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Over 1,000 currently active cancer trials spell trouble for patient recruitment

August 14, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, drugs, life sciences, medicine, pharma, pharmaceutical

The number of active clinical trials in the cancer space has reached more than 1,000 and rising, outstripping the number …

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‘Hugely disturbing’ rise in UK children with type 2 diabetes, report finds

August 14, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing childhood obesity, diabetes, healthcare, life sciences, obesity, pharma, pharmaceuticals

A report from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has highlighted a “hugely disturbing” rise in cases …

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FDA investigating intragastric obesity treatment linked to five deaths

August 14, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing life sciences, medicine, obesity, pharma, pharmaceutical

The FDA has launched an investigation after five deaths thought to be caused by an obesity treatment surgery in which …

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Celgene opts not to acquire Sutro Biopharma for $1bn, reworks existing partnership

August 11, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Celgene, Sutro Biopharma, biotech, healthcare, life sciences, medicine, pharma, pharmaceutical

Celgene has announced that it has chosen not to scoop up Sutro Biopharma, rejecting to take advantage of an option …

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Early-stage study gives hope for rare and fatal neurodegenerative condition

August 11, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development biotech, drugs, healthcare, life sciences, medicine, pharma, pharmaceutical

A team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) in St Louis and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National …

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Ending the era of $100,000 cancer drugs

August 11, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development Cancer, biotech, drugs, healthcare, immunotherapy, life sciences, medicine, pharma, pharmaceutical

Paul Workman, Chief Executive and President of the Institute of Cancer Research, examines the spiralling cost of cancer treatments and …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

August 11, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, Merck, NICE, Parkinson's, biotech, diabetes, pharma, pharmaceutical, top ten

Another week, another busy week in pharma. The last seven days have seen some remarkable strides in the diabetes space, …

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Heart failure mortality rates fall across England and Wales, national audit finds

August 11, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development cardiovascular, heart, heart disease, life sciences, pharma, pharmaceutical

Great news in the cardiovascular space as results from the National Heart Failure Audit indicate that better treatment has led …

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Continuous manufacturing: Upgrading the supply chain to meet rising demand

August 10, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing continuous manufacturing, life sciences, manufacturing, medicine, pharma, pharmaceutical

Pharmaceutical production has long been the object of scrutiny to ensure the highest levels of quality and safety are maintained. …

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Japanese telecom giant injects $1.1bn into Swiss biotech in largest-ever investment of its kind

August 10, 2017
Sales and Marketing Roivant, SoftBank, biotech, life sciences, medicine, pharma, pharmaceuticals

In possibly the biggest single biotech investment ever made, Swiss biotech firm Roivant has received a $1.1 billion cash injection …

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Bayer’s liver cancer drug availability spreads to UK with NICE approval

August 10, 2017
Sales and Marketing Bayer, Cancer, NICE, Nexavar, life sciences, liver cancer, pharma, pharmaceutical

NICE has announced that it has given final appraisal recommending Bayer’s Nexavar (sorafenib) for the treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma …

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One in twelve US doctors accepted opioid-related payments from pharma, finds study

August 10, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing US, bribe, drugs, life sciences, medicine, opioids, pharma, pharmaceutical

In the first large-scale study of its kind, a team of researchers at Boston Medical Center’s Grayken Center for Addiction …

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Cancer Research UK partners with Biotecnol to deliver experimental solid tumour drug

August 10, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Biotecnol, Cancer, Cancer Research UK, drugs, immunotherapy, life sciences, medicine, pharma, pharmaceutical

Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has announced a collaboration with Biotecnol, an immuno-oncology firm focused on the development of multifunctional antibodies …

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Pioneering immunotherapy halts progression of type 1 diabetes

August 10, 2017
Research and Development Type 1 diabetes, diabetes, drugs, insulin, life sciences, medicines, pharma, pharmaceutical

In a first for the disease area, an immunotherapy treatment for diabetes, developed by researchers at King’s College London and …

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Alvotech recruit new CEO from within

August 9, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alvotech, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Alvotech, a biopharmaceutical company focusing on the development and manufacture of based in Reykjavik, Iceland, has replaced outgoing CEO, Eef …

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FDA awards orphan status to new brain cancer vaccine

August 9, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, life sciences, orphan drug, pharma, pharmaceuticals

The FDA has announced that it has awarded orphan drug status to the vaccine SurVaxM for patients with glioblastoma, the …

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Valeant focused on bringing new products to market, receives CRL

August 9, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Valeant, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

In its second quarter financial reports, Valeant strove to strike a positive note. It revealed that it had paid down …

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Chemotherapy can spread breast cancer to lungs, study finds

August 9, 2017
Research and Development Cancer, breast cancer, life sciences, lung cancer, pharma, pharmaceutical

Researchers at Ohio State University have discovered that, as well as forming a key part of treatment strategies to fight …

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Global shortage of hep B vaccine hits UK

August 9, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development GSK, MSD, biotech, drugs, hep b, hepatitis B, pharma, pharmaceutical

Only last week it was revealed that the UK would administer all babes with the hepatitis B vaccine to reduce …

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Study finds that women have more active brains than men

August 8, 2017
Research and Development biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

In research that will have many women nodding their brain-boxes, a study has found that analysis of thousands of brains …

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