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Working Life: Kai Gait, Senior Global Digital Director at GlaxoSmithKline

December 6, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EU, GSK, Interview, UK, US, digital, senior global director, technology

Kai Gait, Senior Global Digital Director at GlaxoSmithKline, retraces the steps that have led him to where he is today, …

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Amgen unveils double whammy of data for its investigational cancer immunotherapies at ASH 2018

December 5, 2018
Research and Development ASH 2018, Amgen, Cancer, acute myeloid leukaemia, myeloma, pharma

Amgen has presented the first clinical data at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting 2018 for two investigational …

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New diagnostic test can detect any cancer type in minutes with 90% accuracy

December 5, 2018
Research and Development Australia, Cancer, pharma

Researchers at the University of Queensland have a test which can rapidly detect the presence of cancer in a patient’s …

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UK Government announces first-of-its-kind Vaccines Manufacturing Innovation Centre

December 5, 2018
Research and Development UK, pharma, vaccines

Plans for a Vaccines Manufacturing Innovation Centre in the UK have been unveiled by Business Secretary Greg Clark, in a …

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Roche’s first-line Tecentriq combo scores accelerated FDA review

December 5, 2018
Research and Development ASH 2018, Cancer, Roche, lung cancer, pharma, tecentriq

Roche’s immunotherapy Tecentriq has secured Priority Review from the FDA, the company has announced, in combination with carboplatin and etoposide …

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Darzalex “significantly reduces” disease progression and death in multiple myeloma at ASH 2018

December 5, 2018
Research and Development ASH 2018, Janssen, darzalex, multiple myeloma, pharma

Janssen has taken the opportunity at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting 2018 to unveil new Phase 3 …

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NICE approves Cimzia but blocks Ilumetri in treatment of psoriasis

December 4, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Almirall, Cimzia, Ilumetri, NICE, UCB, UK, pharma, psoriasis

UK drug watchdog NICE has announced two new recommendations relating to medicines for the treatment of psoriasis, approving UCB Pharma’s …

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Pfizer’s biosimilar proves non-inferior to rituximab in lymphoma at ASH 2018

December 4, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASH 2018, Pfizer, haemophilia

Joining the chorus of data presentations at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting 2018, Pfizer has announced new …

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Hemlibra shows “clinically meaningful” bleed control in paediatric haemophilia A patients

December 4, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development ASH 2018, Hemlibra, Roche, haemophilia, pharma

In another reveal at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting 2018, Roche unveiled new Phase 3 findings for …

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Cancer drug access for NHS patients is slowing, ICR reports

December 4, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, ICR, Institute of Cancer Research, NHS, NICE, UK, pharma

A new report from the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) has indicated that NHS patients in the UK are suffering …

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Roche chooses Veeva Vault PromoMats for digital asset management and content

December 4, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications Roche, pharma, veeva

Today, at the 2018 Veeva Commercial & Medical Summit Europe, Roche (SWX:ROG) announced that it would be adopting Veeva Systems …

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Insider Interview: The diabetes/mental health connection

December 3, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Insider Interview, Type 1 diabetes, World Diabetes Day, diabetes, feature, mental health, pharma

Michael Connellan, Head of External Affairs at the type 1 diabetes charity JDRF, discusses the results of a recent survey …

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Shire’s Takhzyro scores EU approval in rare genetic disorder hereditary angioedema

December 3, 2018
Sales and Marketing EU, Europe, Shire, Takhzyro, pharma

Shire has announced that it has secured European approval for its subcutaneous injection Takhzyro (lanadelumab) for the routine prevention of …

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Gilead’s CAR-T therapy Yescarta shows two-year response duration in large B-cell lymphoma

December 3, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASH 2-18, CAR-T, Cancer, Gilead, Yescarta, leukaemia, pharma

Gilead has gone head to head with Novartis at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting 2018, meeting the …

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GSK to acquire oncology biotech Tesaro for $5.1 billion

December 3, 2018
Sales and Marketing GSK, GlaxoSmtihKline, Tesaro, acquisition, oncology, pharma

GlaxoSmithKline is set to acquire US-based oncology biotech Tesaro after both companies signed a definitive agreement with an aggregate cash …

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AbbVie’s Venclyxto combo beats standard of care in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

December 3, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASH 2018, AbbVie, Cancer, Venclyxto, leukaemia, pharma

AbbVie has taken the opportunity at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting 2018 to reveal new data on …

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Novartis unveils strong longer-term Kymriah data at ASH 2018

December 3, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ASH 2018, Cancer, Kymriah, Novartis, leukaemia, pharma

Novartis has lifted the curtain on longer-term analysis data for its CAR-T therapy Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel) at the American Society of …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

November 30, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing HIV, Immuno Biotech, NHS, Roche, autism, biosimilars, pharma, top ten

We’ve come to the end of November, and with only one month of the year left to go, the industry …

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Opdivo to be made available to UK melanoma patients via the Cancer Drugs Fund

November 30, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing BMS, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cancer, Cancer Drugs Fund, NICE, UK, melanoma, pharma

Bristol-Myers Squibb’s blockbuster immunotherapy Opdivo (nivolumab) is set to be made available to patients in the UK via the Cancer …

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MSD chalks up two HIV drug approvals in Europe

November 30, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Delstrigo, EU, Europe, HIV, MSD, Pifeltro, pharma

MSD has announced the European approval of two of its products for the treatment of HIV: the single-tablet combination Delstrigo …

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