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Is bioscience still getting lost in translation?

January 27, 2016
Research and Development CASMI, Centre for Sustainable Medical Innovation, Professor Richard Barker, R&D, bioscience

After several years of anguish about pharmaceutical pipelines, R&D productivity seems to be picking up.New medicines and cell and gene …

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Pharma ‘forced to innovate in patient recruitment and retention’

January 27, 2016
Research and Development Tufts, clinical trials, patient recruitment, patient retention

The ‘critical need’ to improve recruitment and retention in clinical trials is driving pharma to create a “structural change in …

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FDA reviews Jardiance as cardiovascular diabetes treatment

January 27, 2016
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, FDA, jardiance

The FDA has accepted Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly’s supplemental New Drug Application for their diabetes drug Jardiance to be …

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Alliance Pharmaceuticals appoints new head of international business

January 27, 2016
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Alliance Pharmaceuticals

Alliance Pharmaceuticals has appointed Karim Husny as head of international business- a role in which he will support all Alliance …

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NICE recommends six drugs in final guidance

January 27, 2016
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE

NICE has published final recommendations approving drug treatments for ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, multiple myeloma, gastric cancer and idiopathic pulmonary …

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Johnson & Johnson hit by fall in 2015 sales

January 27, 2016
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Janssen, Johnson and Johnson, financial results, revenue, sales

Full year sales at the healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson fell by 6% in 2015, to just over $70 billion, …

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NICE backs biosimilars with arthritis drug endorsements

January 27, 2016
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing DMARDs, NICE, biosimilars, rheumatoid arthritis

NICE has published updated final guidance recommending seven biological disease modifying drugs (DMARDs) for treatment of severe rheumatoid arthritis which …

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FDA to review Amgen’s Humira biosimilar

January 26, 2016
Manufacturing and Production ABP-501, Amgen, FDA, biosimilar

The FDA has accepted for review Amgen’s Biologics License Application (BLA) for ABP 501, a biosimilar candidate to AbbVie’s Humira …

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Post-sanctions Iran attracts pharma investment

January 26, 2016
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Gulf Co-operation Council, Iran, Isral, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, middle east

Just a few days have passed since decade-long economic sanctions on Iran were lifted, as the middle-eastern powerhouse agreed to …

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GSK and Sanofi considering developing Zika vaccine

January 26, 2016
Manufacturing and Production GSK, Sanofi, World Health Organisation, Zika virus, microcephaly

Pharma companies Sanofi and GSK are reviewing the possibility of using their respective inoculation technologies to develop a vaccine for …

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UK Government commits £1 billion to malaria fight

January 26, 2016
Manufacturing and Production Bill Gates, Chancellor, George Osborne, Ross Fund, infectious diseases, malaria

Chancellor George Osborne has set out details of a billion pound fund to develop, test and produce new products to …

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Shire tries again with lifitegrast dry eye FDA application

January 25, 2016
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing FDA, Shire, dry eye disease, lifitegrast

Shire has resubmitted its New Drug Application (NDA) to the US FDA for its rejected dry eye syndrome drug lifitegrast. …

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Avacta appoints Philippe Cotrel as chief commercial officer

January 25, 2016
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Avacta

Cotrel joins Avacta from Abcam, where he held the role of commercial operations director.He will lead the Group’s commercial strategy …

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New chief exec at MannKind

January 25, 2016
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alfred Mann, Duane DeSisto, Insulet, Mannkind, Matthew Pffefer

The board of directors of MannKind have appointed Matthew Pfeffer as chief executive of MannKind.He replaces Alfred Mann who has …

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AbbVie VP joins UCB Pharma

January 25, 2016
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pascale Richetta, UCB, UCB Pharma

Pascale Richetta will join the UCB as its new head of the bone therapy patient value unit as from February …

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Cancer Research UK appoints Professor Sir Bruce Ponder as trustee

January 25, 2016
Research and Development Cancer Research UK, Professor Sir Bruce Ponder

Cancer Research UK has appointed Professor Sir Bruce Ponder as a trustee. Ponder is emeritus professor of oncology at Cambridge …

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Amgen earns first Japanese nod for PCSK9 inhibitor

January 25, 2016
Sales and Marketing Amgen, Astellas, Japan, PCSK9 inhibitor, Repatha, evolocumab, high cholesterol

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has approved Amgen’s cholesterol-lowering medication Repatha, in a joint venture between Amgen …

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The case for leaders with scientific acumen in pharma

January 25, 2016
Medical Communications, Research and Development research and development

Pharmaceutical companies are currently undergoing fundamental, disruptive changes to conventional research and development models. This is in an attempt to …

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Big pharma and UK universities launch £40m innovation fund

January 25, 2016
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Apollo, AstraZeneca, GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johson, UCL, University College London, University of Cambridge, collaboration, imperial college london, joint venture

A consortium of big pharma companies and university with world-leading medical research facilities is to invest £40 million, to “significantly …

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Researchers raise TPP legislation concerns

January 25, 2016
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Legislation, Trans-Pacific Partnership, tpp, trade agreement

Academics have warned that global trade regulations under consideration by the US and other countries could prevent access to medicines …

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