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Medics in Vanuatu transport vaccines via drone

December 20, 2018
Business Services, Medical Communications Transport, Vanuata, drone, supply chain, vaccines

Medics in the remote archipelago of Vanuatu have begun to deliver vaccines using a commercial drone. The logistical success marks …

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Gilead and Scholar Rock collaborate on fibrosis in deal worth more than $80m

December 20, 2018
Business Services, Research and Development Califonia, Gilead, Scholar Rock, USA, fibrosis

California-based antiviral drugs specialist Gilead Sciences has entered into a strategic partnership with Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotech Scholar Rock as part …

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AstraZeneca scores hat trick in ovarian cancer and anaemia clinical trials

December 20, 2018
Research and Development AstraZeneca, anaemia, oncology, ovarian cancer, pharma

Anglo-Swedish multinational AstraZeneca has revealed that its ovarian cancer drug (Lynparza) and anaemia treatment (Roxadustat) have met their goals in …

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Taisho Pharma to buy Bristol-Myers Squibb’s consumer health business in deal worth $1.6 bn

December 19, 2018
Business Services BMS, Japan, M&A, MA, Taisho, deal

Japanese company Taisho Pharmaceuticals has offered Bristol-Myers Squibb $1.6 billion for its UPSA consumer health business. With more than a …

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NICE recommends Lenvima as alternative first-line therapy for advanced liver cancer

December 19, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Lenvima, NICE, UK, liver cancer, pharma

UK drug watchdog NICE has revealed that it has recommended Eisai’s Lenvima (lenvatinib) for use on the NHS in England …

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China becomes first country to approve roxadustat in chronic kidney disease

December 19, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, China, chronic kidney disease, pharma

AstraZeneca has announced that its partner Fibrogen has secured the first national approval for its hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor …

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Indian authorities seize J&J Baby Powder in response to Reuters report

December 19, 2018
Research and Development Cancer, India, J&J, JJ, asbestos, baby powder, regulation

Indian authorities have seized samples of Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder from a factory in Baddi in Northern India, after …

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GSK and Pfizer combine healthcare units in multibillion dollar deal

December 19, 2018
Research and Development GSK, OTC, Pfizer, healthcare, merger

American multinational Pfizer and British firm GlaxoSmithKline are set to combine their consumer healthcare units in a venture worth billions. …

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Novartis inks deal with Canadian cannabis firm Tilray

December 18, 2018
Research and Development Marijuana, Novartis, Sandoz, Tilray, cannabis

Shares in Canadian cannabis company Tilray jumped by more than 11% today after the British Columbia-based firm announced its entry …

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Pharma in 2018: Looking back, looking forward

December 18, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing 2018, Alligator Bioscience, Eisai, Gilead, Mundipharma, pharma

2018 has been a year characterised by uncertainty, but also significant leaps in research, access, and industry deals. With 2019 …

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NHS spends £26 million on consultancy

December 18, 2018
Manufacturing and Production BMA, Consultancy, Jobs, NHS, health

Private consultancy firms were paid at least £26 million as part of a reorganisation of the NHS, in what has …

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Celltrion and Teva’s Herceptin biosimilar secures FDA approval in breast cancer

December 18, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Herceptin, Herzuma, Teva, celltrion, pharma

Israeli and South Korean-based drug makers Teva and Celltrion are set to move in on the market share occupied by …

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Eli Lilly’s Taltz shows superiority over AbbVie’s Humira

December 18, 2018
Manufacturing and Production Eli Lilly, Humira, Taltz, arthritis, immune system

A study has found that Eli Lilly’s Taltz (ixekizumab) met the primary, and all secondary endpoints, in patients with active …

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J&J announces $5bn share repurchase

December 18, 2018
Manufacturing and Production J&J, JJ, Shares, asbestos, baby powder, reuters, scandal

New Jersey-based pharma firm Johnson & Johnson plans to buy back $5 billion in shares after news agency Reuters released …

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The Autumn 2018 edition of Pharmafile is available to read online now!

December 18, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing immunology, infectious diseases, pharma, pharmafile, rare diseases

The Autumn 2018 edition of Pharmafile, our long-running bi-annual guide to the latest trends, projections and thought leadership positions in …

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NHS overcrowding leads to ambulances being turned away

December 17, 2018
Sales and Marketing Hopsitals, NHS, UK, health, politics

NHS England’s first weekly report of the winter has revealed that 95% of hospital beds are occupied, while anything above …

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Novartis withdraw marketing application for heart drug

December 17, 2018
Sales and Marketing CHMP, EMA, MI, Novartis, pharma

Swiss multinational Novartis has withdrawn a European Medicines Agency (EMA) marketing application for canakinumab for the prevention of serious events …

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CHMP approve Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Sprycel for paediatric patients with Ph+ ALL

December 17, 2018
Sales and Marketing BMS, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cancer, Sprycel, all

New Jersey-based firm Bristol -Myers Squibb today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the …

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No-deal Brexit stockpiling puts pressure on supply chain

December 17, 2018
Sales and Marketing brexit, no-deal, pharma, pricing, supply chain

The stockpiling of medicines in preparation for a no-deal Brexit is putting pressure on the supply chain and causing shortages …

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J&J shares plummet after asbestos cover up allegations emerge

December 17, 2018
Sales and Marketing J&J, JJ, Johnson & Johnson, asbestos, reuters

Shares in American healthcare firm Johnson & Johnson plummeted on Friday after news agency Reuters reported that the New Jersey-based …

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