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Novartis cuts more than 2500 jobs in Switzerland and the UK

September 25, 2018
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Swiss multinational Novartis are set to cut thousands of jobs across Europe in an effort to boost profitability. The move …

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AstraZeneca chalks up European approval for Imfinzi in locally advanced, unresectable lung cancer

September 25, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, MedImmune, NSCLC, lung cancer, pharma

AstraZeneca and its global biologics R&D arm MedImmune have announced the approval by the European Commission of Imfinzi (durvalumab) as …

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Working Life: Jean-Christophe Tellier, CEO of UCB Pharma

September 24, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing UCB, Working Life, feature

Just as his company announced robust H1 2018 financials, UCB’s Jean-Christophe Tellier spoke to Pharmafocus to share his experiences of …

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HIV on the rise among straight men in Australia

September 24, 2018
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The number of new HIV diagnoses is on the rise among heterosexual men in Australia, according to a new report …

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Sarepta’s Exondys 51 hit with negative CHMP opinion in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

September 24, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CHMP, Duchenne Muscular Dystophy, EMA, Europe, Exondys 51, pharma, sarepta

Sarepta Therapeutics has been rocked by a hurdle in its pursuit of regulatory approval in Europe, as the company revealed …

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Courts back NHS in fight against Novartis and Bayer

September 24, 2018
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The NHS has won a court case against multinational pharmaceutical firms Novartis and Bayer, after the companies sought to block …

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Life expectancy falls in America; drugs, alcohol and suicide to blame

September 24, 2018
Sales and Marketing USA, alcohol, drugs, health, opiod crisis, suicide

Life expectancy has fallen for the second year in a row for people in the United States, according to new …

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AstraZeneca’s Farxiga cuts heart risk in type 2 diabetes patients

September 24, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, diabetes, farxiga, pharma

AstraZeneca has unveiled new Phase 3 data for its SGLT2 inhibitor Farxiga (dapagliflozin), showing with the drug demonstrating positive findings …

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EU approval for Mylan and Fujifilm’s Humira biosimilar

September 21, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing EU, Europe, Humira, Mylan, biosimilar, pharma

The European Commission has approved its fifth biosimilar of the world’s best-selling drug, Abbvie’s Humira (adalimumab), granting marketing authorisation to …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

September 21, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Jobs, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Senate, UCB, manufacturing, opioid crisis, top 10

Manufacturing took a hit this week as Novo Nordisk announced the loss of 400 jobs while Novartis made the move …

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ABPI forges five year partnership with AHSN focused on increased uptake of transformative biomedical innovations into the NHS

September 21, 2018
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The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has announced that it is forging a five year partnership with the …

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British MPs call for HIV prevention PrEP drugs to be made available on NHS in England

September 21, 2018
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PrEP drugs – pre-sex drugs that are able to dramatically reduce the chances a person has of contracting HIV – …

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Surgeon General calls for cultural shift in approach to opioid crisis

September 21, 2018
Medical Communications Trump, US, opioid crisis, opioid epidemic, surgeon general

The Surgeon General of the United States has called for a cultural shift in the way in which Americans talk …

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Shares in Molecular Templates surge after the announcement of Takeda collaboration

September 20, 2018
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Shares in the Texas based biotech Molecular Templates have soared after the company announced that they would be collaborating with …

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A goal in mind: Transforming the way Alzheimer’s disease is diagnosed and treated

September 20, 2018
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Dr Rachelle Doody, Global Head of Neurodegeneration at Roche/Genentech, discusses key learnings from clinical trials in Alzheimer’s disease, and how …

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Astellas’ chronic kidney drug shows superiority at Phase 3

September 20, 2018
Research and Development Astellas, chronic kidney disease, pharma, roxadustat

Astellas has revealed new Phase 3 data for roxadustat in the treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients with …

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Senate bill would save money and allow generics to reach market more quickly, according to CBO report

September 20, 2018
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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has said in a report that a bipartisan bill awaiting a vote in the senate …

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FDA greenlights Teva’s migraine drug Ajovy in two dosage options

September 20, 2018
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Israeli drugmaker Teva has announced that its calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) inhibitor Ajovy (remanezumab-vfrm) has received FDA approval as a …

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MSD to launch Keytruda at half US list price in China

September 20, 2018
Business Services, Sales and Marketing BMS, China, MSD, global, keytruda, markets, pricing

US pharma giant MSD will offer cutting edge cancer treatment Keytruda to Chinese patients at half the price at what …

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Almirall’s Ilumetri scores EU approval in chronic plaque psoriasis

September 19, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Almirall, EADV 2018, Ilumetri, pharma, psoriasis

Hot on the heels of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Congress (EADV) 2018 where psoriasis took centre stage, …

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