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UCB epilepsy drug reaches regulatory bodies

January 21, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, FDA, UCB, brivaracetam, epilepsy

UCB has established regulatory milestones for its investigational antiepileptic drug brivaracetam in Europe and the US. The Food and Drug …

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New UCB chief starts and expands team

January 13, 2015
Sales and Marketing Cimzia, Jean-Christophe Tellier, Neupro, UCB, roch deliveux, vimpat

New UCB chief executive Jean-Christophe Tellier who succeeded Roch Doliveux this year has also welcomed three new members to the …

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UCB sells generics business

November 10, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Belgium, UCB, generics, kremers urban, us conern

UCB is to sell its US generics business Kremers Urban to two private equity firms in a $1.5 billion deal. …

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Bristol-Myers Squibb: following the string of pearls

September 8, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, BMS, GSK, Johanna Mercier, Pfizer, UCB, Yervoy, acquisitions

Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) is something of an enigma in the pharma industry. Whilst many of its big pharma peers are …

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Pharma firms give researchers access

July 22, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen R&D, MRC, Pfizer, Takeda, UCB, lilly, research, virtual library

 UK researchers are to gain access to compounds from seven pharma companies in a partnership with the Medical Research Council …

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Roche joins forces with PatientsLikeMe

April 8, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novartis, PatientsLikeMe, Roche, UCB, real-word data

PatientsLikeMe has set up a five-year agreement with Genentech, Roche’s biologics arm, to allow the firm access to patients’ real-world …

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Sanofi and UCB launch new partnership

March 11, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi, UCB, arthritis, autoimmune, partnership

Sanofi and UCB have announced a new partnership that will see the companies research and develop new medicines together. Specifically, …

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Biotech industry failed by UK, says UCB

February 27, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cimzia, NHS, UCB, biotech, doliveux, tellier, vimpat

The UK biotechnology industry has ‘missed the boat’ and not fulfilled its potential, according to outgoing UCB chief executive Roch …

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UCB names next chief executive

February 25, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing UCB, tellier

Biopharma firm UCB has confirmed its current chief executive Roch Doliveux is to be replaced by Jean-Christophe Tellier. Tellier (pictured) …

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UCB launches online challenge to find new drugs

January 28, 2014
Medical Communications UCB, crowdsourcing, innovation challenge, website

UCB has launched its ‘Innovation Challenge’ as it looks to pay members of the public to help develop new drugs. …

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UK science future looking brighter – survey

July 12, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing UCB, science

A new survey undertaken by UCB has found that enthusiasm for science in the UK is high, but adds that …

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Pfizer, UCB sell plants to smaller drugmakers

May 30, 2013
Manufacturing and Production Pfizer, UCB

This week saw two pharma companies offload US manufacturing facilities to contract manufacturing organisations (CMOs), with Pfizer selling a plant …

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UCB warns of data ‘voyeurism’

February 27, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EFPIA, UCB, VBP, transparancy

UCB chief executive Roch Doliveux has attacked the idea of making all clinical trial data publicly available, saying it could …

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Pharma manufacturing news in brief

January 14, 2013
Manufacturing and Production ADMA, Biotest, Catalent, Emerson, Nanocarrier, Orient Europharma, UCB

Facility news from Orient Europharma/NanoCarrier, Catalent and China Biologic, plus new contracts for Emerson Process Management and Biotest Pharma.

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UCB sells Indian production plant to Exemed

November 27, 2012
Manufacturing and Production API, Exemed, UCB, vapi

UCB Pharma has signed a deal to sell its manufacturing facility in Vapi, India, to local firm Exemed Pharmaceuticals. The …

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