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AstraZeneca sets out growth strategy

March 21, 2013
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, R&D

AstraZeneca has set out an ambitious plan designed to return it to growth which eschews diversification and sets great store …

News
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AstraZeneca restructures global R&D

March 19, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, R&D

AstraZeneca is restructuring its global operations in a bid to improve the productivity of its R&D operations. The firm is …

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NHS patient data and clinical research – coming together at last?

January 28, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Les Rose, NHS, R&D, clinical, records, transparency

In the mid-1990s, an NHS teaching hospital close to my offices invited proposals for expanding its clinical trials unit. Hitherto …

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Vaccine manufacturing emerges as outsourcing market

January 28, 2013
Manufacturing and Production R&D, Vaccine, outsourcing

Healthy growth in the market for vaccines – coupled with high production costs – look set to create a vaccine …

News
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AstraZeneca shakes up management

January 16, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Mackay, R&D, Soriot

AstraZeneca has taken its most dramatic steps yet to arrest decline, with chief executive Pascal Soriot axeing two senior positions …

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R&D costs rise ten-fold

December 4, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing OHE, R&D, research and development

Research by the Office of Health Economics (OHE) think tank shows that the cost of pharma R&D has risen ten-fold …

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UK medicine costs ‘under control’

October 24, 2012
Sales and Marketing ABPI, PCT, R&D, UK medicine

The ABPI has seized on two reports – one its own and one independent – published this week to assert …

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Turkey ‘can be pharma R&D, production hub by 2023’, says PwC

October 23, 2012
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing R&D, Turkey, pwC

Despite lagging behind its peers among ‘pharmerging’ economies, Turkey has the potential to become a major R&D and production hub …

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Novo Nordisk to expand Beijing R&D centre

September 25, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Beijing, China, Novo Nordisk, R&D

Novo Nordisk is investing $100 million into enlarging its R&D facilities in Beijing into a state-of-the-art centre. Located in the …

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Pharma creates non-profit R&D organisation

September 21, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Abbott, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly and Co, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, R&D, Roche Genentech, Sanofi, TransCelerate BioPharma, biopharma

Ten biopharma companies have formed TransCelerate BioPharma Inc, a not-for-profit organisation using money and personnel from each firm, with a …

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J&J sets up life science centres

September 19, 2012
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing J&J, JJ, R&D, innovation

Johnson & Johnson is to set up what it calls regional innovation centres in a bid to speed up the …

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UCB opens Belgian pilot plant

September 17, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Amgen, Belgium, R&D, UCB

UCB has officially opened a new pilot biotech plant at its Braine-L’Alleud site in Belgium.The 5,100 sq. m. facility – …

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Acino plant opens to serve Bayer contraceptive patch needs

August 14, 2012
Manufacturing and Production Acino, Bayer, R&D, Swiss, contraceptive

Acino has officially opened its new manufacturing facility for transdermal patch products in Miesbach, Germany, which it says makes it …

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Novartis pledges to maintain R&D presence in Horsham

August 14, 2012
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Horsham, NIBR, Novartis, R&D, cuts

Novartis has confirmed that it intends to maintain a presence at its site in Horsham, UK, which has already seen …

News
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Avastin sees success in brain cancer trial

August 13, 2012
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing R&D, avastin, brain cancer

A late-stage study has shown that Roche’s oncology drug Avastin, when added to standard therapy, can help people with brain …

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