Trump’s FDA pick vows to sever past pharma ties to avoid partisanship
March 30, 2017Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing FDA, Scott Gottlieb, Trump
After much speculation, Donald Trump recently announced his top pick for Commissioner of the FDA as Dr Scott Gottlieb. Gottlieb …
Mylan’s generic of best-selling GSK drug delayed by FDA
March 30, 2017Sales and Marketing Advair, GSK, Mylan
Mylan’s plan to bring its generic competitor to GSK’s best-selling respiratory drug, Advair, has hit a major snag after it …
First treatment for form of MS approved by FDA
March 30, 2017Sales and Marketing Biogen, Genentech, MS, Roche
In big news for sufferers of MS and the company that developed the drug, Roche subsidiary Genetech, the FDA has …
Novartis investigational CAR-T therapy gets FDA priority review
March 30, 2017Sales and Marketing CTL019, FDA, Novartis, leukaemia
Novartis’ investigational chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy CTL019 (tisagenlecleucel-T) has been awarded has been awarded priority review by …
Women are 77% of NHS workforce but occupy only 41% board positions
March 29, 2017Medical Communications NHS
A new report, entitled Women on NHS board: 50:50 by 2020, found that women occupied only 41% of board positions …
The April 2017 edition of Pharmafocus is available to read online now!
March 29, 2017Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pharmafocus, Pharmafocus new issue
From industry reaction to NICE’s new regulatory guidelines to the rising threat of counterfeit medicine, you can read all the …
Replica reproductive tract could aid drug trials
March 29, 2017Research and Development Woodruff lab
If most people were asked whether they had heard of a scandal in the pharmaceutical industry, the drug that would …
New drug therapy ‘reverses’ diabetes in mice
March 29, 2017Research and Development diabetes
A team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have developed a drug therapy which has shown …
Breakthrough eczema drug given FDA approval
March 29, 2017Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Dupixent, Regeneron, Sanofi
Regeneron and Sanofi have received approval for its eczema treatment, Dupixent, by the FDA. The treatment will be the first …
Cuts to prescriptions aims to save £128 million annually
March 28, 2017Medical Communications, Research and Development NHS England, prescription
NHS England has identified 10 items that it believes can cut £128 million from its yearly bill. The 10 items …
Alexion leadership uncertainty ends as ex-Baxalta CEO steps in
March 28, 2017Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alexion, CEO
Alexion had been left in leadership limbo for the beginning of the year, as former CEO and CFO left under …
Renowned scientist Owen N. Witte joins Kite Pharma Board of Directors
March 28, 2017Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
Kite Pharma has revealed the addition of celebrated bioscientist and researcher Dr Owen N. Witte to its Board of Directors, …
Mylan set to close Meda US manufacturing facility
March 28, 2017Manufacturing and Production Meda, Mylan
Mylan continues to cut away Meda’s US operations to “reduce redundancy” – the latest sees Mylan closing an Illinois-based facility, …
Former Valeant CEO Michael Pearson sues over $30m unpaid shares
March 28, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Michael Pearson, Valeant
Ex-Valeant CEO Michael Pearson is suing his former company over its failure to deliver three million shares he claims he …
EMA recommends suspension of 331 drugs over testing concerns
March 28, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Aurobindo, Micro Therapeutic Research Labs, Novartis, Sandoz
The EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has called for the suspension of 331 drugs due to …
45% of healthcare professionals not disclosing payments from industry
March 28, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications ABPI, disclosure, disclosure uk
The research organisation ABPI, alongside RAND Europe, has released a ‘snapshot’ of data, from its Disclosure UK database, from January …
Butterworth Laboratories secures additional facility
March 28, 2017Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
Leading UK contract analytical chemistry provider, Butterworth Laboratories Ltd, is delighted to announce it has secured an additional facility in …
Manufacture of red blood cells possible after research breakthrough
March 27, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Stem cells, University of Bristol
Researchers from the University of Bristol and NHS Blood and Transplant have managed to perfect a technique whereby it is …
Bone Therapeutics strengthens leadership with new CMO
March 27, 2017Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bone therapeutics
Bone Therapeutics, a bone cell therapy company focusing on orthopaedics and bone disease, has appointed Miguel Forte to the position …
Pfizer receive European approval for arthritis drug
March 27, 2017Sales and Marketing Pfizer, rheumatoid arthritis
Following on from the positive opinion given to Xeljanz in January of this year, Pfizer’s drug has now been given …
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