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CSL completes $275m Novartis vaccines acquisition

August 3, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing CSL, Novartis, acquisitions, asset swap, vaccines

CSL Limited has finalised its transaction to acquire Novartis’s global influenza vaccine business for $275 million. The move means Novartis …

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AstraZeneca and Isis Pharma in $65m drugs collaboration

August 3, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development AstraZeneca, Isis Pharma, Isis Pharmaceuticals, antisense, drug R&D

Isis Pharmaceuticals and AstraZeneca have announced a strategic collaboration to discover and develop antisense therapies for cardiovascular, metabolic and renal …

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Sir Malcolm Grant reappointed as NHS England chair

August 3, 2015

Professor Sir Malcolm Grant has been re-appointed as Chair of NHS England from 31 October 2015 for a further three …

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Working Life: Celgene’s Lee Heeson

August 3, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Celgene, Lee Heeson

How did you find your way into your current role?My career has progressed from ‘carrying the bag’ for GlaxoSmithKline in …

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Eleven companies accused in Romanian corruption probe

August 3, 2015
Business Services, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing China, Daily Telegraph, GSK, Roche, Romania, bribery, corruption

GSK and Roche are among eleven pharma firms being investigated for paying bribes to doctors in Romania to prescribe drugs. …

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AbbVie’s Humira receives first European OK for skin condition

August 3, 2015
Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Hidradenitis suppurativa, Humira, adalimumab

The European Commission has approved AbbVie’s Humira as a treatment for moderate-to-severe hidradenitis suppurativa – a chronic condition affecting the …

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Encouraging first results from trial of Merck’s Ebola vaccine

July 31, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Africa, EBV, Ebola, Ebola virus, Ebola virus disease, Vaccine, WHO, World Health Organisation, guinea, vaccination

The first trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine suggests it provides high protection against the disease as early as ten …

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UK patients ‘self-diagnose rather than visit GP’

July 31, 2015
Medical Communications GP, General Practice, internet

One in five people in the UK admit to self-diagnosing illnesses rather than making a doctor’s appointment. Research published in …

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ABPI consulting on Code of Conduct changes

July 31, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI Code, PMCPA, Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority, code of conduct

The division of the ABPI that sets rules governing industry behaviour is consulting on changes to reflect new rules on …

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Doctors ‘distrust apps developed by pharma’ – survey

July 31, 2015
Medical Communications France, GPs, Germany, Healthcare Technologies, UK, chronic disease, disease management, healthcare tech

A study of GPs in three European countries show GPs feel there is a role for healthcare technologies in disease …

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Depomed rejects Horizon’s latest takeover bid

July 30, 2015
Sales and Marketing Depomed, horizon, mergers and acquisitions, takeovers

Depomed has rejected Horizon Pharma’s latest bid, stating the proposal is ‘inadequate’ and ’undervalues’ the company. The Irish pharma company …

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Sanofi sales boosted by rare disease and multiple sclerosis drugs

July 30, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Genzyme, Oliver Brandicourt, Sanofi, brandicourt, financial results

Sales at pharma giant Sanofi increased by 5% in the second quarter of 2016 to nearly €10 billion, its latest …

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BMS to trial Opdivo in solid tumours

July 30, 2015
Research and Development BMS, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Kyowa Hakko Kirin, Poteligeo, mogamulizumab, nivolumab, opdivo, solid tumours

Bristol-Myers Squibb will begin early-phase trials of its immuno-oncology treatment Opdivo with other cancer treatments, to see if the combination …

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NICE restricts access to new hepatitis C treatments

July 29, 2015
Sales and Marketing AbbVie, BMS, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Exviera, Gilead, NICE, daklinza, harvoni, hepatits C

NICE has recommended three new treatment options for hepatitis C in draft guidance – but has been criticised for excluding …

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Takeda cancer drug gets EMA boost

July 29, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Takeda, ixazomib, multiple myeloma

The EMA has granted Takeda an accelerated assessment for its multiple myeloma drug, ixazomib. The Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products …

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David Khougazian announced as president of Sanofi Pasteur MSD

July 29, 2015
Business Services, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing MSD, Merck, Sanofi Pasteur

Sanofi Pasteur and Merck have appointed David Khougazian as president of their joint company, Sanofi Pasteur MSD. David Khougazian joined …

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Dr James Shannon joins Immodulon Therapeutics board of directors

July 29, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Immodulon

Dr James Shannon has joined Immodulon as a non-executive director with immediate effect. Bringing with him 30 years’ of experience …

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Mixed Phase 3 results for Sanofi and UCB

July 29, 2015
Research and Development LixiLan, Sanofi, UCB, clinical trials, epratuzumab, insulin, insulin glargine, phase III

Two drugs that pharma companies are pinning hopes on for future success have had mixed outcomes in key late-stage clinical …

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Novartis forms Mereo as UK biotech spin-off

July 29, 2015
Research and Development Mereo, Novartis, biotech, rare diseases

Novartis has formed a new UK biotech company by selling three investigational drugs in exchange for shares in the new …

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Cambridge collaboration to boost precision medicine research

July 29, 2015
Research and Development Brabaham Institute, Cambridge, R&D, collaboration

A new consortium has been launched to act as a ‘match-making’ service between pharma companies and R&D researchers to develop …

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