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Regeneron and Teva’s experimental drug halted by FDA clinical hold

October 17, 2016
Manufacturing and Production Regeneron, Teva, back pain, osteoarthritis

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Teva Pharmaceuticals had only just agreed a deal worth a potential $2.6 billion to co-develop Regeneron’s fasinumab …

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Wickham Laboratories Announces Renewal of FDA Accreditation

October 17, 2016
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Wickham Laboratories announces that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspection conducted 15th-17th of February 2016 has now …

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Apitope reclaims multiple sclerosis treatment from Merck after 7 years

October 17, 2016
Sales and Marketing ATX-MS-1467, Apitope, Merck, multiple sclerosis

Apitope has announced it has reclaimed the global rights to its multiple sclerosis (MS) treatment ATX-MS-1467 from Merck for the …

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Valeant Pharmaceutical release their latest price increases

October 17, 2016
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Valeant Pharmaceutical announced, on 14 October, that their Patient Access and Pricing Committee had decided on a price range increase …

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Hanmi Pharmaceutical raided over insider trading suspicions

October 17, 2016
Sales and Marketing Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, Hanmi Pharmaceutical, south korea

At the end of September, we reported on a busy 24-hour for Hanmi Pharmaceutical, as they secured a deal with …

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EMA grants conditional approval for biliary cholangitis treatment

October 17, 2016
Sales and Marketing EMA, intercept, ocaliva, primary biliary cholangitis

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has voiced its approval of Intercept’s Ocaliva …

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Celgene trial displays promising results for Crohn’s disease alternative treatment

October 17, 2016
Sales and Marketing Celgene, Celgene corporation, Crohn’s disease, clinical trials, crohn's disease, phase I, trial

Celgene International, part of Celgene Corporation, has released the results from a Phase Ib trial showing improvement in patients suffering …

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Kite Pharma appoints Chris Nowers as Head of Europe

October 14, 2016
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Chris Nowers, London, kite pharma

Kite Pharma announced on 13 October that it had appointed Chris Nowers as its Head of Europe. Nowers will be …

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Top Ten articles in the pharma industry this week

October 14, 2016
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This week has seen a lot of news regarding specific drugs going through trial and some impressive results within. Read …

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Regeneron and Ocular Therapeutix to collaborate in potential $315 million deal

October 14, 2016
Medical Communications Bayer, Eyelea, Ocular Therapeutix, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, wet AMD

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Ocular Therapeutix have entered into a deal that will see them collaborate to develop a sustained release …

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NICE plans new “fast-track” appraisal option

October 14, 2016
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has proposed the introduction of a fast-track process which could make …

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NICE knocks back Janssen rare disease drug

October 13, 2016
Medical Communications Janssen, NICE, imbruvica

NICE has announced its rejection of Janssen’s Imbruvica (ibrutinib) for the treatment of specific cases of Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinaemia (WM) – …

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Pfizer loses UK patent infringement case over $5.1bn drug

October 13, 2016
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Actavis, Lyrica, Pfizer, patent infringement, pregabalin

Pfizer has been dealt a significant blow as the UK Court of Appeal has rejected the company’s patent infringement claims …

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Nordic Nanovector announces the appointment of Joanna Horobin as Non-Executive Board Director

October 13, 2016
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Nordic Nanovector, appointment, norway

Nordic Nanovector announced on 12 October that Joanna Horobin was elected to its Board as non-executive director at the company’s …

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Merck KgaA foresees meeting 2018 objectives and plans for 2022

October 13, 2016
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing 2018, 2022, Germany, Merck KGaA

Speaking at its 2016 Capital Market Day about the progress it had made towards its 2018 objectives, CEO Stefan Oschmann …

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Sanofi lowers Q3 sales figures from 2015

October 13, 2016
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Cipro, Plavix, Sanofi, financial results

Sanofi lowered its aggregate sales figure for Q3 2016 from €9.59 billion to €9.46 billion ahead of the release of …

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New treatment for leukaemia nullifies cancer cells

October 13, 2016
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boston, Cancer, Germany, Harvard, Mainz University, leukaemia

New research was able to demonstrate that a targeted drug-based inactivation of two chromatin regulators would interrupt the self-renewal of …

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Sun Pharmaceuticals hit with recall of over 31 thousand bottles of anti-depressants

October 13, 2016
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, India, US, america, sun pharmaceutical

Sun Pharmaceuticals have been forced to recall 31,762 bottles of anti-depressants from the US market after the FDA issued a …

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Novartis’ Zykadia more effective than chemo, new study shows

October 13, 2016
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alcensa, Novartis, Roche, Xalkori, ceritinib, crizotinib, lung cancer, zykadia

Phase III results for Novartis’ cancer drug Zykadia (ceritinib) have revealed it as more effective than chemo at halting progression …

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Nestlé appoints Paul Navarre as CEO of Nestlé Skin Health

October 12, 2016
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Allergan, Nestle skin health, Paul Navarre, nestle

The announcement of Paul Navarre’s appointed as CEO of Nestlé Skin Health was announced on 11 October. He will take …

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