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Merck lines up early-stage Keytruda combo trial

April 1, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Merck, entinostat, keytruda, pd1, pembrolizumab, syndax

Merck is planning for Keytruda’s future by launching early-stage trials of the drug in combination with an investigational treatment from …
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Pfizer appoints inflammation and immunology head

April 1, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Charles Reay Mackay, Pfizer

Professor Charles Reay Mackay is joining US pharma giant Pfizer as the chief scientific officer of its inflammation and immunology …
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Merck Serono in $826m immuno-oncology deal

March 31, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Intrexon, Merck, Merck Serono, T cell, biopharma, cart, immuno-oncology, t-cell

Merck Serono has announced a significant deal with Intrexon to develop and bring new cancer treatments to market. The German …
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Immunocore appoints key scientist to board

March 31, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing immunocore, john bell

UK biotech Immunocore has appointed the Regius Professor of medicine at Oxford University and chairman of the office for the …
Appointment
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Addressing the adherence gap

March 30, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Kings College London, Professor John Weinman, adherence

Poor medication use in patients with long-term health conditions is widely recognised as a global problem that urgently needs to …
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Novartis in major oncology drive

March 30, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, FDA, MHRA, Novartis, aduro, ceritinib, eams, early access, zykadia

Novartis says it is ‘stepping up its efforts’ in cancer by launching major initiatives to discover new treatments to combat …
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Bionor announces three new hires

March 30, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing barbara ruskin, bionor, kamilla rolsted, soren keller

Norwegian biotech Bionor has confirmed that three new members will be joining its executive management team. Dr Barbara Ruskin, senior …
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Big pharma teams with government on genomic research

March 27, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Biogen, Cameron, Dimension Therapeutics, GSK, Genomic, Genomics england, Helomics, Roche, Takeda, UCB, UK, genomes

Ten firms will partner up with Genomics England to develop new diagnostics and treatments for people with rare diseases and …
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BioNano Genomics appoints chief commercial officer

March 27, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BioNano Genomics, Terry Salyer

Genome mapping San Diego firm BioNano Genomics has appointed Terry Salyer as its chief commercial officer. Salyer has more than …
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Pharma’s global economic footprint is huge – and growing

March 26, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Argentina, Asia, IFPMA, Oceania, global, gva, pharma

The pharma industry contributes more than $400 billion to the global economy, according to new research that examines the worldwide …
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£3 million government boost for stem cells

March 26, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS Blood and Transplant, Stem cells, UK, george freeman, government

The UK government will invest £3 million to further improve the provision of stem cells in the UK which will …
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WHO: New measures needed to reduce high drug costs

March 26, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Europe, WHO, pricing, transparency, world health organization

New approaches to drug pricing and reimbursement are needed to make sure pharma provides access to new medicines, according to …
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Two new directors for The Purple Agency

March 26, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Andrew Jenkins, Terri Martin, purple agency

UK communications firm The Purple Agency has appointed two new directors to its healthcare team. Andrew Jenkins (pictured) who was …
Appointment
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GSK seeks development proposals from academics

March 25, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, academics, fast track challenge, proposals

Registration has opened for GlaxoSmithKline’s third annual Discovery Fast Track challenge, which sees the company searching for new drug discovery …
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FDA to review homeopathy rules

March 25, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Australian Government’s National Health and Medical Research Council, FDA, homeopathy

The FDA is to hold a public meeting to “obtain information and comments from stakeholders” on the use of homeopathic …
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