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Boehringer teams up with OSE in €1.1 billion cancer drug partnership

April 5, 2018
Sales and Marketing Boehringer, Cancer, OSE Immunotherapeutics, partnership, pharma

Boehringer Ingelheim and biotech firm OSE Immunotherapeutics have announced that they have entered an exclusive collaboration and license agreement to …

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Obesity admissions double in four years

April 5, 2018
Medical Communications NHS, UK, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

New figures show that hospital admissions related to obesity have doubled over the last four years in the UK, placing …

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Lilly and Sigilon team up in $473m+ deal to ‘cure’ diabetes

April 5, 2018
Sales and Marketing Eli Lilly, Sigilon Therapeutics, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Eli Lilly and Sigilon Therapeutics have announced a partnership that looks to break new ground in the management of type …

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NICE rejects Dupixent for atopic dermatitis on cost grounds, Sanofi responds

April 4, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Dupixent, NICE, Sanofi, atopic dermatitis, eczema, pharma

UK drug watchdog NCIE has issued draft guidance rejecting the routine use of Sanofi’s Dupixent (dupilumab) for the treatment of …

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Proton beam therapy finally arrives in UK

April 4, 2018
Medical Communications, Research and Development NHS, Proton beam therapy, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

28 years after the US first pioneered proton beam therapy at Loma Linda University Medical Center, the UK now has …

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Twin-drug combo effectively shrinks lung cancers by blocking their “escape route”

April 4, 2018
Research and Development Cancer, epidermal growth factor, lung cancer, pharma, tumour necrosis factor

A study conducted by researchers at UT Southwestern’s Simmons Cancer Center has revealed that a combination of two specific drug …

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Pfizer running out of options for consumer business

April 4, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing P&G, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

A surprise new name was thrown into the ring to take on Pfizer’s healthcare unit but speculation suggests that valuation …

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Ex-Kite execs form a CAR T rival

April 4, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Allogene, Pfizer, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

After working to bring through Kite Pharma from the pre-clinical development stage to its final $12 billion acquisition by Gilead, …

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Patient experience: Living with ovarian cancer

April 3, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Ingrid Copperman, feature, ovarian cancer, patient experience, pharma

Ingrid Copperman recounts the many ways she has dealt with her diagnosis, as well as how the power of social …

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One centre for cancer diagnoses trialled

April 3, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

NHS England is trialling centres that should be able to provide rapid answers as to whether a patient has cancer …

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Alkermes sent reeling as FDA refuses review of depression treatment

April 3, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alkermes, FDA, depression, major depressive disorder, pharma

Alkermes shares were knocked down to their lowest level since October 2016 after it was revealed that the FDA had …

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Rumours Allergan is looking to offload $5bn women’s health unit

April 3, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Allergan, Restasis, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

According to a piece by Bloomberg, Allergan is looking at options to divest its women’s health unit in a move …

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AZ’s MedImmune signs $200m immuno-oncology partnership with Compugen

April 3, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, MedImmune, compugen, immunotherapy, oncology, pharma

AstraZeneca’s biologic R&D unit MedImmune is set to enter a partnership with Israeli drug firm Compugen to develop bi-specific and …

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Celgene’s COO heads to the exit

April 3, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Celgene, Mark Alles, Scott Smith, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Celgene has had a rough six months, its share price since the beginning of October has dropped from $146 to …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

March 29, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ablynx, Cancer, GSK, Hemlibra, MSD, Roche, Sun Pharma, Takeda, brexit, pharma, tecentriq, top ten

As we approach the Easter weekend, we at Pharmafocus hope all of our readers have a great long weekend, if …

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bluebird backs own CAR-T prospect, takes option to co-develop with Celgene

March 29, 2018
Sales and Marketing Bluebird Bio, CAR T, CAR-T, Celgene, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Biotech companies showing faith in their own prospect drug candidates is not an unusual occurrence, some do it to extremes. …

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Teva spared payout to GSK over patent infringement dispute

March 29, 2018
Sales and Marketing Coreg, GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, Teva, carvedilol, heart failure, pharma

Teva has been spared a sizeable payout to GlaxoSmithKline after a federal judge overturned a US jury verdict demanding that …

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Fujifilm bolsters healthcare with two biotech buys for $800m

March 29, 2018
Sales and Marketing Fujifilm, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Fujifilm has made no secret of the fact it is looking to switch up part of its core business to …

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Takeda moots Shire move but big questions remain

March 28, 2018
Sales and Marketing Shire, Takeda, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Takeda is considering making a bold move for Shire, after announcing, as per UK regulations, that it may make an …

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InSight Innovations to buy CureTech in $550m deal

March 28, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cancer, CureTech, Insight Innovations, Pfizer, Teva, brain cancer, brain tumour, immunotherapy, israel

Israeli drug firm CureTech is be sold for the third time in four years, this time to InSight Innovations in …

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