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UK makes £30m investment in T-Cell cancer therapy

January 22, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Autolus, Cancer, London, T cell, UK, government, oncology, syncona

The UK is making a £30 million R&D investment into a promising new type of cancer treatment and is to …

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EMA launches consultation on clinical trials

January 22, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EFPIA, EMA, EU, Europe, Goldacre, alltrials, transparency

The European Medicines Agency has invited pharma to comment on its proposals to ramp up transparency in the industry and …

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New chief executive for AiCuris

January 22, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AiCuris, Holger Zimmermann, Rübsamen-Schaeff

Founded in 2006 as a spin-off from Bayer, AiCuris has found a new chief executive as Helga Rübsamen-Schaeff steps aside …

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Olysio and Xarelto boost J&J’s Q4

January 21, 2015
Sales and Marketing J&J, JJ, Janssen, NICE, Remicade, Velcade, Xarelto, financials, hep C, olysio, q4, quarter four

Johnson & Johnson earned a 10% increase in worldwide sales of its drugs in the last quarter of 2014 compared …

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Gilead and Strides partner in HIV

January 21, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cipla, FDA, Gilead, HIV, Ranbaxy, Tenofovir Alafenamide, WHO, strides, taf

Gilead is partnering with India-based pharma firm Strides Arcolab in a licensing agreement to manufacture and distribute an HIV treatment …

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UCB epilepsy drug reaches regulatory bodies

January 21, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, FDA, UCB, brivaracetam, epilepsy

UCB has established regulatory milestones for its investigational antiepileptic drug brivaracetam in Europe and the US. The Food and Drug …

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Biotec Services International, a PCI company, Completes First Phase of EU Clinical Supplies Facility Expansion

January 21, 2015

12 December 2014, Bridgend, UK. Biotec Services International has completed validation of their latest clinical supply facility expansion. The specification …

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BMS names operating officer as new chief executive

January 21, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Giovanni Caforio, Lamberto Andreotti, Yervoy, opdivo

Bristol-Myers Squibb’s chief operating officer Giovanni Caforio will be stepping in to Lamberto Andreotti’s shoes as chief executive from May …

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Tauriga Sciences adds venture capitalist

January 21, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Hingge Hsu, tauriga sciences

US life sciences firm Tauriga Sciences has appointed Dr Hingge Hsu to its board of directors. Hsu was recently a …

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MSF hits out at ‘astronomical’ vaccine prices

January 20, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Doctors Without Borders, GSK, Médicines San Frontières, Pfizer, Vaccine, diphtheria, measles, pertussis, poliomyelitis, tetanus, tuberculosis

Pharma companies have been named and shamed in a report calling on manufacturers to lower the cost of childhood vaccines …

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Bioscience lab opens up in Cambridge

January 20, 2015
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The UK Bennet Building bioscience laboratory doors have been opened during a ceremony at the Babraham Research Campus in Cambridge …

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Hospira closing US manufacturing plant

January 20, 2015
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US injectable drugs specialist Hospira is to close its Clayton plant in North Carolina affecting 250 workers. Manufacturing of products …

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New vice-chair for Commission on Human Medicines

January 20, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Commission on Human Medicines, angela thomas, chm

Dr Angela Thomas has been appointed as vice-chair of the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM).She replaces Professor Ian Weller who …

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Regulators ‘more efficient at approving drugs’

January 19, 2015
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Global regulatory bodies have become faster at approving new drug products more quickly and consistently, according to a new analysis …

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Genentech and Human Longevity ink genomics deal

January 19, 2015
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Genentech is partnering with US genetics firm Human Longevity (HLI) in another 2015 genomics deal to continue its push into …

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Boehringer gains EU approval for Ofev

January 19, 2015
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The European Commission has approved Boehringer Ingelheim’s Ofev as a treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The approval follows the …

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Roche buys French biotech for €470 million

January 19, 2015
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Roche is buying France-based biotech Trophos in a deal worth up to €470 million in order to gain access to …

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Astellas takes senior head from AstraZeneca

January 19, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Astellas, AstraZeneca, eric Terhaerdt

Eric Terhaerdt has been named as the senior vice president of global development operations at Astellas Pharma. Terhaerdt, who joins the …

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Interview: Rajeev Venkayya, president of Takeda Vaccine

January 19, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bush, Ebola, Gates, Rajeev Venkayya, Takeda, brett wells, vaccines

 Rajeev Venkayya is the president of the global vaccine business unit at Takeda Pharmaceuticals. He has served as special assistant …

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AbbVie Hep C combo pill ready for Europe

January 16, 2015
Medical Communications AbbVie, Exviera, FDA, HIV, Viekira Pak, Viekirax, harvoni, hep C, sovaldi

The European Commission has approved AbbVie’s Viekirax and Exviera for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C (HCV). Viekirax (ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir) and …

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