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John Crowley speaks on drug development and the FDA

May 24, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Amicus Therapeutics, John Crowley, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Pharmafocus spoke to John Crowley, CEO of Amicus Therapeutics, about his highly unusual career in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

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Astellas begins major restructure, as 600 jobs slashed

May 24, 2018
Medical Communications Astellas, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Astellas, under the direction of new CEO, Kenji Yasukawa, has unveiled a major new restructure, ahead of a difficult looking …

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Novartis’ Sandoz scores EU approval for Remicade biosimilar

May 24, 2018
Sales and Marketing EU, Europe, Novartis, Remicade, Sandoz, Zessly, pharma

The European Commission has given its approval to Sandoz, Novartis’ generics and biosimilars unit, for its biosimilar version of Janssen’s …

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Report calls for tax rises to fund ailing NHS

May 24, 2018
Medical Communications IFS, NHS, UK government, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

A report published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has stressed that UK funding into the NHS needs to …

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MSD’s Keytruda scores impressive first-line lung cancer data

May 24, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MSD, biotech, drugs, keytruda, pharma, pharmaceutical

MSD Keytruda has enjoyed the most success of the PD-1/L1 therapies in clinical trials recently and it’s rapidly cementing its …

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Vifor Fresenius snap up rights to Cara’s itch therapy

May 23, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cara Therapeutics, Vifor Fresenius, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The joint partnership between Vifor Pharma and Fresenius Medical Care, Vifor Fresenius, has put down $50 in upfront cash and …

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Sun Pharma drug combo scores FDA approval in advanced castration-resistant prostate cancer

May 23, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Churchill Pharmaceuticals, FDA, Sun Pharma, US, Yonsa, pharma, prostate cancer

Sun Pharma is celebrating with the announcement that its CYP17 inhibitor Yonsa (abiraterone acetate) has been awarded FDA approval in …

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World heading towards 25% of total population being obese

May 23, 2018
Research and Development WHO, biotech, drugs, obesity, pharma, pharmaceutical

The latest global research paints a bleak picture of future global public health, predicting that almost a quarter of the …

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FDA reprimands suppliers of opioid substitute kratom products

May 23, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, kratom, opioid crisis, opioids, pharma

The ongoing opioid epidemic in the US has seen the rise of the sale and use of kratom (mitragyna speciose), …

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Takeda begins to shore up finances with $280m divestment

May 23, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Takeda, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Much has already been written about Takeda and its massive financial stretch to pull in the Shire acquisition, in the …

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India, Sweden and The Netherlands form HIV/AIDS research partnership

May 22, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development AIDS, HIV, India, Sweden, The Netherlands, pharma

A first-of-its-kind collaboration has been announced by the governments of India, Sweden and The Netherlands with the goal of advancing …

NHS Trust harnesses AI to speed up treatment

May 22, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications AI, NHS, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust has teamed up with a provider of AI systems to introduce …

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The cause of the most common form of childhood cancer found

May 22, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development biotech, drugs, leukaemia, pharma, pharmaceutical

Professor Mel Greaves, of The Institute of Cancer Research, has spent 30 years uncovering what is behind the mysterious rise …

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ViiV’s two-drug regimen gets EU approval for HIV-1

May 22, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing EMA, EU, Europe, HIV, Juluca, ViiV Healthcare, pharma

ViiV Healthcare has announced that its HIV therapy Juluca (dolutegravir/rilpivirine) has been awarded marketing authorisation in the EU from the …

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Nabriva closes in on bringing new class of antibiotic to market

May 22, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, Nabriva Therapeutics, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Nabriva Therapeutics, a biotech based in Dublin, Ireland, has announced positive Phase 3 data for its antibiotic, lefamulin, which could …

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Gilead expands operations in Cork, Ireland

May 21, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Gilead, Ireland, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Gilead has unveiled the expansion of its Cork manufacturing site, involved in the creation of its treatments for HIV and …

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EMA review confirms risks of Abbvie and Biogen’s Zinbryta outweigh benefits

May 21, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, Europe, European Commission, PRAC, multiple sclerosis, pharma, zinbryta

The EMA has judged that the benefits offered by Zinbryta (daclizumab), Abbvie and Biogen’s humanised IgG1 monoclonal antibody for the …

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Roche’s Hemlibra stakes claim to be haemophilia market leader

May 21, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Hemlibra, Roche, Shire, biotech, drugs, haemophilia, pharma, pharmaceutical

Hemlibra was widely expected to become the dominant therapeutic for treating haemophilia patients and its latest clinical trial results only …

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FDA approves AZ’s Lokelma for hyperkalaemia

May 21, 2018
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, FDA, Lokelma, hyperkalaemia, pharma

The FDA has revealed its decision to approve AstraZeneca’s oral potassium-removing agent Lokelma (sodium zirconium cyclosilicate) for the treatment of …

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