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Chair appointed for new MHRA devices committee

February 20, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MHRA, Peter Nightingale, deac

Dr Peter Nightingale has been appointed as chairman of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) newly-formed Devices Expert …
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Resistance threat to malaria drug is ‘alarming’

February 20, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, Qinghaosu, artemisinin, malaria, thailand

Resistance to a group of drugs that possess the most rapid action against malaria – artemisinin, aka Qinghaosu ­– is …
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Sanofi confirms new chief executive

February 20, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Chris Viehbacher, Sanofi, praluent

Bayer chairman Olivier Brandicourt has been named as Sanofi’s new chief executive to replace Chris Viehbacher who was ejected from …
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Pharming names new chief scientific officer

February 19, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pharming, perry calais

Dutch biopharma development firm Pharming has named Dr Perry Calias as the company’s chief scientific officer.  Calias will have overall …
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Sanofi enters autoimmune diseases pact with Lead Pharma

February 18, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi, autoimmune, biox, lead pharma, psoriasis

Sanofi is to collaborate with Dutch biotech firm Lead Pharma to develop treatments for autoimmune diseases. The companies will work …
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£30m drug discovery centres launched to overcome pharma ‘funding fatigue’

February 18, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer’s Research UK, Cambridge, London, Oxford, dementia, funding, pharma

Three new drug discovery institutes will be launched in the UK with a £30 million commitment to fast-track the development …
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Tonic Life Communications hires three

February 18, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ainsley cooper, alex davies, appointments, elisabeth neal, tonic life communications

Healthcare comms consultancy Tonic Life Communications has added three new senior heads to increase its London team. The news follows …
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Takeda trial hits late-stage buffers

February 17, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AMG 706, Japan, NSCLC, Takeda, lung cancer, motesanib

Takeda is to scrap an advanced trial of an investigational drug after it failed to show any benefit in survival …
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New comms director for Royal College of Surgeons

February 17, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing RCS, royal college of surgeons, simon edwards

The Royal College of Surgeons has promoted Simon Edwards to the position of director of communications.  Edwards previously held the …
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Hospira launches biosimilar monoclonal antibody

February 16, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MSD, Merck, Remicade, biosimilar. hospira, inflectra, infliximab

Hospira has won the race to become the first company to launch a biosimilar version of an anti-TNF biologic, after …
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Onyx Health appoints account manager

February 16, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Onyx, dean forbes

UK healthcare marketing communications firm experts Onyx Health have hired Dean Forbes to develop their marketing, PR and branding services.  …
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Big Data has yet to hit the big time

February 16, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astellas, Big Data, chris poole, data, development, mark thornton

Big data has taken quite a knocking over the past year. First, from some sceptics who have warned big data …
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Hormone replacement therapy elevates ovarian cancer risk

February 13, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, HRT, Lancet, Oxford, oncology, ovarian

According to a new study women who undergo hormone replacement therapy nearly double their risk of developing ovarian cancer.  Findings …
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Sanofi makes gene therapy move

February 13, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Genzyme, Sanofi, Voyager Therapeutics, gene therapy, merger

Sanofi has signalled its intent to develop gene therapy treatments for nerve diseases through a $745 million deal with US …
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New director at IMC Healthcare Communication

February 13, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing imc healthcare communication, stephanie westwood

Dr Stephanie Westwood has joined IMC Healthcare Communication as a medical and scientific director. Westwood was previously a scientific director …
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