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Pharma ‘forced to innovate in patient recruitment and retention’

January 27, 2016 Research and Development Tufts, clinical trials, patient recruitment, patient retention

The ‘critical need’ to improve recruitment and retention in clinical trials is driving pharma to create a “structural change in …
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FDA reviews Jardiance as cardiovascular diabetes treatment

January 27, 2016 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, FDA, jardiance

The FDA has accepted Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly’s supplemental New Drug Application for their diabetes drug Jardiance to be …
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NICE recommends six drugs in final guidance

January 27, 2016 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE

NICE has published final recommendations approving drug treatments for ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, multiple myeloma, gastric cancer and idiopathic pulmonary …
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Johnson & Johnson hit by fall in 2015 sales

January 27, 2016 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Janssen, Johnson and Johnson, financial results, revenue, sales

Full year sales at the healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson fell by 6% in 2015, to just over $70 billion, …
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NICE backs biosimilars with arthritis drug endorsements

January 27, 2016 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing DMARDs, NICE, biosimilars, rheumatoid arthritis

NICE has published updated final guidance recommending seven biological disease modifying drugs (DMARDs) for treatment of severe rheumatoid arthritis which …
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Avacta appoints Philippe Cotrel as chief commercial officer

January 25, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Avacta

Cotrel joins Avacta from Abcam, where he held the role of commercial operations director.He will lead the Group’s commercial strategy …
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New chief exec at MannKind

January 25, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alfred Mann, Duane DeSisto, Insulet, Mannkind, Matthew Pffefer

The board of directors of MannKind have appointed Matthew Pfeffer as chief executive of MannKind.He replaces Alfred Mann who has …
Appointment

AbbVie VP joins UCB Pharma

January 25, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pascale Richetta, UCB, UCB Pharma

Pascale Richetta will join the UCB as its new head of the bone therapy patient value unit as from February …
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Cancer Research UK appoints Professor Sir Bruce Ponder as trustee

January 25, 2016 Research and Development Cancer Research UK, Professor Sir Bruce Ponder

Cancer Research UK has appointed Professor Sir Bruce Ponder as a trustee. Ponder is emeritus professor of oncology at Cambridge …
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The case for leaders with scientific acumen in pharma

January 25, 2016 Medical Communications, Research and Development research and development

Pharmaceutical companies are currently undergoing fundamental, disruptive changes to conventional research and development models. This is in an attempt to …
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Big pharma and UK universities launch £40m innovation fund

January 25, 2016 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Apollo, AstraZeneca, GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johson, UCL, University College London, University of Cambridge, collaboration, imperial college london, joint venture

A consortium of big pharma companies and university with world-leading medical research facilities is to invest £40 million, to “significantly …
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AbbVie and MD Anderson in cancer research partnership

January 25, 2016 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, MD Anderson Cancer Centre, immuno-oncology

AbbVie has announced a new partnership with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre, using its immunotherapy platform to …
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Patients sue J&J for $800m for ‘hiding antibiotic side effects’

January 22, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, Janssen, Johnson and Johnson, Levaquin, Margaret Hamburg, lawsuit, levofloxacin

Six users of Johnson & Johnson’s antibiotic Levaquin are to sue the company for up to $870 million, claiming the …
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Merck appoints Jessie English to lead discovery team

January 22, 2016 Research and Development Jessie English, Merck

Merck has appointed Jessie English as the new vice president of discovery, translational innovation platform immuno-oncology, effective February 16, 2016. …
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Five charged in US for scheme to steal GSK secrets

January 21, 2016 Research and Development China, GSK, employee theft, trade secrets

Five people have been charged in the US for a scheme to steal secrets from British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline and then …
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