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Women are 77% of NHS workforce but occupy only 41% board positions

March 29, 2017
Medical Communications NHS

A new report, entitled Women on NHS board: 50:50 by 2020, found that women occupied only 41% of board positions …

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The April 2017 edition of Pharmafocus is available to read online now!

March 29, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pharmafocus, Pharmafocus new issue

From industry reaction to NICE’s new regulatory guidelines to the rising threat of counterfeit medicine, you can read all the …

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Replica reproductive tract could aid drug trials

March 29, 2017
Research and Development Woodruff lab

If most people were asked whether they had heard of a scandal in the pharmaceutical industry, the drug that would …

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New drug therapy ‘reverses’ diabetes in mice

March 29, 2017
Research and Development diabetes

A team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have developed a drug therapy which has shown …

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Breakthrough eczema drug given FDA approval

March 29, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Dupixent, Regeneron, Sanofi

Regeneron and Sanofi have received approval for its eczema treatment, Dupixent, by the FDA. The treatment will be the first …

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Cuts to prescriptions aims to save £128 million annually

March 28, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development NHS England, prescription

NHS England has identified 10 items that it believes can cut £128 million from its yearly bill. The 10 items …

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Alexion leadership uncertainty ends as ex-Baxalta CEO steps in

March 28, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alexion, CEO

Alexion had been left in leadership limbo for the beginning of the year, as former CEO and CFO left under …

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Renowned scientist Owen N. Witte joins Kite Pharma Board of Directors

March 28, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Kite Pharma has revealed the addition of celebrated bioscientist and researcher Dr Owen N. Witte to its Board of Directors, …

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Mylan set to close Meda US manufacturing facility

March 28, 2017
Manufacturing and Production Meda, Mylan

Mylan continues to cut away Meda’s US operations to “reduce redundancy” – the latest sees Mylan closing an Illinois-based facility, …

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Former Valeant CEO Michael Pearson sues over $30m unpaid shares

March 28, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Michael Pearson, Valeant

Ex-Valeant CEO Michael Pearson is suing his former company over its failure to deliver three million shares he claims he …

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EMA recommends suspension of 331 drugs over testing concerns

March 28, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Aurobindo, Micro Therapeutic Research Labs, Novartis, Sandoz

The EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has called for the suspension of 331 drugs due to …

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45% of healthcare professionals not disclosing payments from industry

March 28, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications ABPI, disclosure, disclosure uk

The research organisation ABPI, alongside RAND Europe, has released a ‘snapshot’ of data, from its Disclosure UK database, from January …

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Butterworth Laboratories secures additional facility

March 28, 2017
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Leading UK contract analytical chemistry provider, Butterworth Laboratories Ltd, is delighted to announce it has secured an additional facility in …

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Manufacture of red blood cells possible after research breakthrough

March 27, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Stem cells, University of Bristol

Researchers from the University of Bristol and NHS Blood and Transplant have managed to perfect a technique whereby it is …

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Bone Therapeutics strengthens leadership with new CMO

March 27, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bone therapeutics

Bone Therapeutics, a bone cell therapy company focusing on orthopaedics and bone disease, has appointed Miguel Forte to the position …

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Pfizer receive European approval for arthritis drug

March 27, 2017
Sales and Marketing Pfizer, rheumatoid arthritis

Following on from the positive opinion given to Xeljanz in January of this year, Pfizer’s drug has now been given …

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Treatment combating multi-drug resistant TB posts positive results

March 27, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Infectex, Sequella, tuberculosis

Infectex, a Russian portfolio company of Maxwell Biotech Venture Fund, announced that it had found positive results from its latest …

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AstraZeneca’s medicine approved under China’s Priority Review

March 27, 2017
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Tagrisso, lung cancer

AstraZeneca has been boosted by the news that its drug, Tagrisso, has become its first drug to be approved under …

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Five worrying facts about fake medicine

March 27, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Fake medicine, counterfeit medicine, falsified medicine

One million people die from fake drugs every year, with the worst continent being Africa where a suspected 200,000 die …

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Merck KGaA and Pfizer enter the immunotherapy market with Bavencio

March 27, 2017
Sales and Marketing Bavencio, Merck KGaA, Pfizer

Merck KGaA and Pfizer have won approval for the fourth immunotherapy treatment to enter the market, with an indication in …

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