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NICE launches public consultation on changes for health technology evaluation

August 19, 2021

NICE has launched a public consultation on proposed changes to the way it develops recommendations across its health technology evaluation …

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Plague vaccine trial to start using AstraZeneca COVID jab tech

August 19, 2021

The University of Oxford has begun a Phase I trial using a plague vaccine based on the ChAdOx1 adenovirus viral …

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UK study finds Pfizer and AstraZeneca jabs effective against Delta variant

August 19, 2021

A study led by Oxford University and the Office for National Statistics has found that the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, though …

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Top UK medical cannabis firm acquires Spanish producer Sanoid

August 18, 2021
Research and Development

Grow Group, a UK medical cannabis firm, announced on Wednesday the acquisition of Sanoid Isolates, a key medical cannabis producer …

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Sackler family refuse to pay billions for opioid crisis unless given immunity

August 18, 2021
Research and Development

The Sackler family, the billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma, vowed in court on Tuesday that unless they are granted legal …

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Aspirin trialled as potential treatment for aggressive form of breast cancer

August 18, 2021
Research and Development

Aspirin is being trialled in combination with immunotherapy drugs as part of a potential new treatment for an aggressive form …

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Bidding war for Australian mRNA vaccine production

August 18, 2021
Research and Development

Biotech company IDT has put forward a proposal to the Australian federal government to produce 100 million mRNA vaccines from …

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Anger as NICE pauses advice on chronic fatigue syndrome therapy

August 18, 2021
Research and Development

NICE has paused publication of its updated guideline on the diagnosis and management of myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy)/chronic fatigue syndrome …

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6,000 lawsuits revived against 3M over surgical infections from warming device in US

August 17, 2021
Manufacturing and Production

A US federal appeals court has revived nearly 6,000 lawsuits against 3M Co alleging that its widely used device to …

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Legislative U-turn on blood plasma use for immunoglobulin treatment

August 17, 2021
Manufacturing and Production

Plasma from blood donations in England will now be used for immunoglobulin treatments in a U-turn in regulation that was …

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Cases of Bell’s Palsy linked to Sinovac’s COVID jab

August 17, 2021
Manufacturing and Production

A report recently published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal has found the risk of Bell’s Palsy, a type of …

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Phase III trials for Novartis’s Beovu meet primary endpoints

August 17, 2021
Manufacturing and Production

Novartis has announced positive results from two Phase III clinical trials assessing Beovu in patients with diabetic macular edema. Year …

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Biotage triples mRNA production equipment capacity

August 17, 2021
Manufacturing and Production

Biotage has announced the expansion of its production capacity of large-scale flash columns, an element important for the production of …

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Record number of children in hospital with COVID in US

August 16, 2021
Sales and Marketing

The number of children in the US who have been hospitalised with COVID-19 has hit a record high. As of …

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All 16 and 17-year-olds in England to be offered COVID vaccine by 23 August

August 16, 2021
Sales and Marketing

The UK government has announced that all 16 and 17-year-olds will be offered their first COVID vaccine dose or the …

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Eli Lilly’s lebrikizumab significantly improves atopic dermatitis in Phase III trial

August 16, 2021
Sales and Marketing

Eli Lilly’s lebrikizumab significantly improved skin clearance and itch in people with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis in two Phase III trials. …

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Health Canada accepts rolling submission for Merck’s experimental COVID therapy

August 16, 2021
Sales and Marketing

Merck has begun its rolling submission to Health Canada for its experimental antiviral agent, molnupiravir, as a potential COVID-19 therapy. …

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Australia buys Pfizer vaccines from Poland amid record COVID infections

August 16, 2021
Sales and Marketing

Australia has purchased around 1 million Pfizer vaccines from Poland as the country battles a wave of infections. Australian Prime …

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President Joe Biden calls for lower prescription drug costs

August 13, 2021
Medical Communications

President Joe Biden has called on congress to take steps to lower prescription drug costs. This would also include allowing …

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$14.4 million: UnitedHealth Group settles charges of illegally denying coverage to patients

August 13, 2021
Medical Communications

The largest US health insurer, UnitedHealth Group, has settles federal and New York state charges of illegally denying coverage to …

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