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Takeda: we’re working on Ebola too

November 24, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ebola, GSK, Gates, Obama, WHO, brett wells, pharmafile, rajeev, vaccines, venkaya, venkayya

The president of Takeda Vaccines has told Pharmafile that the Japanese firm has identified compounds that could help prevent infection …
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Antibiotics: will the industry saviour please stand up

November 24, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, EAA, MRC, WHO, resistance, susie lunt

The spectre of a new ‘dark ages’ for humanity where common infections begin to kill again is increasingly making itself …
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New managing director for Napp Pharmaceuticals

November 24, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Napp, alberto, martinez

Alberto Martinez has joined Napp Pharmaceuticals in the UK as its new managing director, taking over the role from Dietmar …
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ABPI: NHS must change to allow stratified drugs

November 21, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, george freeman, personalised, rawal, stratified medicines

The development of stratified medicines – especially in therapy areas outside of oncology – will have a significant effect on …
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Ablynx looks to GSK for new chief commercial officer

November 21, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ablynx, johan heylan

Belgium-based biopharma firm Ablynx has appointed Johan Heylen to be its chief commercial officer and assume responsibility for all commercial …
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Sanofi names new board member

November 20, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi, bonnie bassler

Sanofi has appointed Professor Bonnie Bassler as an independent member to sit among its board of directors. Bassler has more …
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Sanofi appoints an Ebola response co-ordinator

November 19, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ebola, Sanofi, gary nobel

Former director of the NIH Vaccine Research Center Dr Gary Nabel has been hired by Sanofi to spearhead its contribution …
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European Medicines Agency appoints admin lead

November 18, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, Luc Vanheel, admin

Luc Vanheel has joined the European Medicines Agency (EMA) as the head of its administration division. A Belgian national, Vanheel …
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Pfizer signs $3 billion cancer deal

November 18, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Merck KGaA, PD-L1, Pfizer, anti-PD-L1, opdivo

Pfizer has signed a multi-billion dollar deal to develop one of Merck KGaA’s investigational drugs, MSB0010718C, an anti-PD-L1 antibody. The …
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Antibiotic resistance ranking high among public concerns

November 18, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, Cameron, WHO, longitude, rees, terrorism

People in the UK believe antibiotic resistance is second only to terrorism among threats to the public, according to a …
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New head of industrial operations at Bayer

November 18, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Klaus Schäfer

Bayer MaterialScience is getting a new head of industrial operations and technology as Dr Tony Van Osselaer retires from the …
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The numbers game: getting quantitative information to patients

November 17, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Kadcyla, Les Rose, clinical, myeloma, numbers, numerics

The great physicist Lord Kelvin said: “If you can measure something, and express it in numbers, then you know something …
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Epic Sciences hires HR head from Prometheus

November 17, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing epic sciences, toni wayne

Epic Sciences has confirmed the appointment of Toni Wayne as the vice president of its human resources department. Wayne has …
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MSF starts trials of Ebola candidates

November 14, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ebola, MSF, Médecins Sans Frontières, avigan, brincidofovir, favipiravir

Three experimental Ebola therapies will be tested at sites operated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in West Africa, according to …
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Actavis appoints Pepsi head as CFO amid takeover talk

November 14, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Actavis, maria moen, pepsi

Dublin-based speciality pharma firm Actavis which is currently in talks to buy Allergan for $60 billion, has hired a chief …
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