumes that visual information can have direct effects on people’s behaviour. It starts from the assumption that a …
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Virgo Health Education announces new senior team

May 15, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Virgo Health Education

Virgo Health Education has appointed a new head of medical education and announced a number of senior team promotions.  Katherine …
Appointment
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OrthoAccel Technologies appoints new board member

May 14, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing OrthoAccel Technologies, len hedge

US-based medical device firm OrthoAccel Technologies has announced that Len Hedge has joined its board of directors.  Hedge currently serves on the …
Appointment
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AstraZeneca makes a move into precision medicine

May 13, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Precision Medicine, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, mhi

AstraZeneca has signalled its intention to ramp up the use of personalised medicine strategies to find new candidate drugs and …
News

Baxter buys cancer portfolio for $900 million

May 13, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Oncaspar, Sigma-Tau Finanziaria, baxter, oncology

Baxter is buying leukaemia treatment Oncaspar from Italian firm Sigma-Tau Finanziaria for $900 million as the US firm looks to …
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Applied Proteomics hires commercial VP

May 13, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Applied Proteomics, Erwin Estigarribia

San Diego’s Applied Proteomics that develops protein-based molecular diagnostics has confirmed the appointment of Erwin Estigarribia as the VP of …
Appointment
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Pharma reveals its ASCO presentation data

May 12, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, AZ, AbbVie, Roche, chicago, data

AstraZeneca, Genentech and AbbVie have all revealed which cancer drugs they will show data for at The American Society of …
News
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New chief financial officer for Shire

May 12, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Shire, jeff poulton

Irish pharma firm Shire has appointed a new chief financial officer and member of its executive committee in Jeff Poulton. …
Appointment
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Takeda announces new cancer collaboration

May 11, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Europe, Takeda, mental health, ncc

Takeda will be teaming up with Japan’s National Cancer Center (NCC) to develop new cancer drugs. The two organisations have …
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