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Life expectancy falls in America; drugs, alcohol and suicide to blame

September 24, 2018
Sales and Marketing USA, alcohol, drugs, health, opiod crisis, suicide

Life expectancy has fallen for the second year in a row for people in the United States, according to new …

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AstraZeneca’s Farxiga cuts heart risk in type 2 diabetes patients

September 24, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, diabetes, farxiga, pharma

AstraZeneca has unveiled new Phase 3 data for its SGLT2 inhibitor Farxiga (dapagliflozin), showing with the drug demonstrating positive findings …

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EU approval for Mylan and Fujifilm’s Humira biosimilar

September 21, 2018
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing EU, Europe, Humira, Mylan, biosimilar, pharma

The European Commission has approved its fifth biosimilar of the world’s best-selling drug, Abbvie’s Humira (adalimumab), granting marketing authorisation to …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

September 21, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Jobs, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Senate, UCB, manufacturing, opioid crisis, top 10

Manufacturing took a hit this week as Novo Nordisk announced the loss of 400 jobs while Novartis made the move …

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ABPI forges five year partnership with AHSN focused on increased uptake of transformative biomedical innovations into the NHS

September 21, 2018
Medical Communications ABPI, NHS, UK, ahsn, collaboration

The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has announced that it is forging a five year partnership with the …

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British MPs call for HIV prevention PrEP drugs to be made available on NHS in England

September 21, 2018
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PrEP drugs – pre-sex drugs that are able to dramatically reduce the chances a person has of contracting HIV – …

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Surgeon General calls for cultural shift in approach to opioid crisis

September 21, 2018
Medical Communications Trump, US, opioid crisis, opioid epidemic, surgeon general

The Surgeon General of the United States has called for a cultural shift in the way in which Americans talk …

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Shares in Molecular Templates surge after the announcement of Takeda collaboration

September 20, 2018
Business Services, Research and Development Molecular Templates, Shares, Takeda, markets, stocks

Shares in the Texas based biotech Molecular Templates have soared after the company announced that they would be collaborating with …

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A goal in mind: Transforming the way Alzheimer’s disease is diagnosed and treated

September 20, 2018
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Roche, pharma

Dr Rachelle Doody, Global Head of Neurodegeneration at Roche/Genentech, discusses key learnings from clinical trials in Alzheimer’s disease, and how …

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Astellas’ chronic kidney drug shows superiority at Phase 3

September 20, 2018
Research and Development Astellas, chronic kidney disease, pharma, roxadustat

Astellas has revealed new Phase 3 data for roxadustat in the treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients with …

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Senate bill would save money and allow generics to reach market more quickly, according to CBO report

September 20, 2018
Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing CBO, Senate, US, biosimilars, generics, law, politics

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has said in a report that a bipartisan bill awaiting a vote in the senate …

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FDA greenlights Teva’s migraine drug Ajovy in two dosage options

September 20, 2018
Sales and Marketing FDA, Teva, US, ajovy, migraine, pharma

Israeli drugmaker Teva has announced that its calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) inhibitor Ajovy (remanezumab-vfrm) has received FDA approval as a …

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MSD to launch Keytruda at half US list price in China

September 20, 2018
Business Services, Sales and Marketing BMS, China, MSD, global, keytruda, markets, pricing

US pharma giant MSD will offer cutting edge cancer treatment Keytruda to Chinese patients at half the price at what …

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Almirall’s Ilumetri scores EU approval in chronic plaque psoriasis

September 19, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Almirall, EADV 2018, Ilumetri, pharma, psoriasis

Hot on the heels of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Congress (EADV) 2018 where psoriasis took centre stage, …

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NICE rejects CAR-T therapy Kymriah for DLBCL in adults

September 19, 2018
Research and Development CAR T, CAR-T, Kymriah, NICE, Novartis, leukaemia

The National Institute for health and Care Excellence (NICE) has rejected Novartis’ CAR-T therapy Kymriah for use in adults with …

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Novartis to relocate Arnhem operations to Amsterdam, 400 jobs affected

September 19, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Netherlands, Novartis, amsterdam, pahrma, pharma

Novartis has announced it is to relocate its operations in Arnhem in the Netherlands to the capital city of Amsterdam, …

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AstraZeneca to increase presence in China

September 19, 2018
Research and Development AstraZeneca, China, alibaba, governemnt, tencent

The Anglo-Swedish multinational AstraZeneca is moving towards becoming a major healthcare provider in China as part of an effort to …

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FDA expand REMS education program in effort against opioid crisis

September 19, 2018
Research and Development FDA, IR, opioid crisis, opioids, rems

The US Food and Drug Administration is set to introduce a requirement that all healthcare providers be offered educational training …

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Cancer Research UK announces new £14m research hub in London

September 18, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development CRUK, Cancer, pharma

Cancer Research UK has announced a £14 million investment to build a new hub in London for cancer research and …

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Rates of vaccination decline in England, study shows

September 18, 2018
Manufacturing and Production England, NHS, health, public health, vaccines, vacinnation

The number of people who are receiving the 12 routine childhood vaccinations has declined in proportion to the eligible population …

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