Epicast: Brain Cancer – Epidemiology Forecast to 2024
April 7, 2017Medical Communications, Research and Development brain cancer, pharmafile
Primary brain cancer is defined as a malignant neoplasm that originates in the central nervous system (CNS), which consists of …
Faubel takes over RFID specialist SIL
April 6, 2017Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Faubel, Nachfolger
The Melsungen printer Faubel & Co. Nachfolger GmbH, which mainly produces booklet labels and custom labels for the pharmaceutical industry, …
J&J ordered to pay $5m over false marketing claims
April 6, 2017Sales and Marketing J&J, JJ, lawsuit
Johnson & Johnson has become embroiled in yet another class-action lawsuit concerning its products; this time the company is accused …
CRISPR: An up close and personal take on precision medicine
April 6, 2017Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CRISR, Precision Medicine
Traditional approaches to patient therapies are increasingly showing their age inefficacy, but a powerful new gene editing technology is making …
Relay Therapeutics appoints Allergan CSO to CEO position
April 6, 2017Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Allergan, Relay
Relay Therapeutics, a biotech firm launched in September 2016, has announced that Sanjiv K. Patel will be its CEO. Patel …
Takeda completes enrollment for largest-ever study of dengue vaccine
April 6, 2017Research and Development Takeda, clinical trial, dengue
Takeda announced that it had completed the enrolment for the largest clinical trial in its history, having enrolled 20,100 children …
Care Quality Commission targets website which gave prescriptions in 17 seconds
April 6, 2017Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Care Quality Commission, prescription
The Care Quality Commission (CQC), England’s health and social care service regulator, has identified four online prescription medicine vendors engaging …
Ketamine found to offer hope as last-resort treatment for depression
April 6, 2017Research and Development Ketamine, University of Oxford
Researchers from the University of Oxford have conducted a six-year study looking into the potential therapeutic effects of ketamine as …
House of Lords slams “short-termism” of NHS in new report
April 6, 2017Medical Communications House of Lords, NHS
A new report from the House of Lords has slammed current and past “short-sighted” governments for failing to provide a …
Pfizer resolves pension dispute at Irish facility
April 5, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Ireland, Pfizer, Siptu
Pfizer and trade union Siptu have reached an agreement over a pension dispute at the company’s plant at Ringaskiddy in …
Supercomputer discovers how cell membrane shape causes cancer
April 5, 2017Research and Development Cancer, K-Ras
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have harnessed the power of a supercomputer to analyse one particular …
Researchers identify key protein in cancer drug resistance
April 5, 2017Research and Development Cancer, university of salford
A University of Salford research team has identified a gene which they believe is one of the leading causes of …
GSK hit by recall of 600,000 inhalers
April 5, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development FDA, GSK, Ventolin
The FDA has released that GSK would be voluntarily recalling close to 600,000 of its Ventolin asthma inhalers across the …
Joanne Estell joins Shield Therapeutics as CFO
April 5, 2017Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
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Common antibiotic shows promise as novel PTSD treatment
April 5, 2017Research and Development PTSD, UCL, antibiotic, doxycycline
Research coming out of University College London (UCL) and the University of Zurich has indicated that common antibiotic doxycycline could …
NICE turns down Shire’s pancreatic cancer treatment
April 4, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing NICE, Pancreatic cancer, Shire
NICE has announced its intention not to recommend the NHS use of Shire’s Onivyde (pegylated liposomal irinotecan) for the treatment …
Mylan hit with fresh lawsuit over EpiPen pricing
April 4, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Mylan, epipen, pricing
Just as it faces worldwide reports that over 80,000 of its EpiPens do not function properly and as the FDA …
Teva’s Huntington’s treatment becomes first FDA-approved deuterated drug
April 4, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Austedo, FDA, Teva
Israel’s Teva Pharmaceuticals has announced that the FDA has given its approval for Austedo (deutetrabenazine) in the treatment of chorea …
Sanofi to pay $20m fine for overcharging US veterans
April 4, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Sanofi, Sanofi Pasteur, US
Sanofi Pasteur, the French firm’s vaccines unit, has agreed to pay a $19.8 million settlement over claims it overcharged the …
Novartis combo expands into lung cancer with EU approval
April 4, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing NSCLC, Novartis, Tafinlar, mekinist
Novartis has announced that its Tafinlar (dabrafenib) and Mekinist (trametinib) drug combo has been approved by the European Commission (EC) …
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