Fujifilm bolsters healthcare with two biotech buys for $800m
March 29, 2018Sales and Marketing Fujifilm, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
Fujifilm has made no secret of the fact it is looking to switch up part of its core business to …
Takeda moots Shire move but big questions remain
March 28, 2018Sales and Marketing Shire, Takeda, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
Takeda is considering making a bold move for Shire, after announcing, as per UK regulations, that it may make an …
InSight Innovations to buy CureTech in $550m deal
March 28, 2018Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, CureTech, Insight Innovations, Pfizer, Teva, brain cancer, brain tumour, immunotherapy, israel
Israeli drug firm CureTech is be sold for the third time in four years, this time to InSight Innovations in …
Five deaths linked to Roche’s haemophilia drug Hemlibra
March 28, 2018Research and Development Genentech, Hemlibra, Roche, haemophilia, pharma
Roche has been rocked by the revelation that there have been five patient deaths linked to the use of its …
Pfizer seeks tax breaks in return for planned $456m facility
March 28, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Michigan, Pfizer, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical, tax break
Pfizer has submitted proposals to officials in Portage, Michigan, for a major expansion of its manufacturing site in the city. …
May hints at providing long-term funding plan for NHS
March 28, 2018Medical Communications, Research and Development Conservatives, NHS, Theresa May, UK government, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
After the news broke earlier in the week of a group of nearly 100 MPs calling for a parliamentary commission …
Brexit Health Alliance: Brexit and the impact on patient access to medicines
March 28, 2018Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Brexit Health Alliance, brexit, feature, market access, pharma
On behalf of the Brexit Health Alliance, Sarah Collen, Senior Policy Manager at NHS Confederation, details the potential negative fallout …
New organ discovery has implications for cancer treatment
March 27, 2018Research and Development biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
The discovery of an entirely new organ, the 80th to be discovered in the human body, could have serious implications …
Abbvie pays out over $3m after its testosterone replacement drug leads to heart attack
March 27, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Endo, GSK, androgel, heart attack, pharma
Abbvie has been ordered to pay over $3 million in damages to a man who asserts that the uise of …
Reaction mixed to Biohaven’s migraine drug results
March 27, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Allergan, Biohaven, CGRP, biotech, drugs, migraine, pharma, pharmaceutical
Biohaven is full of confidence in its lead drug, rimegepant, evidenced only a few weeks ago when it decided to …
GSK to take control of Consumer Healthcare in £9.2bn buyout
March 27, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Consumer Health Care, GSK, Novartis, biotech, drugs, horlicks, pharma, pharmaceutical
GSK has announced that it plans to purchase Novartis’ 36.5% stake in the joint Consumer Healthcare Business for a sum …
The April 2018 issue of Pharmafocus is now live!
March 27, 2018Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Janssen, Martin Shkreli, Right to try, atrial fibrillation, falsified medicines directive, oncology, opioids, pharma
As we finally pass into Spring after what still feels like a particularly stubborn Winter, we are pleased to announce …
Seattle Genetics gain breakthrough therapy designation
March 26, 2018Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Astellas, Seattle Genetics, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
Seattle Genetics and Astellas have confirmed that the drug candidate they are co-developing, enfortumab, has been given FDA breakthrough therapy …
Ablynx’s vobarilizumab trial fails and sees two patient deaths in systemic lupus erythematosus
March 26, 2018Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Ablynx, Sanofi, Vobarilizumab, pharma, systemic lupus erythematosus
Ablynx has revealed that its interleukin 6 pathway via its IL-6 receptor (IL-6R) vobarilizumab failed to meet its primary endpoint …
Six reasons why UK pharma has more to gain, than fear, from Brexit
March 26, 2018Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, EU, biotech, brexit, drugs, hard Brexit, pharma, pharmaceutical
There are good reasons to think exiting the EU represents a major opportunity for this dynamic and world-leading industry, argues …
Takeda and TiGenix’s Alofisel becomes first donor-derived stem cell therapy approved in Europe
March 26, 2018Sales and Marketing Crohn’s disease, EU, Europe, European Commission, Takeda, TiGenix, crohn's disease, pharma
The European Commission has awarded approval to Takeda and TiGenix’s allogeneic expanded adipose-derived stem cell (eASC) therapy Alofisel (darvadstrocel) for …
May faces pressure for cross-party talks over NHS future
March 26, 2018Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, Theresa May, UK government, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical
A group of close to 100 MPs have demanded that Theresa May set up a parliamentary commission to plot the …
GSK’s shingles vaccine secures EU and Japan approvals
March 26, 2018Sales and Marketing EU, Europe, GSK, Japan, Shingrix, pharma, shingles
GlaxoSmithKline has announced that its shingles vaccine Shingrix has secured approval in two new regions: in Europe, for the prevention …
Roche’s Tecentriq improves OS in first-line lung cancer
March 26, 2018Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Roche, biotech, drugs, lung cancer, pharma, pharmaceutical, tecentriq
Roche has revealed further data from its Phase 3, IMpower150 study, which showed that a combination of Tecentriq and Avastin, …
Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week
March 23, 2018Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Canada, Celgene, Lundbeck, Marijuana, Novartis, Roche, Vertex, brexit, cannabis, multiple sclerosis, neuroscience, pharma
As me move startlingly quickly towards Easter, it’s time for another Top Ten rundown. This week, Celgene surprised the industry …
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