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Samsung Bioepis’ Ontruzant becomes first Herceptin biosimilar approved in Europe

November 20, 2017
Sales and Marketing EMA, Herceptin, Roche, Samsung Bioepis

Samsung Bioepis has announced that Ontruzant, the company’s biosimilar version of Roche’s Herceptin, has been awarded marketing authorisation in Europe …

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UK austerity measures to social care led to 120,000 deaths

November 17, 2017
Medical Communications UK, austerity, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical, social care

A new study has claimed that austerity measures introduced since 2010 are linked to 120,000 deaths across England. The research …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

November 17, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pharmafocus, pharmafile, top ten

It’s Friday, and it’s time for another rundown of our most popular articles with our readers this week. Besides a …

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FDA expands use of Pfizer’s Sutent in kidney cancer

November 17, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Kidney cancer, Pfizer, Sutent, pharma

Pfizer has announced that the FDA has expanded the use of its tyrosine kinase inhibitor Sutent (sunitinib malate) to include …

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Roche’s haemophillia A treatment gets nod but with black box warning

November 17, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Hemlibra, Roche, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Roche needs its pipeline to pick up quick successes, with its big earners are looking at precipitous patent cliffs, and, …

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Boots under fire from Labour MPs over broken contraceptive promise

November 17, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Boots, biotech, drugs, morning after pill, pharma, pharmaceutical

Boots, a UK high-street pharmacy, has come under pressure from Labour MPs after it failed to adhere to its own …

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Trump nominates Ex-Lilly exec for health secretary role

November 16, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Alex Azar is officially President Trump’s nominee for the position as head of the Health and Human Services (HHS) agency, …

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Stem cell therapy fails to improve symptoms of peripheral artery disease

November 16, 2017
Research and Development Stem cells, peripheral artery disease, pharma, stem cell therapy, trial failure

A new study has revealed that a promising stem cell therapy failed to improve ability to walk in patients with …

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FDA approves electronic nerve stimulator for opioid withdrawal

November 16, 2017
Sales and Marketing NNS-2 Bridge, biotech, drugs, opioid, pharma, pharmaceutical

A device that delivers electronic pulses to the area around the ear, designed to stimulate the brain in order to …

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GSK gets EU go-ahead for triple therapy inhaler in COPD

November 16, 2017
Sales and Marketing COPD, FDA, GSK, Trelegy Ellipta, pharma

The EMA has awarded EU marketing authorisation to GlaxoSmithKline and Innovia’s single inhaler triple therapy Trelegy Ellipta (fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol) for …

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NICE approves Novartis and Pfizer’s rival breast cancer drugs

November 16, 2017
Sales and Marketing Kisqali, Novartis, Pfizer, biotech, drugs, ibrance, pharma, pharmaceutical

NICE has announced that it has given the nod to two new treatments for breast cancer with the approval of …

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Genentech cements relationship with Arvinas with $650m deal

November 16, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Arvinas, Genentech, Roche, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Genentech first signed a deal with Arvinas, a biotech focused on drugs within the protein degradation class, back in 2015. …

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Navigating the new Clinical Trial Regulation with DIA

November 16, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing biotech, dia, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

For those stakeholders involved with clinical trials in Europe, the new Clinical Trial Regulation to be introduced in 2019 will …

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Pfizer promotes Albert Bourla to newly-created COO role

November 15, 2017
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In a sizeable shake-up of its business operations, Pfizer has promoted Albert Bourla (pictured) to the role of Chief Operating …

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NHS backs innovative means of cutting diabetes risk

November 15, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development NHS, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

It was World Diabetes Day yesterday and the NHS announced a new tech initiative to help those most at risk …

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Promising new CAR-T therapy able to target T-cell lymphoma

November 15, 2017
Research and Development Autolus, CAR T, CAR-T, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The CAR-T space has progressed rapidly over the last few years, culminating in FDA approvals for Novartis and Gilead to …

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Psoriasis patients at greater risk of type 2 diabetes, study reveals

November 15, 2017
Research and Development diabetes, pharma, psoriasis, type 2 diabetes

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine have discovered that people with psoriasis are more at risk …

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FDA signals crackdown on controversial painkiller

November 15, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development biotech, drugs, kratom, pharma, pharmaceutical

Scott Gottlieb, the FDA’s Commissioner, issued an advisory about the medicinal plant-product known as kratom. The plant is known to …

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AstraZeneca’s Fasenra scores US approval in severe asthma

November 15, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Fasenra, MedImmune, asthma

AstraZeneca and MedImmune, the company’s biologics research and development division, have revealed the decision by the FDA to approve Fasenra …

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WestRock’s Multi Packaging Solutions partners with Smartglyph for SmarterBarcodes

November 14, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Multi Packaging Solutions

Multi Packaging Solutions, (MPS), a business of WestRock Company and a leader in value-added print and packaging solutions for the …

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