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Merck and Pfizer to co-promote cancer drug

April 9, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Merck, Merck KGaA, NSCLC, Pfizer, Xalkori, non-small cell lung cancer, oncology

Merck KgaA and Pfizer have agreed to co-promote the latter’s lung cancer treatment Xalkori, and form a new alliance that …
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Former FDA commissioner named as Institute of Medicine foreign secretary

April 9, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development Dr Margaret Hamburg, FDA, IOM, Institute of Medicine, Margaret Hamburg

Former commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration Margaret Hamburg has been appointed as the next foreign secretary of …
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Cello Health Consulting gains senior marketer

April 8, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cello, beverly hope, consulting, health

Healthcare strategic marketing consultancy Cello Health Consulting has appointed pharma marketer Beverly Hope as a senior consultant for its brand and portfolio …
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Gilead’s next-generation HIV drug to be FDA assessed

April 8, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing F/TAF, FDA, Gilead, HIV, Tenofovir Alafenamide, emtricitabine

Gilead Sciences has filed its second new drug application for a new combination HIV treatment with the FDA.The California-based company …
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FDA to look again at Novo Nordisk insulin submissions

April 8, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novo Nordisk, Ryzodeg, Tresiba, diabetes, insulin degludec

Diabetes specialist firm Novo Nordisk has resubmitted its applications for two insulins to the FDA, along with new interim safety …
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Vaxon Biotech appoints founder as chief executive

April 8, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Konstantinos Kosmatopoulos, vaxon biotech

Paris-based Vaxon Biotech has announced its founder Dr Konstantinos Kosmatopoulos is moving from his current role as chief scientific officer …
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Antibiotic resistance outbreak ‘could kill 80,000’, report warns

April 7, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AMR, Nabriva Therapeutics, antibiotic resistance, bacteria, blood infections, infections

An antibiotic-resistant blood infection outbreak could lead to 80,000 deaths, according to a government report on threats to the UK. …
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Hundreds of jobs threatened after big pharma deals close

April 7, 2015 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Deals, GSK, Jobs, Novartis, US, Valeant, job losses, redundancy, salix

Fresh from deals worth a combined $34 billion, GSK and Salix Pharmaceuticals have announced company restructures that have placed more …
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Market access means new drugs are available to prescribe to patients

Refining UK market access

April 7, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NICE, UK, health, market access

“Some people have said NICE needs to change, it needs to create a new vision, but we say we need …
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BMS enters gene therapy development deal

April 7, 2015 Research and Development BMS, Bristol-Myers Squibb, R&D, cardiovascular disease, cvd, heart disease, heart failure, uniQure

Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with Amsterdam-based gene therapy firm uniQure to boost research into new …
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Merck Ebola vaccine safe and effective in latest trials

April 2, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ebola, Merck, National Institutes of Health, VSV-ZEBOV, Vaccine, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, newlink

Merck and NewLink’s experimental Ebola vaccine has been found to be safe and effective in a new trial in the …
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Merck Serono signs antimalarial development deal

April 2, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing DDD107498, Medicines for Malaria Venture, Merck Serono, antimalarial, malaria

Merck Serono and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) have signed an agreement which will see them advance the development of …
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Multiple sclerosis studies underway using existing drugs

April 2, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MS, Midamor, Prozac, Rilutek, Sanofi, amiloride, covis, fluoxetine, multiple sclerosis, riluzole

Three existing drugs that fight heart disease, depression and motor neurone disease could be used to treat multiple sclerosis (MS) …
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Working Life: GlaxoSmithKline’s Thomas Webb

April 2, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Hong Kong, Working Life, macau, oncology, thomas webb

Thomas Webb, launch lead for GSK oncology Hong Kong and Macau How did you find your way into your current role? …
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PM Society appoints two new members

April 2, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing colin williams, jonathan dancer, pm society

Not-for-profit healthcare marketing organisation PM Society has made two new appointments to its executive committee.  Jonathan Dancer (pictured) the managing …
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