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Obama’s FDA nominee criticised for big pharma ties

October 12, 2015
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Democratic presidential nomination candidate Senator Bernie Sanders has criticised President Obama’s choice for the next FDA commissioner, as a result …

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Pfizer wins Zoloft birth defects lawsuit

October 12, 2015
Sales and Marketing Pfizer, Zoloft, birth defects, lawsuits, sertraline

Judges in the US have dismissed a lawsuit against Pfizer that had claimed that the use of its antidepressant Zoloft during pregnancy …

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MSD’s Keytruda receives green light from NICE for NHS use

October 12, 2015
Sales and Marketing MSD, Merck, NICE, keytruda, melanoma, pembrolizumab, skin cancer

The UK healthcare watchdog NICE has recommended Keytruda as a treatment for advanced skin cancer – its second endorsement of …

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Novartis psoriasis drug shows three-year efficacy

October 12, 2015
Cosentyx, EADV, Novartis, Secukinumab, psoriasis

Novartis has announced new trial data confirming the efficacy of Cosentyx in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. The results of …

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How can pharma succeed in emerging markets?

October 10, 2015
Sales and Marketing GSK, Pfizer

In recent years, the major pharma companies have been forced to react to the maturation and cost-cutting, plus regulatory pressures, …

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Biogen reports on Tecfidera multiple sclerosis clinical trials

October 9, 2015
Research and Development

Biogen has presented data demonstrating the efficacy and safety of Tecfidera (dimethyl fumarate) across a broad range of people with …

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Almirall presents new data on cannabinoid-based MS treatment

October 9, 2015
Research and Development Almirall, multiple sclerosis

Almirall has presented new clinical evidences of Sativex, the only medicine derived from cannabinoids to treat spasticity symptoms in MS, …

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EMA appoints Guido Rasi as executive director

October 9, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing EMA, Guido Rasi

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA’s) Management Board has nominated Professor Guido Rasi as the Executive Director of the Agency. The …

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Oncology groups and doctors fight for lower-priced cancer treatments

October 9, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Oncology groups such as the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) are working …

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Sanofi looks to increase productivity in France by 25%

October 9, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications Sanofi

Sanofi is looking for a deal with unions in order to boost productivity by 20-25% at French plants over three …

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Merck announces positive Elbasvir/Grazoprevir trial results

October 9, 2015
Research and Development

Merck has announced the publication of results from C-SURFER, the first Phase III clinical trial to investigate an all-oral, ribavirin-free …

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AstraZeneca’s Moventig now available through NHS

October 9, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, moventig

AstraZeneca has announced that Moventig (naloxegol) has been made available for adult patients with opioid-induced constipation (OIC) in England and …

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Taking on IFP, COPD and severe asthma: ERS 2015 roundup

October 9, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development

Leading pharmaceutical companies, physicians, healthcare professionals, scientists, respiratory experts, and of course the media, including Pharmafocus, gathered in Amsterdam at the …

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Ovid Therapeutics appoints Dr Jerome B. Zeldis to Its Scientific Advisory Board

October 9, 2015
Medical Communications

Ovid Therapeutics, a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies for rare and orphan diseases of the brain, has …

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Positive late-stage results for Genentech’s ocrelizumab in different forms of MS

October 8, 2015
Research and Development ECTRIMS, Genentech, MS, Roche, multiple sclerosis, ocrelizumab

Roche’s biotech arm Genentech has presented ‘transformative’ data at an international multiple sclerosis conference on its investigational drug ocrelizumab. Ocrelizumab …

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Innovative pipeline can transform obesity treatment, says GBI Research

October 8, 2015
Research and Development obesity

While the current obesity treatment market has a high level of unmet need, the therapeutic landscape could be transformed by …

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Simple blood test can accurately predict imminent heart attacks

October 8, 2015
Research and Development NHS, heart attack

A simple blood test which predicts whether a patient suffering chest pains will have a heart attack has the potential to save …

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Novartis looks to new measure of Gilenya outcomes

October 8, 2015
Research and Development fingolimod, gilenya, multiple sclerosis, relapsing multiple sclerosis

Novartis says a new analysis from two Phase III trials reinforces the long-term efficacy profile of its MS treatment Gilenya. …

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UCB plots new Vimpat submissions after positive monotherapy results

October 8, 2015
Research and Development EMA, European Medicines Agency, UCB, carbamazepine, epilepsy, lacosamide, phase III, vimpat

A Phase III non-inferiority study comparing UCB’s Vimpat with carbamazepine suggests the two drugs can be used as monotherapy treatments.  …

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Genzyme’s Lemtrada shows five-year efficacy in extended trials

October 8, 2015
Research and Development Genzyme, Lemtrada, MS, RRMS, alemtuzumab, multiple sclerosis, relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

Sanofi’s subsidiary Genzyme has achieved positive data from an extension study of Lemtrada in patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis …

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