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Europe’s CHMP recommends Pfizer’s biosimilar of Roche’s MabThera

February 4, 2020
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing MabThera, Pfizer, Ruxience, biosimilar, pharma

The EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has revealed that it has awarded a positive opinion for …

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Sanofi charged in birth defects case in France

February 4, 2020
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Sanofi has been charged with failure to adequately warn patients about their anti-epilepsy drug which has been linked to birth …

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National Institutes of Health terminates HIV vaccine after it proves ineffective

February 4, 2020
Manufacturing and Production HIV, pharma

A trial investigating the efficacy  of a new HIV vaccine conducted by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases …

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China admits its coronavirus response had “shortcomings”

February 4, 2020
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In a rare move, China’s leadership has admitted “shortcomings” in the way it has handled the outbreak of the deadly …

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Insider Interview: Reducing the risk of adverse cardiovascular events

February 3, 2020
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Insider Interview, cardiovascular, heart disease, pharma

Rodrigo Gribble, Vice President Cardiovascular at AstraZeneca, breaks down recently published data from the PEGASUS trial of ticagrelor, a potential …

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Gilead’s experimental Ebola drug being tested in patients infected with coronavirus

February 3, 2020
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China and the US are testing Gilead’s remdesivir in patients with the coronavirus, in the hopes of developing an effective …

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BMS pulls Opdivo+Yervoy combo in EU for advanced non-small cell lung cancer

February 3, 2020
Sales and Marketing BMS, Cancer, Europe, Yervoy, lung cancer, opdivo

Bristol-Myers Squibb has confirmed it has withdrawn its application with the European Commission for its combination of Opdivo (nivolumab) and …

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More Britons evacuated from Wuhan as UK donates £20 million to speed up vaccine

February 3, 2020
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More Britons have been flown back from Wuhan, the heart of the coronavirus outbreak, while the UK government has donated …

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AbbVie’s Venclyxto pins down CHMP approval for treatment-naive chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

February 3, 2020
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The European Medicines Agency (EMA)’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has awarded recommendation to AbbVie’s Venclyxto (venetoclax), …

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FDA approves first treatment for peanut allergy

February 3, 2020
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The FDA has approved its first treatment for peanut allergy in patients between ages four and 17. The drug is …

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AI firm Exscientia appoints COO and Head of Drug Discovery

January 31, 2020
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AI drug discovery firm Exscientia has announced the appointment of Dr David Hallett as its Chief Operating Officer and Head …

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NHS Chief Simon Stevens: Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop poses “considerable risks to health”

January 31, 2020
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NHS Chief Executive Simon Stevens has gone head-to-head with Hollywood actor and “wellness guru” Gwyneth Paltrow, taking aim at her …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

January 31, 2020
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This week nasal sprays based on illegal recreational drugs feature prominently, as the FDA has moved to approve Lannett Company’s …

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Two coronavirus cases in the UK as WHO declare outbreak as a ‘global emergency’

January 31, 2020
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Two people have tested positive for the Wuhan coronavirus in the UK, they are both part of the same family …

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Bayer and Orion’s Nubeqa shows off strong overall survival benefit in castration-resistant prostate cancer

January 31, 2020
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Bayer and Finnish pharma firm Orion Corporation have announced positive new Phase 3 data for their jointly developed oral androgen …

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Exscientia creates first drug using AI

January 31, 2020
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Exscientia has created a new OCD drug using artificial intelligence to sift through potential compounds, checking them against a huge …

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Read the January/February 2020 edition of Pharmafocus online now!

January 30, 2020
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Pharmafocus returns for the New Year with its January/February issue, and things have certainly changed since we left. Brexit got …

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FDA warns Purell not to claim sanitizers prevent Ebola

January 30, 2020
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The FDA has issued a warning letter to Purcell telling them to stop its misleading advertising of their sanitiser products. …

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Healthy cells in lungs can repair the damage from smoking

January 30, 2020
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Human lungs have the ‘magical’ ability to repair the cancerous mutations caused by smoking cigarettes, but only if people quit …

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Spring Bank Pharma shuts down HBV drug development following patient death

January 30, 2020
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Biopharma firm Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals has revealed it has taken the decision to terminate all further development of inarigivir soproxil …

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