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Making careers in medcomms more visible – Synergy Vision launches new recruitment website

November 22, 2017
Medical Communications Synergy Vision, csr, graduate recruitment, medical communcations, recruitment

“I’d never heard of med comms until I wanted to change career and started exploring my options” – it’s a …

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Free Webinar: The End Game – Payer Engagement

November 21, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Webinar, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

In our latest free to attend webinar, we have joined up with NDA to bring you the latest market access …

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Boehringer offers its molecules to the scientific community via new platform

November 21, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Boehringer Ingelheim, pharma

Boehringer Ingelheim has unveiled opnME.com, a centralised platform which makes available selected pre-clinical molecules from its portfolio for free, accessible …

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Obesity leads to larger, harder-to-detect tumours in breast cancer, study finds

November 21, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Cancer, breast cancer, pharma

A study from Sweden’s Karolinska Institute has indicated that cancerous tumours in overweight women are likely to be larger and …

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NHS faced with 5,700% increase in drug price, finds CMA

November 21, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications CMA, Concordia, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has pulled up Concordia as, provisionally, being found to have raised the price of …

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And the winner is…Amsterdam takes EMA HQ

November 21, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

In a decision that was likened to a penalty shoot-out, Amsterdam was announced as the winner of the race to …

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Partnerships hold the key to making HIV history

November 20, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing HIV, Janssen, pharma

Brian Woodfall, Global Head of Late Development, Infectious Diseases at Janssen, explains why a future without HIV can only be …

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Acorda scraps Parkinson’s drug after five trial deaths

November 20, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Acorda therapeutics, Parkinson's, patient deaths, pharma

Acorda Therapeutics has announced that it is terminate development of its Parkinson’s therapy tozadenant after five deaths were reported as …

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Children are still prescribed codeine despite FDA warnings, study finds

November 20, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing US, codeine, opioid crisis, opioids, pharma

A new study from the American Academy of Pediatrics has found that, despite warnings from the FDA, doctors are still …

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Roche unveils strong combination treatment data in lung cancer

November 20, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, NSCLC< lung cancer, Roche, avastin, immunotherapy, pharma, tecentriq

Roche has unveiled new Phase 3 efficacy data which showed strong findings for its immunotherapy Tecentriq (atezolizumab) in combination with …

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Novartis’s Tasigna scores EU approval in paediatric patients

November 20, 2017
Sales and Marketing Europe, Novartis, Tasigna, chronic myeloid leukaemia, pharma

Novartis’s Tasigna (nilotinib) has received European Commission approval for the treatment of newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia in …

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Samsung Bioepis’ Ontruzant becomes first Herceptin biosimilar approved in Europe

November 20, 2017
Sales and Marketing EMA, Herceptin, Roche, Samsung Bioepis

Samsung Bioepis has announced that Ontruzant, the company’s biosimilar version of Roche’s Herceptin, has been awarded marketing authorisation in Europe …

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UK austerity measures to social care led to 120,000 deaths

November 17, 2017
Medical Communications UK, austerity, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical, social care

A new study has claimed that austerity measures introduced since 2010 are linked to 120,000 deaths across England. The research …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

November 17, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pharmafocus, pharmafile, top ten

It’s Friday, and it’s time for another rundown of our most popular articles with our readers this week. Besides a …

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FDA expands use of Pfizer’s Sutent in kidney cancer

November 17, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Kidney cancer, Pfizer, Sutent, pharma

Pfizer has announced that the FDA has expanded the use of its tyrosine kinase inhibitor Sutent (sunitinib malate) to include …

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Roche’s haemophillia A treatment gets nod but with black box warning

November 17, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Hemlibra, Roche, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Roche needs its pipeline to pick up quick successes, with its big earners are looking at precipitous patent cliffs, and, …

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Boots under fire from Labour MPs over broken contraceptive promise

November 17, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Boots, biotech, drugs, morning after pill, pharma, pharmaceutical

Boots, a UK high-street pharmacy, has come under pressure from Labour MPs after it failed to adhere to its own …

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Trump nominates Ex-Lilly exec for health secretary role

November 16, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Alex Azar is officially President Trump’s nominee for the position as head of the Health and Human Services (HHS) agency, …

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Stem cell therapy fails to improve symptoms of peripheral artery disease

November 16, 2017
Research and Development Stem cells, peripheral artery disease, pharma, stem cell therapy, trial failure

A new study has revealed that a promising stem cell therapy failed to improve ability to walk in patients with …

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FDA approves electronic nerve stimulator for opioid withdrawal

November 16, 2017
Sales and Marketing NNS-2 Bridge, biotech, drugs, opioid, pharma, pharmaceutical

A device that delivers electronic pulses to the area around the ear, designed to stimulate the brain in order to …

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