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House of Lords slams “short-termism” of NHS in new report

April 6, 2017
Medical Communications House of Lords, NHS

A new report from the House of Lords has slammed current and past “short-sighted” governments for failing to provide a …

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Pfizer resolves pension dispute at Irish facility

April 5, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Ireland, Pfizer, Siptu

Pfizer and trade union Siptu have reached an agreement over a pension dispute at the company’s plant at Ringaskiddy in …

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Supercomputer discovers how cell membrane shape causes cancer

April 5, 2017
Research and Development Cancer, K-Ras

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have harnessed the power of a supercomputer to analyse one particular …

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Researchers identify key protein in cancer drug resistance

April 5, 2017
Research and Development Cancer, university of salford

A University of Salford research team has identified a gene which they believe is one of the leading causes of …

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GSK hit by recall of 600,000 inhalers

April 5, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development FDA, GSK, Ventolin

The FDA has released that GSK would be voluntarily recalling close to 600,000 of its Ventolin asthma inhalers across the …

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Joanne Estell joins Shield Therapeutics as CFO

April 5, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Shield Therapeutics has announced that it has recruited Joanne Estell as its new CFO and board member; she will step …

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Common antibiotic shows promise as novel PTSD treatment

April 5, 2017
Research and Development PTSD, UCL, antibiotic, doxycycline

Research coming out of University College London (UCL) and the University of Zurich has indicated that common antibiotic doxycycline could …

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NICE turns down Shire’s pancreatic cancer treatment

April 4, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing NICE, Pancreatic cancer, Shire

NICE has announced its intention not to recommend the NHS use of Shire’s Onivyde (pegylated liposomal irinotecan) for the treatment …

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Mylan hit with fresh lawsuit over EpiPen pricing

April 4, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Mylan, epipen, pricing

Just as it faces worldwide reports that over 80,000 of its EpiPens do not function properly and as the FDA …

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Teva’s Huntington’s treatment becomes first FDA-approved deuterated drug

April 4, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Austedo, FDA, Teva

Israel’s Teva Pharmaceuticals has announced that the FDA has given its approval for Austedo (deutetrabenazine) in the treatment of chorea …

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Sanofi to pay $20m fine for overcharging US veterans

April 4, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Sanofi, Sanofi Pasteur, US

Sanofi Pasteur, the French firm’s vaccines unit, has agreed to pay a $19.8 million settlement over claims it overcharged the …

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Novartis combo expands into lung cancer with EU approval

April 4, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing NSCLC, Novartis, Tafinlar, mekinist

Novartis has announced that its Tafinlar (dabrafenib) and Mekinist (trametinib) drug combo has been approved by the European Commission (EC) …

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Vencerx Therapeutics ring the changes appointing ex-Pfizer Director as CEO

April 3, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Vencerx therapeutics

Vencerx Therapeutics, a biotech focused on developing treatments for neurodevelopmental disorders, has announced the appointment of Robert Ring as CEO. …

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Behind Rare Disease Day 2017

April 3, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Rare Disease Day, rare disease

Rare Disease Day falls on the last day of February, meaning every four years it occurs on a leap year, …

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Finger-prick blood test could help with depression medication

April 3, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have found that simple finger-prick blood test could reveal the most …

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Immune system influences immunotherapy effectiveness, research shows

April 3, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing immunotherapy, nivolumab, opdivo

Preliminary research conducted at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) has discovered a link between levels of certain immune …

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Pfizer secures expanded approval for Ibrance

April 3, 2017
Sales and Marketing Pfizer, ibrance

Pfizer has announced that FDA has approved its supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Ibrance, meaning that the drug is …

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FDA issues US-wide recall of Mylan’s EpiPen

April 3, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing FDA, Mylan, epipen

After recent reports of around 80,000 defective EpiPen’s across Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Ireland, the FDA …

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Astellas lines up Ogeda for acquisition in $853 million deal

April 3, 2017
Sales and Marketing Astellas, Ogeda SA, menopause

Astellas, based in Tokyo, has announced that it has agreed a deal to acquire Belgium-based Ogeda SA. The deal will …

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Crunch Time: The Impact of Serialisation Requirements on Packaging Operations

March 31, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing PCI services

Introduction More than three years have passed since the US federal government signed the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) …

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