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Contract research news in brief

May 1, 2012 Research and Development BML, Cetero Labs, Covance, Harlan and Chiltern, PRA

A round-up of recent developments in the contract research sector, featuring updates from PRA, Cetero Labs, Covance/BML, Harlan Labs CRS …
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Actelion boosted by trial success

April 30, 2012 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Actelion, Tracleer, almorexant, macitentan

Actelion’s pulmonary arterial hypertension drug macitentan has met its primary endpoint in a Phase III trial.  The news comes after …
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New ABPI president appointed

April 30, 2012 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, MSD UK, appointment

Deepak Khanna, senior vice president and MSD UK managing director, has been appointed as President of the Association of the …
Appointment

New head at Bayer’s Animal Health division

April 27, 2012 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer Healthcare, Dirk Ehle, animal health

Dr Dirk Ehle has been appointed Head of the Animal Health Division of Bayer.  The 42-year-old succeeds Dr Jean-Luc Lowinski, …
Appointment

Brennan bows to pressure and quits AstraZeneca

April 26, 2012 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, David Brennan, Q1, pharma

AstraZeneca’s chief executive David Brennan is to step down from his post following mounting dissatisfaction with his leadership. Brennan, who …
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A family business: Pradaxa success lifts Boehringer

April 25, 2012 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer Ingelheim

Rapid uptake of anti-clotting drug Pradaxa in the US has helped Boehringer Ingelheim enjoy a strong year, and looks set to …
Feature

Merck KGaA swings axe over Serono operations

April 25, 2012 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cladribine, MS, Merck KGaA, Switzerland, job cuts

Merck KGaA will cut around 500 jobs from its pharmaceutical unit in Switzerland, the firm has announced.  The company said …
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New data shows Herceptin’s ability to increase survival

April 24, 2012 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Cochrane, Herceptin, Roche, breast

A new review of Roche’s breast cancer drug Herceptin has confirmed its ability to increase overall survival, but concerns remain …
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7 steps to better talent acquisition

April 24, 2012 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pfizer, Talent acquisition, careers, executives

When companies complain that they can’t find enough good people, the cause, in our view, is most likely to be …
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Quintiles appoints Tom Pike as new chief executive

April 24, 2012 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Quintiles, Tom Pike, biopharmaceutical

Quintiles, the biopharmaceutical services company, has appointed Tom Pike as its new chief executive, effective from 30 April. The appointment …
Appointment

Falsified Medicines Directive in the EU

April 23, 2012 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Dated 16 April 2012, the European Commission has issued the Draft Template for the Written Confirmation for Active Substances Imported …
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AstraZeneca to buy Ardea for $1.3 billion

April 23, 2012 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ardea, AstraZeneca, febuxostat, gout

AstraZeneca is to buy Ardea Biosciences for $1 billion to help bolster its pipeline. Under the terms of the agreement, …
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EMA request feedback on the draft EU reference dates

April 19, 2012 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Wainwright Associates; EMA; Pharmacovigilance; PV

The European Medicines Agency has invited marketing-authorisation holders and other stakeholders to review and provide comments on the draft list …
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Pharma R&D downsizing hits academic researchers

April 19, 2012 Research and Development ABPI, academic alliance, academic research

A survey of pharma’s research partnerships and funding of UK academics has raised concerns about the future of British science.The …
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Pharmaceutical marketers – put your head in the clouds

April 17, 2012 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alex Blyth, Cloud Computing, MSI, digital, iPod, ipad

The moment has arrived for the pharma industry to embrace online planning tools.The convergence of reliable and secure cloud-based computing, …
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