Eli Lilly’s heart drug underwhelms with REWIND trial
June 11, 2019Manufacturing and Production Eli Lilly, Trulicity, pharma
Eli Lilly’s Trulicity (dulaglutide) reduced major cardiovascular events (MACE) by 12% versus placebo in adults with type 2 diabetes, according …
Three workers killed by explosion at pharma factory in India
June 11, 2019Manufacturing and Production China, India, explosion, manufacturing, pharma
Three engineers have been killed in an explosion at a manufacturing facility in India. Two Chinese engineers and one Indian …
Roche scores FDA approval for Polivy combo in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
June 11, 2019Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Polivy, Roche, lymphoma, pharma
Roche is celebrating the decision taken by the FDA to approve its anti-CD79b antibody-drug conjugate Polivy (polatuzumab vedotin-piiq) in combination …
Insys Therapeutics files for bankruptcy
June 11, 2019Manufacturing and Production DoJ, Subsys, bankruptcy, insys, pharma
Opioid drugmaker Insys Therapeutics has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after agreeing to pay $225 million to settle charges …
Novartis Pharma head to become new Sanofi CEO
June 10, 2019Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novartis, Paul Hudson, appointment, olivier brandicourt
French drugmaker Sanofi has revealed that its CEO Olivier Brandicourt is to retire from the role, to be replaced with …
MSD scoops up biopharma firm Tilos for $773 million
June 10, 2019Sales and Marketing MSD, Tilos Therapeutics, acquisition, pharma
US-based firm MSD has announced it intends to acquire biopharma firm Tilos Therapeutics, and has signed a deal with the …
Sanofi’s Soliqua proves superior to GLP-1 RA therapies in reducing blood sugar levels
June 10, 2019Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sanofi, Soliqua, diabetes, pharma, type 2 diabetes
Sanofi has stepped up at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 79th Scientific Sessions in San Francisco, revealing new data which …
Novo’s oral semaglutide tops Jardiance and Victoza in two type 2 diabetes trials
June 10, 2019Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novo Nordisk, diabetes, pharma, semaglutide, type 2 diabetes
Novo Nordisk has taken the opportunity at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 79th Scientific Sessions to pull back the curtain …
FDA advisory panel backs TB Alliance’s tuberculosis regimen
June 10, 2019Sales and Marketing FDA, TB Alliance, US, pharma, tuberculosis
An FDA advisory panel has voted to recommend the investigational drug pretomanid, developed by the non-profit organisation TB Alliance, as …
Vectura CEO to step down at end of June
June 10, 2019Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing appointment, pharma, vectura
Vectura is on course for a new leader to take up the company’s reins after it was revealed that CEO …
Implementing “the safest medicines system in the world”
June 10, 2019Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing feature, packaging, pharma
With debates heating up over cooperation between European across the continent, Matt Fellows investigates the current state of packaging countermeasures …
Long-term BMS exec Johanna Mercier joins Gilead as new Chief Commercial Officer
June 7, 2019Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Gilead, appointment, pharma
Gilead Sciences have said Bristol-Myers Squibb exec Johanna Mercier will be the firm’s new Chief Commercial Officer. In her new …
Novartis Pharma head to become new Sanofi CEO
June 7, 2019Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novartis, Paul Hudson, Sanofi, appointment, olivier brandicourt, pharma
French drugmaker Sanofi has revealed that its CEO Olivier Brandicourt is to retire from the role, to be replaced with …
Marie-France Tschudin, head of Novartis subsidiary AAA, takes over from Paul Hudson as Novartis Pharma CEO
June 7, 2019Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
Novartis has said Marie-France Tschudin will take over from Paul Hudson as the head of Novartis Pharmaceuticals. The announcement comes …
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June 7, 2019Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Biogen, EMA, Janssen, Orkambi, Pfizer
It was revealed this week that Pfizer suppressed findings that their anti-inflammatory Enbrel reduced the risk of Alzheimer’s by 64%. …
Mallinckrodt illegally inflated price of drug from $50 to $32,000, DoJ lawsuit says
June 7, 2019Business Services Achthar, DoJ, Mallinckrodt, Medicare, co-pay, pharma
The Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed new charges against Mallinckrodt alleging the Irish-listed firm illegally hiked the price of …
Otsuka to take over Astellas’ Cefixime business
June 7, 2019Medical Communications APIs, Antibiotics, Astellas, Otsuka, antimicrobial, pharma
Japanese firm Otsuka Chemical has bought Astellas Pharma’s antibiotic Cefixime. The agreement gives Otsuka the right to sell Cefixime and …
Healthcare communications: Time to think differently with patient centricity
June 6, 2019Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, Spink, UK, patient centricity, pharma
Patient centricity, derived from the NHS-driven thinking “no decision about me, without me,” has been adopted by pharma to understand …
Pfizer recruits new Group Head of Oncology R&D
June 6, 2019Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
Pfizer has said Dr Jeff Settleman will join the firm as the company’s new Senior Vice President and Group Head …
Battling cervical cancer in the developing world
June 6, 2019Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Doctors Without Borders, Medecins sans frontieres; cancer, cervical cancer, malawi, pharma
The non-profit humanitarian organization Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders, is well known for its work fighting on the …
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