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‘Weak’ evidence leads to NICE no for three leukaemia drugs

May 6, 2011 Sales and Marketing Glivec, NICE, Sprycel, Tasigna

NICE has not recommended three major drugs for the rare blood cancer chronic myeloid leukaemia. In draft guidance on treating …
Novartis' Afinitor (everolimus)

Novartis’ Afinitor wins landmark US approval

May 6, 2011 Sales and Marketing Afinitor, Novartis

Novartis’ Afinitor has been approved in the US for the treatment of progressive neuroendocrine tumours of pancreatic origin (PNET) in …

Ogilvy picks Carsten Edwards to lead new market access business

May 6, 2011 Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Ogilvy, Ogilvy Healthworld Market Access, medical communications

Ogilvy Healthworld has appointed Carsten Edwards to head its new market access business. Edwards will be managing partner of market …

Prostate cancer drug Zytiga gains US approval

May 5, 2011 Sales and Marketing Centocor Ortho Biotech, Johnson & Johnson, Zytiga, prostate cancer

Zytiga a new treatment for the most hard to treat cases of prostate cancer has been approved in the US. …
Sanofi-Aventis' Plavix (clopidogrel)

Plavix sales plummet in England

May 5, 2011 Sales and Marketing BMS, Plavix, Sanofi-Aventis, clopidogrel

GP prescriptions for Plavix saw a significant drop in England last year as doctors opted for cheaper generic forms of …
Pfizer

Pfizer sales flat as Lipitor revenues decline

May 4, 2011 Sales and Marketing Pfizer

Pfizer’s sales decreased slightly in the first quarter after rising revenues in specialty care and emerging markets failed to offset …
ABPI Code of Practice

UK pharma reassured over dealings with health bodies

May 3, 2011 Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing 2011 ABPI Code, Code of Practice, medical communications, risk-sharing

UK pharma has been reassured over the use of risk-sharing schemes with health bodies. The latest revisions to the ABPI …

US approval for Boehringer’s diabetes drug Tradjenta

May 3, 2011 Sales and Marketing Boehringer Ingelheim, Tradjenta, diabetes, lilly

Tradjenta, the once-daily oral type II diabetes treatment developed by Boehringer Ingelheim, has been approved by US regulators. The FDA …
Cephalon

Cephalon accepts Teva’s $6.8 billion white knight bid

May 3, 2011 Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cephalon, Teva, Valeant, generics

Generics giant Teva has acquired Cephalon for $6.8 billion and says the deal will make it a leading specialty pharmaceutical …
GlaxoSmithKline

GSK sales suffer double-digit drop

April 28, 2011 Sales and Marketing GSK, GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline saw a hefty drop in revenue in the first three months of this year as it struggled to contend …
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Pankaj Oza joins Idea Pharma

April 28, 2011 Sales and Marketing appointment, sales and marketing

Strategic consultancy Idea Pharma has appointed Pankaj Oza to its IDEAtion delivery team. He has over 20 years’ industry experience …

Integrate: marketing and market access must come together

April 28, 2011 Sales and Marketing Drug pricing, market access, marketing

Although the words ‘market access’ have become much more commonplace in our working lives, the new clarity of its importance …

Photocure appoints new chief operating officer

April 28, 2011 Sales and Marketing appointment, sales and marketing

Kathleen Deardorff will join Norwegian specialist pharmaceutical company Photocure as chief operating officer on 1 May. She has over 25 …
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NICE gives final no to PharmaMar’s Yondelis

April 27, 2011 Sales and Marketing NICE, PharmaMar, Yondelis, ovarian cancer

A lack of evidence and an unconvincing patient access scheme has seen PharmaMar fail to win NICE backing for its …

Bayer defends Yasmin against BMJ studies

April 26, 2011 Sales and Marketing Bayer, Yasmin, contraception

Bayer has rallied strongly behind its top-selling contraceptive brand Yasmin after two studies in the British Medical Journal questioned the …
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