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FDA gives accelerated approval to AstraZeneca and Daiichi’s breast cancer drug

December 23, 2019
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Breast Cancer drug, Cancer, breast cancer, skin cancer

The FDA has approved the breast cancer drug Enhertu, developed by AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo. José Basel, the Executive Vice …

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Galderma Acne treatment receives approval from Europe

December 20, 2019
Medical Communications Acne cream, Retinoid, acne

Galderma’s acne cream AKLIEF (trifarotene 50 mcg) has received approval by the European Union after reviewing its summary of product …

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AstraZeneca sells Amrimidx and Casodex European rights to Juvisé Pharmaceuticals

December 20, 2019
Medical Communications AstraZeneca, Cancer, Juvise, breast cancer, prostate cancer

AstraZeneca has announced that it has agreed to sell the rights to Arimidex (anastrozole) and Casodex (bicalutamide) in Europe, as …

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FDA approves Merck & Co’s Ebola vaccine

December 20, 2019
Medical Communications Ebola, Ebola Drug, Ebola West Africa, Ebola vaccine, Merck

The FDA has approved Merck & Co’s Ebola vaccine, Ervebo. This marks the first time they have approved a vaccine …

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AbbVie granted EU marketing authorisation for new arthritis drug

December 19, 2019
Business Services AbbVie, EC, EU, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis

AbbVie have announced that the European Commission (EC) have granted marketing authorisation for RINVOQ (upadacitnib). It’s a daily selective reversible …

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FDA approves Seattle Genetics and Astellas Pharma’s bladder cancer drug

December 19, 2019
Business Services Astellas Pharma, Cancer, Padcev, Seattle Genetics, bladder cancer

The FDA has granted accelerated approval for Seattle Genetics and Astellas Pharma’s bladder cancer drug Padcev (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv). The drug’s …

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AstraZeneca Vietnam obtains license to import pharmaceuticals

December 19, 2019
Business Services AstraZeneca, AstraZeneca Vietnam, Vietnamese, vietnam

AstraZeneca Vietnam Co. Ltd becomes only the second multinational company in the country to obtain a license to import pharmaceuticals. …

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Novartis plans giveaways of world’s most expensive drug

December 19, 2019
Business Services Novartis, Zolgensma, sma

Novartis plans to giveaway 50 doses of the world’s costliest single-dose treatment, Zolgensma, for babies under 2 years old, with …

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LSD treatment for Alzheimer’s patients proves safe in recent trial

December 19, 2019
Business Services Alzheimer's, FDA, LSD, Magic mushrooms, psilocybin

The results of a Phase 1 clinical trial shows that Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) can be microdosed safely, and potentially …

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Trump administration takes steps to allow cheaper drug imports from Canada

December 18, 2019
Business Services Big Pharma, FDA, Trump, Trump Administraion, US Pharma

The Trump administration is close to allowing the import of some prescription Canadian drugs into the country.The FDA and the …

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FDA advisory panel back Merck & Co.’s Keytruda treatment for bladder cancer

December 18, 2019
Research and Development FDA, Merck, Merck and Co, NHS, NICE, keytruda

An FDA advisory committee voted 9 to 4 in favour of recommending Merk and Co’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for treatment in …

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NHS Scotland gives green light to funding haemophilia A drug Hemlibra

December 18, 2019
Research and Development NHS, haemophilia, haemophilia B, haemophilia a, nhs scotland

NHS Scotland has commissioned Hemlibra (emicizumab), by Chungai Pharma UK Ltd and Roche Products Ltd, to treat people with congenital …

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Eli Lilly CEO says Elizabeth Warren’s claims they failed on cheaper insulin is ‘nonsense’

December 18, 2019
Research and Development Bernie Sanders, Eli Lilly, Elizabeth Warren, US Pharma, US Presidential Election, insulin

David Ricks, the CEO of Eli Lilly, has said that Presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren’s claims his company failed on …

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FDA advisory committee approves the use of Lynparza in pancreatic cancer

December 18, 2019
Research and Development AstraZeneca, Cancer, Merck, Pancreatic cancer, lynparza

The FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) has recommended the approval of AstraZeneca and Merck’s Lynparza (olaparib) to treat pancreatic …

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Novartis abandons asthma drug after Phase 3 trial results

December 17, 2019
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Novartis have said it is not going forward with a new asthma drug, as the treatement failed its Phase 3 …

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Irish haemophilia A patients to get continued access to Sobi’s extended half-life factor replacement therapy

December 17, 2019
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The Republic of Ireland’s Haemophilia Product Selection and Monitoring Advisory Board (HPSMAB) and Sobi United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, …

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Sackler family withdrew $10 billion from Purdue Pharma while legal pressure mounted, audit shows

December 17, 2019
Manufacturing and Production Oxy, OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, Sackler family, opioid, opioid crisis, sackler

An audit commissioned by Purdue Pharma, to help navigate its bankruptcy, indicates that members of the Sackler family withdrew $10.7 …

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FDA approves Pfizer and Astellas Pharma’s prostate cancer drug

December 17, 2019
Manufacturing and Production Astellas Pharma, Cancer, FDA, Pfizer, Xtandi, prostate cancer

The FDA has approved Pfizer and Astellas Pharma’s Xtandi (enzalutamide) to treat patients with a type of prostate cancer. The …

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British Pharmacists call for regulation on non-medicinal CBD products

December 17, 2019
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Pharmacists are calling for more checks on products containing Cannabis derivative cannabidiol (CBD) that are sold in shops across the …

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Roche’s Tecentriq combo boosts progression-free survival in previously untreated BRAF V600 mutation-positive advanced melanoma

December 16, 2019
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Roche, melanoma, pharma, tecentriq

Roche has lifted the curtain on new Phase 3 data for its immunotherapy Tecentriq (atezolizumab), confirming that the therapy, when …

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