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UK nurse with Ebola in ‘critical condition’

January 6, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, Ebola, GSK, Mapp, WHO, cafferky, johnson, zmapp

A British nurse that was diagnosed with Ebola last week is said to be in a critical condition at the …
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MRC head joins CPRD as director

January 6, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MHRA, MRC, cprd, janet valentine

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced an appointment of a new director for The Clinical Practice …
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Next-generation Cempra antibiotic meets endpoints

January 5, 2015 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, FDA, cempra, moxifloxacin, solitaire-oral

Cempra Pharmaceuticals has become the first company to publish results from a Phase III study completed under FDA regulations governing …
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Pharma industry set for bumper 2015

January 5, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing 2015, FDA, bumper, harvoni, opdivo, pharma, sovaldi

Industry analysts predict 2015 will be another year of growth for the pharma, after approvals of new drugs soared to …
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Medical publishing: can we rely on it?

January 5, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Les Rose, csr, journals, medical publishing, peer, publishing, transparency

The explosive proliferation of journals suggests that medical publishing is an attractive business. But it’s not without its critics, as …
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New CFO for Echo Therapeutics

January 5, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing alan schoenbart, echo therapeutics

US medical device firm Echo Therapeutics has appointed Alan Schoenbart as its chief financial officer.Schoenbart who has more than 30 …
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NHS plans bashed over cancer and heart disease

December 24, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, England, NHS, Simon Stevens, funding, heart

Hundreds of healthcare experts have signed an open letter to NHS chief executive Simon Stevens calling for him to scrap …
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Actavis hires senior head from PwC

December 24, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Actavis, Jonathon Kellerman, pwC

Jonathon Kellerman has joined Ireland-based speciality pharma firm Actavis as its executive vice president and global chief compliance officer.  Reporting …
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EMA ramps up adaptive pathways pilot

December 23, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, adaptive pathways, drugs, regulator

Six medicines have been selected to move to the next stage of the EMA’s adaptive pathways pilot project, to explore …
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New hope through Ebola vaccine trial

December 23, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, Ebola, GAVI, GSK, US, marburg, uganda

A report in the Lancet medical journal has highlighted a treatment found to be well-tolerated in healthy Ugandan adults during …
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New chairman for Egenix

December 23, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing egenix, lionel goldfrank

Lionel Goldfrank has been elected to sit on the board of the US-based biotech firm Egenix. Goldfrank is to succeed Donald …
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Visions for the future: FT pharma and biotech event

December 19, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing 2020, ABPI, Deloitte, Medidata, Whitehead, financial ties, freeman, ft pharma

The FT Global Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Conference held in London recently asked: “What will the life science company of the …
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Takeda takes senior head from Sanofi

December 19, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi, Takeda, andrew plump

Dr Andrew Plump will be joining Takeda in February from Sanofi to lead its global R&D operations as chief medical …
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Humira biosimilar released in India

December 18, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Humira, India, Zydus Cadila, anti-inflammatory, arthritis, bioscience

Indian firm Zydus Cadila has launched the first biosimilar of AbbVie’s anti-inflammatory medicine Humira, the world’s biggest-selling drug. Used as …
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Government plans £6 billion precision medicine strategy

December 18, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Cell Therapy Catapult, Ebola, George Osborne, UK, government

The government has committed to a £6 billion investment in scientific research and development as part of its science and …
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