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Emergex secures funds in race to develop universal flu vaccine

May 15, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Emergex, Innovate UK, biotech, drugs, influenza vaccine, pharma, pharmaceutical

UK-based biotech, Emergex Vaccines, has received £1 million to push its universal flu vaccine through preclinical tests, in the hope …

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Lilly chalks up another acquisition with AurKa for $575m

May 14, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing AurKa, Cancer, Eli Lilly, acquisition, oncology, pharma

Swiftly following up its $1.6 billion splash to pick up Armo BioSciences last week, Eli Lilly has agreed to acquire …

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Bringing the PRO to fruition

May 14, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing PROs, feature, patient reported outcomes, patient-reported outcomes, pharma

Patient-reported outcomes are becoming increasingly respected and valued by clinical professionals in the pursuit of improving treatment outcomes, but their …

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Medigene and bluebird bio expand immunotherapy partnership to $1.5bn

May 14, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bluebird Bio, Cancer, Medigene, pharma

Medigene has announced that it has bolstered the existing partnership it has in place with US firm bluebird bio, originally …

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Takeda financials show why the Shire deal was needed

May 14, 2018
Sales and Marketing Shire, Takeda, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

After posting its financials from 2017 and its guidance for the year to come, it’s clear to see why Takeda …

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Pharma unfazed by Trump price-reduction proposals

May 14, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing PhRMA, President trump, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

President Trump’s speech on Friday afternoon had been long-anticipated, ever since he was elected and then hammered the pharma industry …

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FDA awards first paediatric MS approval to Novartis’ Gilenya

May 14, 2018
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The FDA has awarded approval for what it says is its first drug for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) …

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Free webinar: EU risk management for oncology medicines

May 14, 2018
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Akari CEO resigns over allegations of spending company funds

May 11, 2018
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Akari has lost its second CEO in 12 months after David Horn Solomon was accused of misusing the company credit …

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Janssen’s Tremfya gets go-ahead from NICE in plaque psoriasis

May 11, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Janssen, NICE, Tremfya, UK, pharma, psoriasis

NICE, the UK’s drug watchdog for the NHS, has decided that Janssen’s Tremfya (guselkumab) should be used routinely through the …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

May 11, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, EMA, GSK, J&J, JJ, Novartis, Shire, Takeda, Valeant, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

It’s been a week in which one of the largest pharmaceutical takeovers in history took place and yet it’s not …

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Roche’s Tecentriq/Cotellic combo therapy fails to impress in colorectal cancer

May 11, 2018
Medical Communications, Research and Development Cancer, Cotellic, Roche, pharma, tecentriq

Roche has been rocked by a Phase 3 weak showing from its combination Tecentriq (atezolizumab) and Cotellic (cobimetinib) in people …

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AZ’s Fasenra stumbles in P3 for COPD

May 11, 2018
Medical Communications, Research and Development AstraZeneca, Fasenra, GSK, Nucala, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

AstraZeneca’s Fasenra arrived later on the scene than GSK rival med, Nucala, and so it needed to quickly rack up …

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DIA – CMC Workshop

May 11, 2018
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This workshop, through plenary and parallel sessions, will focus on current challenging topics within the global pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical arena. Attendees from …

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C4 Therapeutics fills out C-Suite with CEO appointment

May 10, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing C4 Therapeutics, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

C4 Therapeutics has been slowly expanding since its creation in early 2016 out of the prestigious Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Andrew …

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Lilly moves quickly to secure $1.6bn buyout of Armo

May 10, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Armo Biosciences, Eli Lilly, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Armo BioSciences only went public in January but it has already been snapped up by Eli Lilly for $1.6 billion. …

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NanoBots: The science of small to dwarf the disease

May 10, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Precision Medicine, nanorobots, pharma

Anjali Shukla delves into the exciting, miniature world of nanorobotics to explore how the ground-breaking technology promises to change the …

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FDA launches lawsuits against stem cell clinics after patients rendered blind

May 10, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing FDA, Stem cells, US, macular degeneration, pharma

At the request of the FDA, The US Department of Justice has launched legal action seeking to shut down stem …

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Lodo and Roche go digging for drug candidates, after $1bn deal

May 10, 2018
Sales and Marketing Genentech, Roche, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Discovering potential therapeutics from natural sources has been a constant throughout the evolution of medicine, Lodo Therapeutics, however, has taken …

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Novartis’ $1.2m payment to Trump’s lawyer raises more questions than answers

May 10, 2018
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Novartis payment to President Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, had seemed fairly odd from the beginning – with many asking …

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