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January 30, 2020
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, UK, US, brexit, coronavirus, opioid crisis, pharma

Pharmafocus returns for the New Year with its January/February issue, and things have certainly changed since we left. Brexit got …

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FDA warns Purell not to claim sanitizers prevent Ebola

January 30, 2020
Business Services Ebola, Ebola africa, Ebola vaccine, hand sanitiser

The FDA has issued a warning letter to Purcell telling them to stop its misleading advertising of their sanitiser products. …

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Healthy cells in lungs can repair the damage from smoking

January 30, 2020
Business Services Cancer smoking, cigarettes, lung cancer, lungs, smoking

Human lungs have the ‘magical’ ability to repair the cancerous mutations caused by smoking cigarettes, but only if people quit …

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Spring Bank Pharma shuts down HBV drug development following patient death

January 30, 2020
Research and Development Spring Bank, patient death, pharma

Biopharma firm Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals has revealed it has taken the decision to terminate all further development of inarigivir soproxil …

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Johnson & Johnson working on coronavirus vaccine

January 30, 2020
Business Services, Research and Development Chinese Coronavirus, Wuhan Coronavirus, Wuhan epidemic, coronavirus

Johnson & Johnson has become the latest pharmaceutical company to begin work on a vaccine for the Chinese coronavirus. They …

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Allergan opens new Botox plant in Westport

January 29, 2020
Research and Development AbbVie Ireland, Allergan AbbVie, Allergan. Abbvie

Allergan has officially opened a new €145m facility in Westport, Ireland to boost production of Botox. The new building rxpands …

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Janssen’s Erleada expanded in Europe to cover metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer

January 29, 2020
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Erleada, Europe, Janssen, pharma

Janssen’s Erleada (apalutamide) has secured expanded authorisation from the European Commission (EC), approving its label to include the treatment of …

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BioIntelliSense’ BioSticker sensor approved by the FDA

January 29, 2020
Research and Development Biosticker, home care, sensors

BioIntelliSense has secured 510 (k) clearance from the FDA for its biosticker sensor for remote care. The product is an …

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FDA approves Teva’s Ajovy autoinjector for treatment of migraine

January 29, 2020
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, Teva, ajovy, migraine, pharma

Israeli pharma firm Teva has revealed that the FDA has chosen to award approval to its autoinjector device for the …

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British Airways suspends all flights to mainland China

January 29, 2020
Research and Development British Airways, MERS, Sars, Wuhan Virus, coronavirus, virus

British Airways has ceased all flights to mainland China until 31 January. This comes after the Foreign Office advice against …

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Prostate Cancer becomes most commonly diagnosed cancer in England

January 28, 2020
Manufacturing and Production Cancer, Cancer diagnoses, NHS England, breast cancer, prostate cancer

Prostate cancer has overtaken breast cancer to be the most commonly diagnosed cancer for the first time in England, latest …

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Lilly & Incyte’s Olumiant hits main goal in atopic dermatitis

January 28, 2020
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Eli Lilly, Olumiant, pharma

Eli Lilly and Incyte have lifted the curtain on new Phase 3 data showing that their oral JAK inhibitor, showing …

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Johnson & Johnson CEO testifies for the first time in Baby Powder Cancer trial

January 28, 2020
Manufacturing and Production J&J, JJ, Johnson & Johnson, Talc Powder Cancer, baby powder, talc powder

Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky faced questions around stock sales and his knowledge of asbestos in the company’s baby …

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NICE rejects Janssen’s esketamine nasal spray Spravato for treatment-resistant depression

January 28, 2020
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Janssen, NHS, NICE, Spravato, depression

Janssen’s Spravato (esketamine) nasal spray, derived from the party drug ketamine, has been turned down by NICE for NHS use …

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“Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli charged by FTC for price fixing Daraprim

January 28, 2020
Manufacturing and Production FTC, Martin Shkreli, New York Attorney General, Pharma Bro

Martin Shkreli, also known as the “Pharma Bro”, has been charged by the Federal Trade Commission for price fixing. The …

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FDA approves MS drug for human trials

January 27, 2020
Sales and Marketing MS, MS symptoms, MS treatment, Neuro, neurology

A drug that can make it easier to diagnose Multiple Sclerosis (MS) has been approved for its first human trials …

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Realising the potential of greater collaboration for women living with cancer

January 27, 2020
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Merck KGaA, feature, pharma, women

Following the launch of a new global report, ‘Supporting women with cancer’, Lynn Talyroe, Senior Vice President, Head of Healthcare …

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NICE refuses Novo Nordisk’s obesity therapy Saxenda for NHS use

January 27, 2020
Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, Novo Nordisk, UK, obesity, saxenda

NICE, the drug watchdog for England and Wales, has revealed that it has chosen not to recommend Novo Nordisk’s Saxenda …

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Chinese coronavirus spread is accelerating as Xi Jinping labels it a “grave situation”

January 27, 2020
Sales and Marketing Chinese Coronavrius, MARS, Sars, Viral pnemonia, respiration

The spread of the Chinese coronavirus is accelerating, as multiple countries set up checks and tests to contain the virus. …

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FDA greenlights its first therapy for advanced epithelioid sarcoma population

January 27, 2020
Sales and Marketing Cancer, Epizyme, FDA, Tazverik, pharma

The FDA has revealed the approval of its first therapy for the treatment of metastatic or locally advanced epithelioid sarcoma, …

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