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Novartis and Pfizer to close factories in India

July 21, 2015
Manufacturing and Production India, Novartis, Pfizer, Sandoz, manufacturing

Two big pharma firms have announced they will close manufacturing facilities in India as they seek to restructures their global …

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FDA

FDA bans drug imports from Indian plant

July 21, 2015
Manufacturing and Production Emcure, FDA, GMP, Good Manufacturing Practices, India, compliance, manufacturing, production, safety

The FDA has blocked US imports from the manufacturing plants of a major Indian pharmaceutical firm over safety fears. The …

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Valeant in $800 million deal for Amoun Pharma

July 20, 2015
Sales and Marketing Amoun, Egypt, MENA, Valeant, acquisitions

Valeant is striking out in the acquisitions market yet again, having agreed an $800 million deal to buy Egypt’s largest …

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European Imbruvica approval for Janssen

July 20, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing B-cell lymphoma, EC, European Commission, Janssen, Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia, imbruvica, rare cancer

Janssen has received final European sign-off for its oncology treatment Imbruvica (ibrutinib) as a treatment option for adult patients with …

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Ruling in transparency case ‘due within days’

July 17, 2015
Research and Development EMIG, EU Clinical Trial Regulation, Ethical Medicines Industry Group, Richmond Pharmacology, alltrials, clinical trials, health research authority, hra, sense about science, transparency

A judge is set to rule on a controversial legal challenge to the requirement for the pharma industry to register …

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Chugai

Chugai falls foul of ABPI code for close consultant relationship

July 17, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI Code, Chugai, PMCPA, Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority

Bosses at Chugai have been rapped by the industry’s code of practice regulator, after a senior manager failed to declare …

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Novartis receives WHO nod for malaria drug Coartem

July 17, 2015
Manufacturing and Production Coartem, Novartis, WHO, antimalarial, malaria, world health organization

The World Health Organization will add Novartis’ antimalarial treatment Coartem to the prequalified list of vaccines that is supplies to …

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AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca receives US approval for Iressa

July 16, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, FDA, Iressa, lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer

AstraZeneca’s lung cancer therapy Iressa has been approved by the FDA – four years after the company pulled it from the …

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It’s time the industry spoke out about legal challenge to clinical trial transparency

July 16, 2015
Research and Development Richmond Pharmacology, alltrials, clinical trials, health research authority, hra, judicial review, legal challenge, sense about science, transparency

The judicial review brought by Richmond Pharmacology against the Health Research Authority – erroneous, a waste of public money and …

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Industry awaits outcome of transparency legal challenge

July 16, 2015
Research and Development Richmond Pharmacology, alltrials, clinical trials, health research authority, hra, judicial review, legal challenge, sense about science, transparency

A judge will today hear arguments from the Health Research Authority and campaigners who are contesting a judicial review of …

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ABPI

UK pharma made £41 million in doctor payments

July 16, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, ABPI Code, doctor payments

The pharma industry made £41m in payments to doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals in the UK in 2014, the …

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New Sanofi boss Brandicourt restructures global business

July 16, 2015
Sales and Marketing Oliver Brandicourt, Sanofi

Sanofi is reorganising its pharmaceuticals division to create three new business units from January 2016. Chief executive Oliver Brandicourt has …

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Janssen sales follow J&J’s downward trend

July 15, 2015
Sales and Marketing J&J, JJ, Johnson & Johnson, Johnson and Johnson, financial results, olysio

Strong sales of its new hepatitis C treatment Olysio were not enough to stop a slump in profits at J&J’s …

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Celgene

Celgene to acquire Receptos in $7.2bn deal

July 15, 2015
Sales and Marketing Celgene, Crohn's, Crohn’s disease, Receptos, acquisitions, crohn's disease, mergers, multiple sclerosis, ozanimod, relapsing multiple sclerosis, ulcerative colitis

Celgene has boosted its immune and inflammatory disease pipeline with the purchase of the biopharma company Receptos for $7.2 billion. …

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MRC, GSK and universities team up on inflammatory diseases

July 15, 2015
Research and Development COPD, GSK, MRC, Medical Research Council, fibrosis, inflammatory diseases

UK pharma giant GSK is partnering with the Medical Research Council, to study the biological mechanisms behind common inflammatory diseases. …

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Ergomed strengthens management team and board

July 15, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Andrew Mackie, ergomed

UK-based drug development company Ergomed has appointed Andrew Mackie as chief business officer, and to its board as executive director.Mackie …

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The Francis Crick Institute

GSK and the Francis Crick Institute collaborate on drug R&D

July 15, 2015
Research and Development Francis Crick Institute, GSK, R&D, The Crick, medical research

The UK’s largest pharma company and the UK’s newest biomedical research facility are partnering up to begin an innovation collaboration.The …

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Public Health England

Public Health England and Imperial Innovations boost UK life sciences sector

July 14, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Imperial Innovations, Public Health England, R&D, investment, life sciences, spin-puts

The Government has signed-off on the transfer of Public Health England’s drug development and production arm into a state-owned biopharma …

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Life sciences minister George Freeman

Government launches Accelerated Access Review call to action

July 14, 2015
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The Government is urging pharma companies to participate in the Accelerated Access Review, and will launch a website for firms …

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Rexulti (brexpiprazole)

FDA approves Lundbeck and Otsuka’s Rexulti for depression

July 14, 2015
Sales and Marketing FDA, Lundbeck, Otsuka, Rexulti, US, brexpiprazole, depression, major depressive disorder, schizophrenia

Lundbeck and Otsuka have gained a yes vote from the FDA for their jointly-marketed antidepressant, Rexulti. The US regulator approved …

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