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Avillion hires chief business officer

September 25, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Avillion, Jarrod Longcor, melinta, rib-x

London-based drug development firm Avillion has confirmed the appointment of Jarrod Longcor as its chief business officer. Longcor joins as …
Appointment
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Boehringer to slash 600 jobs in native Germany

September 24, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AMNOG, Boehringer, Germany, Novartis, cuts, mergers, staff

Boehringer Ingelheim is to cut around 600 of its staff in Germany as part of a drive to reduce costs …
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Novella Clinical hires European director

September 24, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing clinical, deepak dhami, novella

Contract research organisation Novella Clinical has appointed Dr Deepak Dhami as the director of its clinical monitoring unit for Europe.  …
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Senior J&J head appointed by Synageva

September 23, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing J&J, JJ, rob bazemore, synageva

US biopharma firm Synageva has appointed Robert Bazemore as its chief operating officer. Reporting directly to the president and chief …
Appointment
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Half of cancers diagnosed at late stage

September 22, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CRUK, Cancer, NHS, UK, oncology

A Cancer Research UK study out today reveals that nearly half of all cancers in England are diagnosed at an …
News
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IXICO hires chief financial officer

September 22, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

UK-based medical tech business IXICO has appointed Susan Lowther to its board as a chief financial officer.  Lowther was previously …
Appointment

Pharma and Twitter: a happy marriage or time for a divorce?

September 22, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Facebook, PMCPA, Twitter, digital, pharma, social media

There has been a phenomenal rise in the use and scale of social media over the past decade, from the …
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GSK fined, executives face jail sentence in Chinese bribery case

September 19, 2014 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, GSK, Witty, bribery, sex tape

China has fined Britain’s largest pharma firm GlaxoSmithKline $490 million (£297m) for corruption after a year-long investigation into claims it …
News
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Boehringer pays $600m for cancer vaccine deal

September 19, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer Ingelheim, cancer vaccine, oncology, pd1

Boehringer is hoping to expand its oncology pipeline with a new multi-million dollar pact for an investigational cancer vaccine. The …
News
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‘Angelina effect’ sees BRCA tests soar in UK

September 19, 2014 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, angelina jolie, brac1, brad, breast, mastectomy

Referrals for testing for breast cancer risk more than doubled across the UK, after Oscar-winning American actress Angelina Jolie announced …
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Changes at the top for Merck KGaA

September 19, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Belén Garijo, Merck KGaA, Stefan Oschmann

German chemical and pharma giant Merck KGaA has promoted Stefan Oschmann to the position of deputy chief executive and vice …
Appointment

Scotland votes no for independence

September 19, 2014 Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, Scotland

The United Kingdom remains united today as Scotland  narrowly voted against breaking up the 307-year-old union. The ‘No, Better Together’ …
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Astellas appoints comms head from Baxter

September 18, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astellas, Burson-Marsteller, Edelman, baxter, christy noland, including GolinHarris

Astellas has hired Christy Noland to be its new director of business communications and advocacy for its urology unit in …
Appointment
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New managing director for PAN

September 17, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Creston Health, Jon Linscott, Pan, eric hansen

Creative comms agency PAN has appointed a new managing director in Eric Hansen who replaces the recently-departed Jon Linscott.Reporting in …
Appointment

Cancer drug gains first early UK access grant

September 17, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, NICE, UK, keytruda, oncology, pin, promising

A new type of cell therapy for cancer has become the first to be deemed by the UK government as …
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