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NICE chair: pharma must show how it prices drugs

April 28, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Goldacre, Haslam, NICE, VBP, all trials, pars

The pharmaceutical industry must be willing to show the public how it prices its drugs – or face losing its …
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Pfizer makes second bid for AstraZeneca

April 28, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Pfizer, acquisition, deal, merger

Pfizer has made a second attempt to buy AstraZeneca after an initial request was rejected in January. The biggest pharma …
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Brazil focus: not just another BRIC in the wall

April 28, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BRIC, Brazil, emerging markets, market access, rio

Population: 198.7 million (2012) Government: Federal presidential republic Leader: President Dilma Rousseff of the centre-left Workers’ Party Gross Domestic Product: …
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reViral hires non-executive director

April 28, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing reviral, schinazi

Antiviral drug firm reViral has appointed Professor Raymond 
Schinazi as a non-executive director.  Schinazi has had a long and prestigious …
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Lupin adds chief corporate development officer

April 25, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Lupin, theresa stevens

Mumbai-based pharma firm Lupin has hired Theresa Stevens to be its chief corporate development officer.   Stevens will be assuming …
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PPD hires Bhooshi De Silva as senior VP



April 24, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing PPD, de silva

Contract research organisation Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) has added Bhooshi De Silva as senior VP of corporate development and strategy …
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Merck Millipore confirms chief executive and president

April 23, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck Millipore, udit batra

Merck Millipore which is the life science division of Merck has named Dr Udit Batra as its incoming president and …
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GSK and Novartis sign multi-billion dollar deal

April 23, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Novartis, Tafinlar, lilly, merger, tykerb, vaccines

GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis are radically shaking up their businesses, starting up a joint venture while selling off major parts of …
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AstraZeneca ‘rejects Pfizer bid’

April 22, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Byetta, Onglyza, Pfizer, Soriot, merger

AstraZeneca has rebuffed a £60 billion bid from Pfizer, according to media reports. Both companies have declined to comment on …
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Nanobiotix appoints head from Roche



April 22, 2014 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Roche, nanobiotix, otin

France-based clinical-stage nanomedicine firm Nanobiotix has hired Thierry Otin as its head of manufacturing and supply. Prior to joining Nanobiotix, …
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Working Life: GE Healthcare’s Emmanuel Ligner

April 22, 2014 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GE Healthcare, Working Life, emmanuel linger

 How did you find your way into your current role? There have been various circumstances in my professional career that …
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arGEN-X appoints Evotec chief executive

April 14, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Evotec, arGEN-X, lanthaler

Belgium-based clinical stage human therapeutic antibody firm arGEN-X has appointed Dr Werner Lanthaler to its supervisory board.
  Lanthaler is currently …
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Novartis ponders Horsham site future

April 14, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Horsham, Novartis, Osborne, PharmaVentures, medcity, research, site

Novartis has hired specialist consultancy firm PharmaVentures to help it decide how to re-use it former Horsham site. This comes …
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How can ‘innovation’ be defined?

April 14, 2014 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, NHS, UK, eric low, innovation, myeloma

Innovation has been and continues to be an important topic of discussion for a number of different stakeholders and disciplines …
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EMA to conduct major review into testosterone drugs

April 14, 2014 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, EU, Europe, heart, testosterone

The European Medicines Agency has started a review of testosterone-containing medicines as concerns grow that they may increase the risk …
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