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Stefan Oschmann promoted to top job at Merck KGaA

October 13, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck KGaA, Stefan Oschmann

Merck KGaA has announced the promotion of its deputy chief executive, Stefan Oschmann, to the role of chief executive, starting …

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NICE launches new service to speed NHS adoption of health technologies

October 13, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, OMA, market access, office for market access

NICE is introducing a new service, the Office for Market Access (OMA), to work with industry to speed up NHS …

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Contact manufacturing ‘is changing the industry’, report finds

October 13, 2015
Manufacturing and Production CMO, contract manufacturing, manufacturing, pharma, production

The global market for pharma and biopharma contract manufacturing is expected to reach more than €332.7 billion by 2018, according …

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Berg interview: artificial intelligence and big data join the war on disease

October 13, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development AI, Berg, Big Data, genomics

Boston-based biopharmaceutical company Berg recently announced it joined an industry collaboration with Genomics England, set up by UK Prime Minister …

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AstraZeneca halts lung cancer trials amidst safety concerns

October 13, 2015
Manufacturing and Production AZD9291, AstraZeneca, MEDI4736, NSCLC, drug safety, durvalumab, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer

AstraZeneca is stopping two trials of a combination of two of its pipeline cancer treatments, after reports that the pairing …

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Merck improves manufacturing program

October 13, 2015
Manufacturing and Production Merck, Merck Millipore, manufacturing, production

Merck Millipore, the life science business arm of Merck KGaA, has introduced enhancements to its Emprove portfolio of raw pharmaceutical …

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Lilly shares fall as company abandons evacetrapib development

October 13, 2015
Manufacturing and Production evacetrapib, high cholesterol, lilly, phase III, phase III failure

Eli Lilly shares fell by nearly 8% this week as the company announced it will abandon developmenty of the investigational …

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Blow for Scottish women as SMC rejects Afinitor for advanced breast cancer

October 12, 2015
Sales and Marketing SMC, advanced breast cancer

The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has announced that it will not recommend Novartis’s Afinitor (everolimus) for use in advanced breast …

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New cancer medicines approved in Scotland, available via NHS

October 12, 2015
Sales and Marketing Scottish Medicines Consortium, Zytiga, abiraterone acetate, prostate cancer

The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has today recommended Janssen’s Zytiga (abiraterone acetate) for use before chemotherapy in men with advanced …

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Health professionals back transparency of their dealings with pharma

October 12, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, transparency

The majority of doctors, nurses, hospital specialists and pharmacists believe that payments received by healthcare professionals (HCPs) from pharmaceutical companies …

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Time for pharma to think big on genomics research

October 12, 2015
Research and Development Sir John Chisholm, genomics

Sir John Chisholm, executive chair of Genomics England, is very clear about what the project he is overseeing is – …

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Obama’s FDA nominee criticised for big pharma ties

October 12, 2015
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Democratic presidential nomination candidate Senator Bernie Sanders has criticised President Obama’s choice for the next FDA commissioner, as a result …

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Pfizer wins Zoloft birth defects lawsuit

October 12, 2015
Sales and Marketing Pfizer, Zoloft, birth defects, lawsuits, sertraline

Judges in the US have dismissed a lawsuit against Pfizer that had claimed that the use of its antidepressant Zoloft during pregnancy …

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MSD’s Keytruda receives green light from NICE for NHS use

October 12, 2015
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The UK healthcare watchdog NICE has recommended Keytruda as a treatment for advanced skin cancer – its second endorsement of …

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Novartis psoriasis drug shows three-year efficacy

October 12, 2015
Cosentyx, EADV, Novartis, Secukinumab, psoriasis

Novartis has announced new trial data confirming the efficacy of Cosentyx in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. The results of …

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How can pharma succeed in emerging markets?

October 10, 2015
Sales and Marketing GSK, Pfizer

In recent years, the major pharma companies have been forced to react to the maturation and cost-cutting, plus regulatory pressures, …

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Biogen reports on Tecfidera multiple sclerosis clinical trials

October 9, 2015
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Biogen has presented data demonstrating the efficacy and safety of Tecfidera (dimethyl fumarate) across a broad range of people with …

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Almirall presents new data on cannabinoid-based MS treatment

October 9, 2015
Research and Development Almirall, multiple sclerosis

Almirall has presented new clinical evidences of Sativex, the only medicine derived from cannabinoids to treat spasticity symptoms in MS, …

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EMA appoints Guido Rasi as executive director

October 9, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing EMA, Guido Rasi

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA’s) Management Board has nominated Professor Guido Rasi as the Executive Director of the Agency. The …

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Oncology groups and doctors fight for lower-priced cancer treatments

October 9, 2015
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Oncology groups such as the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) are working …

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