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Ashfield Engage appoints new Head of Patient Solutions

June 30, 2021
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Ashfield Engage, part of UDG Healthcare plc, has appointed Serap Becker as Head of Patient Solutions for the DACH region.Joining …

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Personalised medicine in oncology: Where are we now?

June 30, 2021
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AI, Cancer, oncology, presonalised medicine, surgery

The past decade has seen exponential growth in the field of oncology, with precision medicine at the forefront, driving positive …

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Novartis appoints Alessandra Dorigo as General Manager

June 30, 2021
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Alessandra Dorigo has been appointed as the new General Manager UK, Ireland, Baltics, and Nordics for Novartis Advanced Accelerator Applications …

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Exploring the potential of drug repurposing

June 30, 2021
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing drug repurposing

Drug repurposing is a little like recycling. It is the process of finding new therapeutic uses for drugs that already …

Feature

“Worst drug approval decision in recent US history”

June 30, 2021
Research and Development

The FDA’s decision to accelerate approval for Aduhelm, the first new drug for Alzheimer’s in two decades, has been met …

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Sickle cell therapy granted innovation passport by MHRA

June 30, 2021
Research and Development MHRA, SCD, brexit

Bluebird bio has been granted an innovation passport, under the new UK approval process, for LentiGlobin (bb1111) a promising treatment …

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EU approves BMS’s treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer

June 30, 2021
Research and Development

The EU has approved Opdivo (nivolumab) plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. The treatment will be …

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RNA breakthrough: Fluorescence used to track molecule movement

June 30, 2021
Research and Development AstraZeneca, RNA, mrna

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have announced a breakthrough in the labelling method of messenger RNA (mRNA) …

News

EU approves Merck’s treatment for oesophageal cancer

June 30, 2021
Research and Development

The EU has approved Merck’s KEYTRUDA, in combination with platinum- and fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy, as treatment for advanced oesophageal cancer. The …

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Next generation organ-on-a-chip technology adopted by King’s College London

June 29, 2021
Manufacturing and Production organ-on-a-chip, research collaboration, technology, university

CN Bio, an organ-on-a-chip company that designs and manufactures single and multi-organ microphysiological systems (MPS), has announced that their novel …

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CHMP issue positive opinion for Incyte and MorphoSys’ tafasitamab

June 29, 2021
Manufacturing and Production CHMP, EMA, EU, FDA, US

Incyte and MorphoSys have announced that the EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive …

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Quantoom & eTheRNA to collaborate on revolutionary RNA production system

June 29, 2021
Manufacturing and Production RNA, collaboration

Quantoom and eTheRNA immunotherapies have announced a strategic collaboration to develop a revolutionary RNA production system (RPS) for both research …

News

NICE recommends that all women should do pelvic floor exercises

June 29, 2021
Manufacturing and Production NHS, NICE, pelvic floor, women's health

NICE has recommended in draft guidance that girls as young as 12 should be encouraged to do pelvic floor muscle …

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Avacta’s lateral flow test can detect Delta variant

June 29, 2021
Manufacturing and Production Avacta, COVID-19, Delta variant, antigen lateral flow test

A study has shown that Avacta’s AffiDX antigen lateral flow test can detect the Delta variant of COVID-19. The test …

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Astellas receives positive CHMP opinion for symptomatic anaemia drug

June 28, 2021
Sales and Marketing Astellas, CKD, anaemia

Astellas and FibroGen have announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the EMA has adopted …

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Samsung Bioepis & Biogen receive positive CHMP opinion for ranibizumab biosimilar

June 28, 2021
Sales and Marketing EC, EMA, EU, biosimilars

Samsung Bioepis and Biogen have announced that the EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a …

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Eli Lilly’s Type 2 diabetes drug outperforms semaglutide in trials

June 28, 2021
Sales and Marketing Eli Lilly, semaglutide, type 2 diabetes

Eli Lilly has announced that the SURPASS-2 clinical trial has shown tirzepatide achieved superior HbA1C and body weight reductions compared …

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Polyphor’s future in question after co-primary endpoint in breast cancer study missed

June 28, 2021
Sales and Marketing Primary Endpoint, breast cancer

Swiss biopharmaceutical company, Polyphor, has announced that its global Phase III study, FORTRESS, evaluating balixafortide (POL6326) in combination with eribulin …

News

Medical cannabis formulation kills breast cancer cells in trial

June 28, 2021
Sales and Marketing breast cancer, medical cannabis, oncology

UK-based pharma company, Apollon Formularies, have announced that their medical cannabis formulations were successful in killing triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) …

News

Tapeworm drug to be trialled nationally as COVID treatment

June 25, 2021
Medical Communications COVID-19, NHS, dialysis, kindey, tapeworm

Kidney patients in Bristol are being offered a clinical trial to see whether a drug used for tapeworm patients can …

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