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Researchers control blood sugar levels in mice via smartphone app

May 2, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development diabetes

Scientists at Shanghai’s East China Normal University have been able to regulate blood sugar levels in mice via the use …

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Janssen scores EU approval for blood cancer drug Darzalex

May 2, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Europe, European Commission, Janssen, darzalex

Janssen has announced that its CD38-directed monoclonal antibody Darzalex (daratumumab) has expanded its indication with a thumbs-up from the European …

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Shire creates 150 jobs with Dublin HQ relocation

May 2, 2017
Manufacturing and Production Dublin, Shire

Rare disease specialist Shire has opened the doors of its new headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. The pharma company has leased …

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Scott Gottlieb enters final stage of approval for FDA Commissioner role

April 28, 2017
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Trump’s pick for the top job in the FDA moved one step closer to taking up the job when the …

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Cancer Drug Fund roundly criticised as ‘wastage of resources’

April 28, 2017
Medical Communications Cancer Drug Fund, Conservative, NHS, NICE, UK

The Cancer Drug Fund (CDF), which has now been absorbed into NICE, previous methods of funding have been fiercely criticised …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

April 28, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing top ten

In response to the announcement of a UK snap election, this week saw the release of the ABPI’s 2017 General …

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FDA approves first new drug for liver cancer in decade

April 28, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Stivarga, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver cancer

The FDA has announced that it has approved the first new treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a type of liver …

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The five competencies of continuous regulatory compliance

April 28, 2017
Medical Communications pharmafile, regulatory compliance

Look at any country or region with a strong generic pharmaceutical and active ingredient manufacturing sector, and you are sure …

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SAB Biotherapeutics moves to bolster board

April 27, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

SAB Biotherapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical development company, announced that it had appointed Thorkil Kastberg Christensen to its Board of Directors. …

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Blood test able to detect cancer a year in advance

April 27, 2017
Research and Development Cancer Research UK, Francis Crick Institute, cancer research

A team at the Francis Crick Institute, based in London, has discovered a new way of analysing blood in patients …

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Mental health spending to sink by £4.5 million

April 27, 2017
Medical Communications NHS, mental health

Here at Pharmafocus, we highlighted the state of mental health research and the alternative paths that are being trod to …

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Mental health: Time for a new kind of therapy?

April 27, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing mental health

It’s no secret that mental health is not taken as seriously as its physical counterpart. It has been an uphill …

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Cheap drug could prevent thousands of maternal deaths worldwide

April 27, 2017
Research and Development postpartum haemorrhage

A drug that has been available to patients for many years may have found a new use to prevent mothers …

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Teva has another high profile role to fill

April 27, 2017
Sales and Marketing Eyal Desheh, Teva, Teva Pharmaceuticals

Teva’s gaps at the top level of its structure continue to build, as Eyal Desheh is set to leave his …

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ABPI calls for a “world-class NHS” with 2017 General Election Manifesto

April 27, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Theresa May, general election

With Theresa May’s announcement of a snap election in earlier this month, the life sciences industry erupted into fiery discourse. …

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AZ’s Tagrisso continues successes with EU approval

April 26, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, EU, European Commission, NSCLC, Tagrisso

More good news for AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso (osimertinib), as the company announces that the European Commission has granted the drug full …

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FDA condemns 14 companies selling fraudulent cancer ‘cures’ online

April 26, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, FDA

The FDA has struck out against a wave of companies offering cancer treatments online which fraudulently claim to be able …

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Research identifies marker for aggressive ovarian cancer

April 26, 2017
Research and Development Cancer, ovarian cancer

Scientists have identified a marker which they believe can inform whether a tumour will become more aggressive and pose a …

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Sanofi launches lawsuit against Mylan over “illegal business practices”

April 26, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Auvi-Q, Mylan, Sanofi, epipen, lawsuit

In a move that is sure to pile even more pressure onto Mylan after the company’s recent woes, Sanofi has …

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The May 2017 issue of Pharmafocus is now live!

April 26, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pharmafocus

The latest edition of Pharmafocus is available to read now! In this issue we delve into pharma’s reaction to the …

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