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Novartis names new Chief Digital Officer

August 24, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novartis, appointment, digital pharma, life sciences, pharma, pharmaceuticals

Novartis has announced that it has appointed a new Chief Digital Officer in the form of Bertrand Bodson, who will …

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Novartis gets EU nod for potential blockbuster breast cancer drug

August 24, 2017
Sales and Marketing CDK4/6, Novartis, biotech, breast cancer, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Novartis has released that it has received marketing approval from the European Commission for its drug for the treatment of …

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Janssen opposes use of its drug in state execution

August 23, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Janssen, etomidate, life sciences, pharma, pharmaceutical

Janssen has spoken out against plans to use an anaesthetic drug it invented over 50 years ago to execute prisoners, …

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Collaboration between Lilly and CRUK progresses to clinical trials

August 23, 2017
Research and Development Cancer Research UK, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Cancer Research UK has announced that its collaboration with Eli Lilly for the treatment of advanced solid tumours will progress …

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Scientists discover ‘Achilles’ heel’ of oesophageal cancer

August 23, 2017
Research and Development ICR, Janssen, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Researchers from The Institute of Cancer Research have potentially found a new use for Imbruvica, after discovering a weakness in …

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Novartis launches first large-scale smartphone-based study in multiple sclerosis

August 23, 2017
Research and Development MS, Novartis, life sciences, multiple sclerosis, pharma, pharmaceuticals

Novartis has launched what it claims is the first large-scale mobile research study which will gather data on multiple sclerosis …

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Ultragenyx stumbles in P3 trial for severe muscle disease

August 23, 2017
Research and Development Ultragenyx, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Ultragenyx has revealed results from a Phase 3 trial into the treatment of GNE myopathy showed that its compound did …

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Research unveils new drug targets for more effective treatment of liver disease

August 22, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development life sciences, liver, liver cancer, liver disease, pharma, pharmaceuticals

Researchers from KTH The Royal Institute of Technology and Gothenburg University have identified new drug targets in the treatment of …

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AstraZeneca strikes mRNA-based partnership in respiratory disease

August 22, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Ethris, MedImmune, mrna, pharma, pharmaceuticals

AstraZeneca and MedImmune, the company’s biologics research arm, have forged a five year research partnership with mRNA-based pulmonary disease specialist …

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Hikma risks a stratospheric 430% price increase on product

August 22, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Hikma, biotech, drugs, generics, pharma, pharmaceutical

It wasn’t so long ago that pharmaceutical companies could change the prices of its products with little scrutiny. A series …

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FDA approves Ironwood’s combination gout treatment

August 22, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Duzallo, FDA, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, gout, life sciences, pharma, pharmaceuticals

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals has announced that the FDA has approved its drug Duzallo for the treatment of hyperuricemia associated with gout …

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Outcry after private hospitals receive tax breaks instead of NHS

August 22, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications NHS, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

It has been revealed that private hospitals being run across England and Wales will receive £52 million in tax breaks …

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Taking science and making people feel connected to it

August 21, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pfizer, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical, rare diseases

Owen Marks, Country Head for the Rare Disease Unit at Pfizer UK, discusses his career so far and what drives …

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Antibacterial power of mother’s milk revealed

August 21, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Researchers from Vanderbilt University have discovered a previously unknown ability of a compound in mother’s milk to protect new-borns from …

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US Congressmen accuse Teva of price hikes over 1,000%

August 21, 2017
Sales and Marketing Copaxone, Teva, life sciences, medicine, multiple sclerosis, pharma, pharmaceutical, price hiking

A pair of US Congressmen have fired allegations at Israeli drugmaker Teva accusing the firm of hiking the price of …

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Samsung Bioepis collaborates to make inroads into original drugs

August 21, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Samsung Bioepis, Takeda, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Thus far, Samsung Bioepis has made its name by being a thorn in the side of the producers of original …

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New study debunks hypothesis that antidepressants are ineffective

August 21, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing SSRIs, anti-depressants, citalopram, life sciences, medicine, paroextine, pharma, pharmaceuticals

A research group at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden have released findings rebutting the claim …

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Novartis begins ‘next-generation’ malaria treatment trial

August 21, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MMV, Novartis, biotech, drugs, malaria, pharma, pharmaceutical

Novartis, alongside Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), have revealed that trials into a new antimalarial compound have begun in a …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

August 18, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing life sciences, medicine, pharma, pharmaceutical, top ten

A lot has happened in the world this week, but the pharma industry still found itself on the frontlines of …

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The pendulum swing of generic drug prices

August 18, 2017
Medical Communications biotech, drugs, generics, pharma, pharmaceutical

The prices of generic drugs have been driven lower as companies compete to undercut one another. This has led to …

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