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Aimmune’s peanut allergy candidate hits main endpoint at Phase 3

February 21, 2018
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US biopharmaceutical firm Aimmune has revealed that its peanut allergy candidate AR101 hit its primary endpoint in the largest trial …

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AbbVie turns to tau for Alzheimer’s in $1.1bn deal

February 21, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Alzheimer's, Voyager, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Sailing against the prevailing winds in the Alzheimer’s disease space, AbbVie has launched a deal worth a potential $1.1 billion …

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Google develops AI to predict cardiovascular risk

February 21, 2018
Research and Development AI, Verily Life Sciences, biotech, cardiovascular, drugs, google, pharma, pharmaceutical

Google and Verily Life Sciences, a subsidiary within Alphabet, focused on developing health-tech, have revealed the fruits of a combined …

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NICE recommends thyroid cancer drug trio for NHS use

February 20, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Bayer, Cancer, Cometriq, Eisai, Lenvima, NICE, Nexavar, ipsen, pharma, thyroid cancer

NICE has announced its decision to recommend that three separate treatments for thyroid cancer should be made available for use …

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Shire, Microsoft and EURORDIS form rare disease alliance

February 20, 2018
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Rare disease specialist pharma firm Shire, rare disease patient alliance EURORDIS and tech giant Microsoft have announced they have formed …

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Low flu vaccine efficacy may be due to previous immune history, study finds

February 20, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development H3N2, Vaccine, flu, flue vaccine, influenza, pharma

The sometimes poor efficacy of influenza vaccines may be due to poor immune response and a patient’s wider immune history, …

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Japan’s Oncolys invests £3m in adenovirus firm Unleash Immuno Oncolytics

February 20, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Oncolys, Unleash Immuno Oncolytics, pharma

Unleash Immuno Oncolytics, a US firm focusing on the development of viral biologics in the treatment of cancer, has attracted …

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Lilly dumps Hanmi’s rheumatoid arthritis med

February 20, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Eli Lilly, arthritis, hanmi, pharma

Eli Lilly and Hanmi signed an exclusive licensing and collaboration agreement to develop the Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor, HM71224, …

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Patient experience: Living with multiple myeloma

February 19, 2018
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Pharmafocus talks to John Ellwood about the challenges of being diagnosed with multiple myeloma and how having a strong support …

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Apricus shares sink after failed erectile dysfunction application

February 19, 2018
Sales and Marketing Apricus, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Apricus Biosciences had a lot riding on its application to the FDA for its erectile dysfunction cream, Vitaros, with the …

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Janssen’s Tremfya shows long-term efficacy in moderate to severe plaque psoriasis

February 19, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Janssen, Tremfyam guselkumab, pharma, plaque psoriasis, psoriasis

Janssen has unveiled new Phase 3 trial data for its IL-23 inhibitor Tremfya (guselkumab), demonstrating that the drug was able …

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Celgene reveals strong P3 Otezla data in rare inflammatory condition

February 19, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Behçet's disease, Celgene, apremilast, otezla, pharma

Celgene has lifted the curtain on strong new Phase 3 data for its phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) inhibitor Otezla (apremilast) in …

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Long-running, $2.5bn lawsuit swings in Gilead’s favour

February 19, 2018
Sales and Marketing Gilead, MSD, biotech, drugs, harvoni, pharma, pharmaceutical, sovaldi

The fate of pharma company’s profits and losses largely rests on product approvals and the sales team behind them but, …

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AZ’s Imfinzi seals blockbuster lung cancer market with FDA nod

February 19, 2018
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Imfinzi, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

AstraZeneca’s immunotherapy, Imfinzi, arrived to the industry as a failure – there were big hopes resting on the company’s Mystic …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

February 16, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's disease, Roche, Top 10 news, Top ten news, Trump, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Another week is finished and it’s been a disastrous one for research into a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. Two of …

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Ovarian cancer risk may be inherited from the father, research indicates

February 16, 2018
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Researchers at the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Centre in New York have published findings indicating that ovarian cancer risk may …

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FDA weighs up divisive change to Alzheimer’s drug assessment

February 16, 2018
Medical Communications Alzheimer's, FDA, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an area badly in need of a treatment, the problem is that this prospect seems to …

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Roche boosts cancer efforts with $1.9 billion buyout of Flatiron Health

February 16, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Flatiron health, Roche, acquisition, oncology, pharma

Roche has announced it is to acquire privately held healthcare and technology firm Flatiron Health for $1.9 billion to leverage …

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Silicon Valley-backed Celgene spin-off launches with $250m

February 16, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Celgene, Celularity, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Biotechs are known for getting off the ground early with serious levels of financing, often based more on the acumen …

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Biogen shares hit by key Alzheimer’s drug concerns

February 15, 2018
Research and Development Alzheimer's, Biogen, MSD, Merck, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Biogen made investors very nervous after it announced that it was choosing to add an additional 510 patients to its …

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