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NHS no longer able to deliver on standards, warn bosses

January 11, 2018
Medical Communications NHS, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The struggles of the NHS this winter are no secret, especially after being front and centre of the first Prime …

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Dr Aidan Murphy becomes Ipsen’s new Executive VP, Technical Operations

January 10, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing appointment, ipsen, pharma

Dr Aidan Murphy has been named by Ipsen’s new Executive Vice President, Technical Operations, succeeding Jonathan Barnsley who retired at …

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Lundbeck partners with Vanderbilt University on schizophrenia research project

January 10, 2018
Research and Development

Danish pharmaceutical firm Lundbeck has signed a separate licensing and research collaboration agreement with Tennessee’s Vanderbilt University to develop a …

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New project examining FDA-approved drugs for Alzheimer’s, worries over research remains

January 10, 2018
Research and Development Alzheimer's, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

It’s been a gloomy period for research into Alzheimer’s disease treatments in the last week, Pfizer announced it would be …

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Bayer and J&J successfully reverse $28 million Xarelto court payout

January 10, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bayer, J&J, JJ, Johnson & Johnson, Xarelto, pharma

Bayer and Johnson & Johnson have managed to avert a payout of $27.8 million after a Pennsylvania state court judge …

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Slow-release, once-weekly pill for HIV developed

January 10, 2018
Research and Development HIV, Lyndra, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Patient adherence is a big issue across the healthcare system, where individuals, even with the most serious conditions, do not …

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Swallowable capsules could revolutionise bowel disorder treatment

January 9, 2018
Research and Development biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Researchers from RMIT University in Australia were tasked with developing a more effective breath test for determining what was happening …

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Sri Lanka to build first-ever pharmaceutical manufacturing zone

January 9, 2018
Manufacturing and Production Pharma Zone, Sri Lanka, manufacturing, pharma

Sri Lanka is set to build its first-ever exclusive pharmaceutical manufacturing zone, it has emerged. The State Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Corporation …

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Six-strong collaboration to sequence 500,000 exomes

January 9, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development UK Biobank, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

A collaboration that sees six pharma players come together to fund the sequencing of a particular section of DNA of …

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Shire announces split into two business units, downgrades revenue forecast

January 9, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Shire, neuroscience, pharma, rare disease

Shire has revealed that it now plans to move forward by separating its operations into two distinct divisions: rare disease …

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Hunt resists move from health secretary position, receives expanded role

January 9, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications Jeremy Hunt, NHS, Theresa May, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

As part of Theresa May’s well-publicised cabinet reshuffle, many were expecting Jeremy Hunt to move from his position as Secretary …

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Ex-Genentech exec named as new Juno Therapeutics CIO

January 8, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing appointment, juno therapeutics

Biopharmaceutical firm and cellular immunotherapy specialist Juno Therapeutics has named Cindy Elkins as its new Chief Information Officer, where she …

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Axovant’s drug bested by placebo, shares reduced to dust

January 8, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Axovant, Roivant, biotech, dementia, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The signs were already there for Axovant Sciences’ key drug, intepirdine, when it posted poor results from a recent study …

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Sanofi and Alynylam rejig sees global rights switch-up

January 8, 2018
Sales and Marketing Alynylam, Sanofi, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The Sanofi-Alynylam alliance has been in place since 2014, with the latest development seeing the two companies each take their …

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The PROs and cons of pushing patient centricity

January 8, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing feature, patient reported outcomes, pharma

As the pharmaceutical industry places increasing weight on the importance of patient-reported outcomes in securing approvals, Ben Hargreaves examines how …

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FDA clears Amgen’s bone drug for multiple myeloma

January 8, 2018
Sales and Marketing Amgen, Cancer, Xgeva, multiple myeloma, pharma

Amgen has announced that the FDA has approved the indication expansion of its drug Xgeva (denosumab) to include the treatment …

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Celgene in $7bn shot on Impact

January 8, 2018
Sales and Marketing Celgene, Impact Biomedicines, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Billions of dollars do not often get put down for drugs that have been dropped by a major pharma company, …

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Novo Nordisk ups acquisition bid to €2.6 billion, Ablynx says no

January 8, 2018
Sales and Marketing Ablynx, Novo Nordisk, acquisition, pharma

It has emerged that Novo Nordisk has extended a bid of €2.6 billion to buy Belgian biotech Ablynx. The new …

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Pfizer exits neuroscience R&D space

January 8, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pfizer, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Pfizer announced over the weekend that it would be backing out of research and development into the neuroscience area, abandoning …

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Philippines’ FDA suspends Dengvaxia marketing, Sanofi responds

January 5, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Philippines, Sanofi, dengue, dengvaxia, pharma

As the Dengvaxia scandal in the Philippines rolls into 2018, it emerges that the country’s Food and Drugs Administration has …

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