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Infectious diseases dominate Nobel Prize awards for medicine

October 8, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Nobel Prize, artemisinin, ivermectin, malaria, mectizan, river blindness

Pharma researchers have been awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize for their work on a river blindness treatment, along with work …

News
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Multiple Sclerosis treatment will be a $20bn market by 2024

October 7, 2015
Research and Development multiple sclerosis

The value of the multiple sclerosis therapeutics market will rise slowly from $17.2 billion in 2014 to approximately $20 billion …

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Experts call for greater urgency in MS treatment

October 7, 2015
Research and Development multiple sclerosis

A therapeutic strategy in multiple sclerosis (MS) that aims to maximise lifelong brain health (neurological reserve) needs to be widely …

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PROFILE: Ambitious Ferring wants to be global fertility leader

October 7, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Ferring, peptides

The stunning view of the Alps across Lake Geneva from Ferring’s corporate headquarters in Saint-Prex seems appropriate for a company …

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amerisourcebergen

AmerisourceBergen acquires sterile compounder PharMEDium for $2.5bn

October 7, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AmerisourceBergen, mergers and acquisitions

AmerisourceBergen will now source compounded drugs for its hospital clients by manufacturing them itself after spending more than $2.5 billion …

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Akebia passes vadadustat for anaemia phase III study with FDA & EMA

October 7, 2015
Research and Development Akabia, FDA, anaemia

Akebia Therapeutics has announced the successful completion of the End-of-Phase II Meeting process with the FDA and the Scientific Advice …

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Rondo AG appoints Joachim Hoeltz as chief exec

October 7, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Joachim Hoeltz has been appointed chief executive at pharmaceutical packaging company Rondo AG within the Business Area Medipak Systems. He …

Appointment
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NICE approves Merck’s Keytruda for advanced skin cancer following ipilimumab treatment

October 7, 2015
Research and Development Merck, NHS, NICE, keytruda, skin cancer

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has approved Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for treating advanced skin cancer after …

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Sanofi MS treatment Aubagio slows brain atrophy in Phase III trial

October 7, 2015
Research and Development Genzyme, MS, Sanofi

Sanofi and its subsidiary Genzyme have announced that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data from the Phase III TEMSO study demonstrate …

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aristada

FDA approves Alkermes schizophrenia treatment

October 6, 2015
Research and Development Alkermes, Aristada, FDA, schizophrenia

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Alkermes’s Aristada (aripiprazole lauroxil) extended-release injectable suspension for the treatment of schizophrenia. Aristada …

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Flu jab reduces risk of stroke for two months

October 6, 2015
Research and Development flu vaccine, stroke

The risk of suffering a stroke is significantly reduced for up to two months after receiving a flu vaccine, a …

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Moving forward in diabetes

October 6, 2015
Research and Development Novo Nordiak, diabetes

As many as 387 million people worldwide are living with diabetes, and it is predicted that by 2035 more than …

Feature
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Novo Nordisk and Diabetes UK extend ‘Clinical Champions’ initiative

October 6, 2015
Medical Communications Novo Nordisk, diabetes

Diabetes UK and Novo Nordisk have announced the appointment of 20 Diabetes UK ‘Clinical Champions’, who will be supported and …

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David Luther joins MISSION Therapeutics

October 6, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing

Cambridge, UK-based MISSION Therapeutics has announced the appointment of David Luther as chief financial officer.Luther brings more than 25 years’ …

Appointment
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Baxter recalls saline after mould contamination

October 6, 2015
Manufacturing and Production baxter

Following a number of recalls earlier this year, Baxter has recalled potentially a further 140,000 bags of sodium chloride due …

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UK tops Quality of Death rankings

October 6, 2015
Medical Communications NHS, ageing population, palliative care

The UK has ranked first in the 2015 Quality of Death Index, a measure of the quality of palliative care …

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Cardinal Health completes $1.944bn acquisition of J&J’s Cordis

October 6, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Cardinal Health, Cordis, mergers and acquisitions

Cardinal Health has completed the acquisition of Johnson & Johnson’s Cordis business: a global leader in cardiology and endovascular devices, …

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Pfizer HQ

Pfizer axes lay-off plans and creates new jobs

October 6, 2015
Manufacturing and Production Pfizer

A Pfizer facility in Ireland that was set to close has now been taken off the list of facilities no longer needed …

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Desktop device synthesising lidocaine could revolutionise pharma manufacturing

October 6, 2015
Manufacturing and Production lidocaine

A novel device with the ability to produce one of the most in-demand anaesthetics in any location may set the …

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After Daraprim, Turing Pharma submits first in-house candidate to FDA

October 6, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development turing

Turing Pharma may have been on the end of some less-than-favourable media coverage in recent weeks, but the company is …

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