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AstraZeneca to pay up to $1.2 billion for Pearl

June 10, 2013 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, COPD, pearl therapeutics

AstraZeneca is betting big on lung disease specialist Pearl Therapeutics as it looks to spend $1.2 billion to acquire the …
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Working Life, Vifor Pharma, Derek Williams

June 7, 2013 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Vifor pharma, Working Life, williams

How did you find your way into your current role? I began my career in the UK as a sales …
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Mirna appoints ex-Pfizer senior director

June 6, 2013 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pfizer, miRNA

Biotech firm Mirna Therapeutics has appointed Dr Sinil Kim as vice president of Oncology and chief medical officer. Kim will …
Appointment

Aveo to cut workforce after FDA knock-back

June 6, 2013 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Aveo, FDA, cuts, tivozanib

Aveo will make major jobs cuts this year after news that a kidney cancer licence for its oncology drug tivozanib …
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Novartis drug shows cancer promise

June 5, 2013 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASCO, Cancer, Novartis

A Novartis drug which has been given breakthrough therapy designation by the FDA has demonstrated early promise in patients with …
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GSK licences RA drug

June 5, 2013 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, RA, morphosys

GlaxoSmithKline is gambling millions of euros on an investigational drug in a bid to get an edge in the fight …
News
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AstraZeneca abandons late-stage RA drug

June 5, 2013 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, RA, Rigel

AstraZeneca is to exit development of a new rheumatoid arthritis drug, after Phase III trials produced disappointing results.The Anglo-Swedish firm …
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Sanofi admits $285m failure

June 4, 2013 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi, its benzamide iniparib, otamixaban

Sanofi has consigned two investigational drugs to the corporate dustbin, preferring a $285 million dent in its coffers to continuing …
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NSCLC lift for Boehringer

June 4, 2013 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, NSCLC

Boehringer’s pipeline has been boosted with the news that its investigational oral triple angiokinase inhibitor nintedanib plus chemotherapy, extends the …
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Vocera appoints president and chief executive

June 4, 2013 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Brent Lang, Vocera

Healthcare comms firm Vocera Communications has announced Brent Lang’s appointment as president and chief executive officer to the firm and …
Appointment
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UK government cautious on trial transparency

June 4, 2013 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Goldacre, UK, alltrials, transparency

Two ministers with responsibility for life sciences in the UK struck a cautious note over clinical trial transparency at an …
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Sinovac appoints chief financial officer

June 3, 2013 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, Sinovac

China-based biopharma products provider Sinovac Biotech has appointed vice president Nan Wang to be its chief financial officer. Previous CFO …
Appointment
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Europe votes yes on greater trial transparency

June 3, 2013 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Europe, Goldacre, alltrials, transparency

Europe has taken one step closer to increasing clinical trial transparency on the continent after MEPs voted yes on new …
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Lilly and Roche back US research institute

May 31, 2013 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Roche, lilly, notre dame, research

Eli Lilly and Roche Diagnostics are among the key backers of a $360 million US life sciences research facility which …
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Avillion appoints chief business officer

May 31, 2013 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Avillion

Venture capitalist firm Avillion has announced the expansion of its leadership team with the appointment of Ramani Varanasi as chief …
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