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Australia calls for investigation into China’s coronavirus response

April 29, 2020
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Scott Morrison, the Australian Prime Minister, has called for an investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus, as Australia …

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Pharmafile.com’s weekly COVID-19 news round-up

April 29, 2020
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Hydroxychloroquine continues to feature in coronavirus news. Rick Bright, the Director of BARDA, alleges he was pushed out of his …

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EU approval for Novartis’ Cosentyx in active non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis

April 29, 2020
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Novartis has revealed that the European Commission has moved to approve Cosentyx (secukinumab) for the treatment of active non-radiographic axial …

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Nearly half of Americans believe COVID-19 was created in a lab, according to a new survey

April 28, 2020
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Almost half of Americans believe that the coronavirus was created in a lab, according to an April survey of 6,300 …

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The May 2020 issue of Pharmafocus is available to read free online now!

April 28, 2020
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The latest monthly edition of Pharmafocus, the May 2020 issue, is available to read for free online now!

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NICE backtracks to approve Janssen’s Stelara in ulcerative colitis

April 28, 2020
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NICE has recommended Janssen’s Stelara (ustekinumab) for the treatment of moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC), a move which …

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South Korean researchers start testing pancreatitis drug in COVID-19 patients

April 28, 2020
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The South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety have approved a local trial to evaluate nafamostat’s effectiveness in COVID-19 …

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12 British children hospitalised with rare condition linked to COVID-19

April 28, 2020
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12 children have fallen ill across the UK with a new and potentially fatal combination of symptoms linked to COVID-19. …

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Reinventing the value equation

April 27, 2020
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There is a duty to ensure access to innovative treatments for patients with unmet need, but a health service gatekeeper …

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Sanofi’s Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine secures FDA approval in patients aged two and up

April 27, 2020
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Sanofi’s MedQuadfi Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine has scored FDA approval for the prevention of invasive meningococcal disease, becoming the first and …

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Italy to relax COVID-19 lockdown in early May

April 27, 2020
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Italy has outlined its plans to ease the lockdown restrictions that were implemented across the country 7 weeks ago to …

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Researchers studying heartburn drug as potential coronavirus treatment

April 27, 2020
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Researchers in America have been studying famotidine, the active ingredient in Pepcid, as a potential treatment for COVID-19. Pepcid is …

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‘Excess deaths’ in England among the highest in Europe

April 27, 2020
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English excess deaths from the coronavirus are comparable to the worst hit countries in Europe, according to a Sky News …

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FDA urges close monitoring of COVID-19 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine

April 27, 2020
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The FDA has released a safety communication reiterating the need for doctors to closely monitor COVID-19 patients who are treated …

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European Medicines Agency’s review of Picato finds its risks outweigh its benefits

April 24, 2020
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The European Medicines Agency’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has confirmed that the risks from using Picato are too high …

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Leading COVID-19 hope remdesivir fails to provide clinical benefit in first randomised trial

April 24, 2020
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Gilead’s remdesivir, which has been hailed as one of the few truly promising treatments for COVID-19 at this early stage …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

April 24, 2020
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Hydroxychloroquine is once again a main feature in the news as it fails a coronavirus clinical trial in France, while …

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European countries wary about confronting China over COVID-19 death figures

April 24, 2020
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National security experts in the UK and US believe China is underreporting the true amount of COVID-19 deaths, but European …

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Trump widely criticised for suggesting patients could receive injections of disinfectant as COVID-19 cure

April 24, 2020
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President Donald Trump stunned the medical community by suggesting disinfectant and UV light could be used to treat patients suffering …

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Socially disruptive measures will exist in Britain until at least the end of the year

April 23, 2020
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England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty has said that the UK will have to live with some form of socially …

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