Ian Read steps down as Pfizer CEO
October 4, 2018Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CEO, Ian Read, Pfizer, pharma
Ian Read is set to step down from his position as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of American pharma firm Pfizer, …
The value of measuring biotech Board performance
October 4, 2018Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing RSA Group, biotech, board, life sciences, opinion, pharma
Nick Stephens of The RSA Group discusses the importance of stopping to quantify the effectiveness of board members within life …
Roche’s flu drug speeds up recovery in Phase III trial
October 4, 2018Research and Development Roche, drug, flu, pharma, recovery
Swiss multinational Roche’s flu drug baloxavir marboxil significantly sped up recovery time in comparison with placebo, in people at high …
Bayer to cut 227 positions in California to drive efficiency in haemophilia
October 4, 2018Manufacturing and Production Bayer, haemophilia, pharma
Bayer has announced its intention to axe 227 employees at a manufacturing site in California as part of a push …
New group blames PBM’s and hospitals for rising drug prices
October 4, 2018Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Alliance to Protect Medical Innovation, Drug pricing, PhRMA, Trunmp, aha, pharma
A new group, organised under the banner of the Alliance to Protect Medical Innovation, is blaming hospitals and PBM’s for …
Baxter partners up with Mayo Clinic for new “centre of exellence” in renal care
October 4, 2018Research and Development Mayo Clinic, baxter, kidney disease, pharma, renal
American pharma firm Baxter has announced a new partnership with the Mayo Clinic in a bid to establish a “renal …
Survey reveals 56% gender pay gap between doctors in NHS
October 4, 2018Medical Communications NHS, UK, brexit, doctors, pay gap
Male doctors in the United Kingdom earn 56% more than their female counterparts, according to a survey conducted by Medscape. …
Lilly’s Verzenio gets first-line EU approval for HER2- advanced breast cancer
October 3, 2018Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Eli Lilly, Verzenio, breast cancer, pharma
The European Medicines Agency has confirmed its approval of Eli Lilly’s CDK4/6 inhibitor Verzenio (ademaciclib), it has emerged. The therapy …
FDA cracks down on e-cig maker Juul in surprise inspection
October 3, 2018Research and Development FDA, e-cig, juul, surprise inspection, us San Francisco
The US FDA have launched a surprise inspection of e-cigarette maker Juul’s corporate headquarters in San Francisco, having seized thousands …
Novartis forge deal with Boston Pharmaceuticals in effort against AMR
October 3, 2018Research and Development AMR, Antibiotics, Boston Pharmaceuticals, Novartis, US
Swiss multinational Novartis have entered into a licensing and equity agreement with Boston Pharmaceuticals for the development of three novel …
Memorial Sloan Kettering Chief resigns from MSD board
October 3, 2018Research and Development MSD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, pharma
Dr Craig Thompson, Chief Executive of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), the renowned non-profit treatment and research institution based …
Clinical trial halted because of Brexit, UK Government downplays concerns
October 3, 2018Research and Development UK, brexit, clinical trials, politics, research
A clinical trial looking into the safety and efficacy of the drug dutogliptin has been halted due to uncertainties surrounding …
No link between progression-free survival benefits and improved quality of life, study argues
October 2, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Cancer, clinical trials, pharma
A study of randomised clinical trials, conducted by Canada’s McMaster University and published in the Journal of the American Medical …
African-American enrollment disproportionately high in no-consent trials
October 2, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development FDA, clinical trials, pharma, transparency
A new study has revealed that African-American citizens make up a disproportionately high share of participants in US clinical trials …
20 year old man died after leukaemia cell was accidently mixed into CAR T therapy
October 2, 2018Manufacturing and Production CAR T, CAR-T, Cancer, Kymriah, Novartis, leukaemia, oncology
A 20 year old man died after a single leukaemia cell accidentally ended up in a batch of cells that …
Nobel Prize awarded to immuno-oncology innovators
October 2, 2018Manufacturing and Production Cancer, Nobel Prize, immunotherapy, kyoto, oncology, texas
The Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine has been awarded to both Professor James P Allison and Tasuku Honjo for …
Pfizer CEO Ian Read set to step down from head position
October 1, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Albert Bourla, CEO, COO, Ian Read, Pfizer, Stock Markets
Ian Read is set to step down from his position as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of American pharma firm Pfizer, …
Are biosimilars key to solving NHS access concerns?
October 1, 2018Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, Pfizer, UK, biosimilars, celltrion, pharma
In light of continued austerity gripping the NHS, it was uplifting to hear in July that the health service had …
European countries unprepared for Alzheimer’s innovations, study shows
October 1, 2018Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's dementia, Alzheimer’s & dementia, EU, Euroepan Union, RAND corporation, research
European healthcare systems are not prepared for new developments in preventative therapies for Alzheimer’s disease, according to research conducted by …
NHS England to fund availability of Janssen’s single tablet HIV combo Symtuza
October 1, 2018Sales and Marketing HIV, Janssen, NHS, Symtuza, pharma
Great news for HIV patients in the UK as Janssen reveals that NHS England will provide critical funding for its …
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