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AMAG PHARMACEUTICALS
RELYPSA
AMAG Pharmaceuticals announced the appointment of
Melissa Bradford Klug as senior vice president of business
development and strategy. Klug joins AMAG from Mallinckrodt
Pharmaceuticals, where she completed a number of significant
transactions, including two corporate development
transactions within six months of Mallinckrodt's spin out of
Covidien.
Daniel K. Spiegelman, executive vice president and chief
financial officer of BioMarin Pharmaceutical, has been
elected to the Relypsa, board of directors. Also joining the
board is Kenneth J. Hillan, president and chief executive
officer of Achaogen.
B. BRAUN
B. Braun Medical U.S. and CeGaT GmbH have established a
U.S.-based company to enter the U.S. diagnostics market. The
new company, B. Braun CeGaT, LLC, is based in B. Braun
Medical's Bethlehem, PA, headquarters.
GLAXOSMITHKLINE
Codexis has signed a platform technology license agreement
with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Codexis granted GSK a license to
use Codexis' proprietary CodeEvolver protein engineering
platform technology in the field of human healthcare.
INFORMA
Informa Training Partners has been awarded
the New England Chapter American Medical
Writers Association (AMWA) 2014 Will
Solimene Award for Excellence in Medical
Communication for two new training
programs. "The Business of Oncology" and
"Understanding Accountable Care
Organizations: An Evolving Customer
Category" were recognized for outstanding work in medical,
biomedical and health communication.
Informa also recently added two new products to their
portfolio of training solutions; Navigator, a solution for crossplatform, media-rich content deployment, and inTegrator, a
native IOS app that supports the aggregation and organization
of content in a variety of file types.
MERCK
MorphoSys AG and Merck have signed an agreement to
discover and develop therapeutic antibodies against
undisclosed immune checkpoints. MorphoSys and Merck
Serono, the biopharmaceutical division of Merck, will join
forces to develop therapies that modulate the immune
system's natural ability to fight tumors.
QSTREAM
Qstream announced that its game-based mobile platform is
being used by American Medical Systems (AMS), a subsidiary
of Endo International, to help sales reps remember what they
need to know for effective selling. AMS has launched its sixth
Qstream initiative in support of the company's prostate health
product line.
SANOFI
Aastrom Biosciences has completed its acquisition of Sanofi's
cell therapy and regenerative medicine (CTRM) business unit.
Aastrom paid $4 million in cash and $2.5 million in a
promissory note to acquire the CTRM business, which includes
three marketed products in the United States and Europe as
well as manufacturing and production centers in the United
States and Denmark.
Sanofi and Medtronic also have signed a memorandum of
understanding to enter into a global strategic alliance in
diabetes, aimed at improving patient experience and
outcomes for people with diabetes around the world.
ZOGENIX
Zogenix announced that David Brushwood, J.D., R.Ph., a
recently retired professor emeritus of pharmaceutical
outcomes and policy at the University of Florida College of
Pharmacy, has joined the company's External Safe Use Board.
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Guest Editor: On the Cutting Edge of Training and Technology
Front of the Room: The Presenter's Burden
Neuroscience: Learning, Disrupted
LTEN Conference Wrap-Up
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The Science of Learning: Improving How We Train
Sustaining Learning, Driving Results
Member Solutions: Training the Tenured
Podcasts: Delivering Information and Inspiration
Leader-Led Learning: Developing Capabilities
The Power of Virtual Coaching and Mobile Video
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Virtual How: Onboarding Training Programs
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