NICE greenlights Roche’s Rozlytrek for ROS1+ advanced non-small cell lung cancer

June 15, 2020
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Roche’s Rozlytrek (entrectinib) has secured recommendation for NHS use in England and Wales after NICE backed the drug in final …

AbbVie’s Venclexta plus azacitidine shows improved survival and remissions rates in leukaemia patients

June 15, 2020
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AbbVie have announced positive results from its latest Phase 3 clinical trial where Venclexta plus azacitidine improved survival and remission …

Takeda jettisons non-core portfolio in Asia Pacific to Celltrion for a potential $278 million

June 12, 2020
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Takeda continues its mission to reduce its debt in the wake of its $49 billion acquisition of Shire in January …

Moderna to begin testing its COVID-19 vaccine in 30,000 people starting in July

June 12, 2020
Medical Communications COVID-19, coronavirus

Moderna is to start testing 30,000 people with its coronavirus vaccine beginning in July, after progressing through various trials. The …

Mylan and Biocon’s Semglee, biosimilar to Sanofi’s Lantus, approved by FDA for type 1 and 2 diabetes

June 12, 2020
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Mylan and Biocon have scored FDA approval with their insulin glargine injection Semglee, a biosimilar to Sanofi’s Lantus, in both …

Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

June 12, 2020
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The news this week continues to be dominated by breakthroughs in COVID-19 treatments, with a US clinical trial of the …

Coronavirus has caused widespread disruption to cancer care in England

June 12, 2020
Medical Communications COVID-19, coronavirus

Figures show that cancer care in England has faced major disruption due to a big drop in referrals from GPs …

Study finds that MDMA has long-term benefits for treating PTSD

June 11, 2020
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PTSD patients being treated with MDMA experience numerous beneficial effects that hold strong for well after a year after completing …

MSD’s Keytruda misses the mark at Phase 3 in advanced bladder cancer

June 11, 2020
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MSD has announced the disappointing findings that its anti-PD-1 immunotherapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab), when used either alone or combined with chemotherapy, …

Eli Lilly’s coronavirus antibody treatments could be available by September

June 11, 2020
Business Services COVID, COVID-19, coronavirus

An antibody therapy for coronavirus could be available from Eli Lilly as early as September, according to one of its …

AbbVie and Genmab sign drug development and commercialisation deal worth up to $4bn

June 11, 2020
Research and Development AbbVie, Genmab, partnership, pharma

AbbVie has joined forces with Genmab to develop and commercialise three of the latter’s early-stage Genmab drug products – epcoritamab …

Leading pharmaceutical companies sued in US for conspiring to drive up generics prices

June 11, 2020
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26 pharmaceutical companies are being sued by most US states for allegedly conspiring to reduce competition and drive up generic …

How digital therapeutics are revolutionising healthcare

June 10, 2020
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Digital health covers everything from algorithms identifying new drug combinations, to mobile phone apps to help patient adherence. The past …

Ex-GSK exec named as Chief Medical Officer at Immatics Biotechnologies

June 10, 2020
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Immatics Biotechnologies welcomed former GlaxoSmithKline executive Dr Cedrik Britten to the company as its new Chief Medical Officer (CMO) on …

Number of people waiting for NHS treatment could double to 10 million due to pandemic

June 10, 2020
Research and Development COVID-19, coronavirus

The backlog of people waiting for treatment on the NHS could reach as high as 10 million people by Christmas …

Vertex scores EU approval for cystic fibrosis drug Kalydeco in R117H+ children and adolescents

June 10, 2020
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Vertex has revealed that it has secured a new approval from the European Commission for its therapy Kalydeco (ivacaftor) in …

Pharmafile.com’s weekly COVID-19 news round-up

June 10, 2020
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Hydroxychloroquine as a potential coronavirus treatment continues to be a contentious issue, as a new study led by researchers at …

Lundbeck to restructure R&D, shedding up to 160 jobs

June 10, 2020
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Danish neuroscience specialist Lundbeck has announced it will be implementing a restructure of its Research & Development operations – a …

US trial of ivermectin cuts coronavirus mortality by 40%

June 10, 2020
Research and Development COVID-19, coronavirus

A US clinical trial of the drug ivermectin found that it reduced the mortality rate of COVID-19 patients by 40%. …

EMA could approve Gilead’s streamlined remdesivir application for COVID-19 “within weeks”

June 9, 2020
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing COVID-19, EU, Gilead, coronavirus, remdesivir

The European Medicines Agency has received the application from Gilead for the first conditional marketing authorisation (CMA) of its antiviral …

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