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Clinical trials and their patients: The rising costs and how to stem the loss

November 3, 2016
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing clinical trials

The pharmaceutical industry has a big problem and it’s one that keeps getting worse every year – how to stop …

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NICE approves first new drug for breast cancer in a decade

November 3, 2016
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

NICE has approved Eisai’s Halaven (eribulin) for routine treatment of sufferers of locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer that has …

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Lily increases diabetes drug by 700% over 20 years

November 3, 2016
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bernie Sanders, Eli Lily, Humalog, diabetes

It has come to light that, over a 20 year period, Eli Lily has increased the price of its diabetes …

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MSD’s Alzheimer’s study could break new ground for treatment

November 3, 2016
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, MSD, clinical trials

MSD, known as Merck in North America, has published results of a Phase I trial of verubecestat. The drug is …

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FDA issues warning letter after Chinese firm impedes investigation

November 2, 2016
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing China, FDA

The US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has issued a Chinese firm with a warning letter after claims it intentionally …

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Gilead quietly drops drugs from line up alongide Q3 results

November 2, 2016
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Abzena, Gilead, research and development

Gilead Sciences followed Pfizer in discreetly dropping a drug alongside its third quarter profit reports. The drug in question, for …

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Multi Packaging Solutions wins ‘Packaging Company of the Year’

November 2, 2016
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Multi Packaging Solutions (“MPS”)(NYSE: MPSX),  a global market leader in healthcare, spirits, confectionery and media packaging, has been voted the …

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Avacta joins major US cancer centre for CAR-T immunotherapy development

November 2, 2016
Research and Development Avacta, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Biotherapeutic and research reagent developer Avacta has announced it will collaborate with New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK, …

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Nimbus Therapeutics receives $200 million payment from Gilead

November 2, 2016
Research and Development Gilead Sciences, Nimbus Therapeutics, nash

Nimbus Therapeutics only signed a deal with Gilead Sciences back in April of this year and yet have already received …

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Celgene partners with IBM for new pharmacovigilance platform

November 2, 2016
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Celgene, Watson, ibm

IBM is set to join forces with Celgene to develop a new drug safety evaluation platform, it has emerged. Running …

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Valeant looking at selling core asset to manage debt

November 2, 2016
Research and Development Takeda Pharmaceutical, Valeant pharmaceutical, salix

Valeant is rumoured to be looking into selling its Salix drugs business to Takeda Pharmaceutical, with figures floated of a …

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Pfizer surprises industry by ending development of projected blockbuster

November 1, 2016
Research and Development Pfizer, cholesterol, clinical trials

Pfizer announced the news that it would no longer be developing an experimental cholesterol lowering drug. The drug had been …

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FDA approves clinical trial of Cuban lung cancer vaccine

November 1, 2016
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Cuba, US, Vaccine, cimavax, clinical trials

The thawing of relations between the US and Cuba has allowed a pioneering treatment for non-small cell lung cancer to …

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EMA has validated Merck and Pfizer’s MAA for avelumab

November 1, 2016
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing EMA, Merck KGaA, Pfizer, avelumab

The European Medicines Agency has validated the Marketing Authorisation Application for avelumab for the proposed indication of metastatic Merkel cell …

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Woodley Equipment Company Exhibiting at Partnerships in Clinical Trials Europe 2016

November 1, 2016
PCT, clinical trials

Woodley Equipment Company is exhibiting at Partnerships in Clinical Trials Europe

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Promising new study for children’s brain cancer

November 1, 2016
Manufacturing and Production brain cancer, children, oncology

There has been positive news coming from researchers at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, at the University of Utah, reporting on …

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Hard times continue for Valeant as ex-CEO investigated for fraud

November 1, 2016
Manufacturing and Production CEO, Valeant, Valeant Pharmaceuticals, accounting, fraud

Valeant Pharmaceuticals continues to have a tough time after Bloomsberg broke the story of how former CEO J. Michael Pearson …

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Novartis breast cancer drug secures FDA fast-track status

November 1, 2016
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Novartis, Pfizer, ibrance, letrozole, riboclib

Novartis has announced that its product ribociclib (LEE011) has been granted fast-track review status as a first-line treatment of advanced …

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Takeda appoint Marc Weeks to Digital Lead role

October 31, 2016
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Takeda, digital

Takeda UK have appointed Marc Weeks to the newly created role of digital lead. The creation of the role comes as …

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Ashfield walks away with gold at EVCOM Clarion Awards

October 31, 2016
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ashfield

The awards ceremony, held at The Seven Dials Club, Covent Garden, London on Friday 7 October, drew leading event and …

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