Porter Novelli, one of the world's leading public relations
agencies, has acquired Californian life sciences agency, Atkins +
Associates, in a move to establish a new business unit that will
serve as the first corporate and marketing...
The firing of Dr Peter Rost by Pfizer highlights the position that
employees can be faced with if they take a stand on what they
believe to be illegal activity in the companies they work for.
PDI, who provides sales and marketing services to the
pharmaceutical industry, have received a new sales representative
contract in the US from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), worth $65-70m
(€55-59m).
According to a new report, it will become a necessity to outsource
key activities related to securing and managing of data in the life
sciences industry. This, coupled with the regulatory compliance, is
driving the IT spending amongst...
Ventiv and Archway have formed a new alliance to provide sample
management services to top-tier pharmaceutical and biotech
companies with large-scale sample requirements for sales
representatives.
The Association of the British Pharmaceutial Industry (ABPI) has
revealed a new code of practice for the pharmaceutical industry,
with an emphasis on patient safety especially material detailing
information about reporting adverse...
Danish packaging company Superfos has continued the refocusing of
its pharmaceuticals business with the closure of a UK plant that
the company has deemed too small to operate efficiently.
Cardinal Health reported a mixed bag of results in its fourth
quarter, with revenues rising well on the back of rising demand for
its pharmaceutical distribution services, although operating profit
fell 9 per cent, in line with forecasts,...
The acquisition of Flexible Packaging (FlexPac) of the US by the
Blackard Group will spur the development of the company's
technology into new industrial sectors, including pharmaceuticals.
West Pharmaceutical Services is planning to buy Israel's Medimop
Medical Projects, which develops disposable medical devices for the
mixing, transfer, reconstitution and administration of injectable
drugs.
United Drug of Ireland has acquired TD Packaging, a UK-based
company which supplies the international pharmaceutical and
healthcare industries, in a deal valued at up to £11.4 million
(€17.1m), reports Phil Taylor.
