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Home Secretary Theresa May opens Abbvie’s new UK offices

October 2, 2015
Medical Communications AbbVie

AbbVie today opened new UK offices, in a ceremony presided over by Theresa May, Home Secretary and MP for Maidenhead.The company, …

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Professor Stephen Gough joins Novo Nordisk as senior principal clinical scientist

October 2, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development Novo Nordisk, Professor Stephen Gough

Novo Nordisk has announced that Professor Stephen Gough, a renowned clinical and research specialist in diabetes, joined the company today …

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Genzyme opts into Alnylam’s Thrombosis program

October 2, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development Alnylam, Genzyme, Sanofi, haemophilia

Sanofi subsidiary Genzyme has elected to opt into Alnylam’s investigational ALN-AT3 hemophilia program for development and potential future commercialisation in …

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Legal analysis: a summary of the Lyrica pregabalin case and the issue of cross-label use in Europe

October 2, 2015
Medical Communications Lyrica, Pfizer

The Warner Lambert v Actavis pregabalin cases have been before the UK Courts on no less than seven occasions since the beginning of …

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Survey finds GPs have negative views of pharma

October 2, 2015
Medical Communications

A survey by healthcare data and intelligence provider Binley’s has found that more than 40% of GPs have a negative …

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FDA accepts Sandoz submission for Amgen biosimilar

October 2, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development Amgen, FDA, Novartis, Sandoz, biosimilars

Sandoz, a Novartis company and a global leader in biosimilars, has announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration …

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Berg joins Genomics England project to sequence 100,000 genomes

October 2, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development Berg, Genomics england, artificial intelligence

Boston-based biopharmaceutical company Berg has announced it will join an industry collaboration with Genomics England, with the goal of sequencing …

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CEO Stephen Whitehead leaves ABPI

October 1, 2015
Medical Communications ABPI, Alison Clough, Stephen Whitehead

The ABPI has confirmed that CEO Stephen Whitehead has left the organisation. Speaking on behalf of the Board, John Kearney, …

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Dr Karen Bernstein joins Ovid and Vitae boards

October 1, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Dr Karen Bernstein, Ovid Therapeutics, Vitae Pharmaceuticals

Ovid Therapeutics has announced the appointment of Karen Bernstein to the company’s Board of Directors. Dr Bernstein says: “I have …

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Verona Pharma’s respiratory drug proves positive in study

October 1, 2015
Research and Development COPD, verona pharma

Verona Pharma has announced encouraging positive headline data of the third and final part of a randomised, clinical study in …

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Quick test minimises unnecessary antibiotic prescribing

October 1, 2015
Medical Communications antibiotic resistance

New data presented at this week’s Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Annual Conference reveals that in real-world general practice, …

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Novartis’s secukinumab meets Phase 3 goals

October 1, 2015
Research and Development Novartis, Secukinumab, arthritis

Novartis has announced that its secukinumab medication for treatment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA), met its primary endpoint in the pivotal …

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Pfizer’s self-injectable contraceptive becomes UK’s first

September 30, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pfizer, Syayana Press

Pfizer’s injectable contraceptive, Sayana Press (medroxyprogesterone acetate), is now available to women in the UK for administration by self-injection following …

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Study shows Novartis’s Afinitor positively reduces tumors

September 30, 2015
Research and Development Afinitor, Novartis

Novartis has announced the results of a Phase III pivotal study, showing Afinitor (everolimus) tablets reduced the risk of progression …

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Genentech’s ocrelizumab shows efficacy in phase III trial

September 30, 2015
Research and Development Genentech, MS, Roche, ocrelizumab

Roche subsidiary Genentech has announced positive results from a pivotal phase III study of its investigational medicine ocrelizumab in people …

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Heptares awarded $5.5 million grant to combat cocaine addiction

September 30, 2015
Research and Development Heptares

Heptares Therapeutics, the clinical-stage GPCR structure-guided drug discovery and development company, has been awarded a grant from the National Institute …

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Roche says Esbriet shown to extend lives of IPF patients

September 30, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Esbriet, Roche, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Roche has presented new clinical data and abstracts on Esbriet (pirfenidone) in the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), showing …

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Featured market report: US pharmaceutical market to 2018

September 29, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing market reports

This report forecasts US pharmaceutical (prescription and over-the-counter) shipments and demand at the manufacturers’ level, to 2018.This industry forecast report …

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New study reveals true impact of severe asthma in Europe

September 29, 2015
Research and Development ERS2015, asthma

The results of a new, comprehensive survey have revealed the true burden of severe asthma faced by patients across Europe. …

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It’s finally here: 3D-printed pills and technology in pharma

September 29, 2015
Manufacturing and Production 3-D printing, 3d printing, Aprecia, Spritam, manufacturing, production

The notion of tailor-made drugs, which are customised to an individual patient’s needs, has seen remarkable progress of late. This …

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