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GSK’s tuberculosis vaccine shows efficacy over three years in HIV negative patients

October 29, 2019
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development GSK, IAVI, Vaccine, pharma, tuberculosis

Promising results have been revealed from a GlaxoSmithKline study, conducted in partnership with non-profit scientific research organisation IAVI, investigating the …

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Mylan issues recall for anxiety drug Xanax over contamination fears

October 29, 2019
Manufacturing and Production Mylan, anxiety, pharma, xanax

Mylan has announced it has issued a recall of its anxiety therapy Xanax (alprazolam) over suspicions the drug could be …

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AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi triple combo beats chemo in treatment-naive metastatic lung cancer

October 29, 2019
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development AstraZeneca, Cancer, Imfinzi, NSCLC, lung cancer, pharma

AstraZeneca has unveiled positive new Phase 3 data for the combination of Imfinzi (durvalumab) and anti-CTLA4 antibody tremelimumab with chemotherapy …

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Deeper patient insights for stronger patient outcomes

October 28, 2019
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing eyeforpharma, pharma

Patient insights are crucial. As you already know, they are the key to the creation of successful, targeted programmes and …

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Gilead’s filgotinib combos fall short in lupus and Sjögren’s syndrome

October 28, 2019
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Gilead, Lupus, filgotinib, pharma

Gilead’s impending regulatory submission of its JAK inhibitor filgotinib to the FDA for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis has been …

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UKRI and BBSRC award £170m to 3 UK universities for biotech and biology PhD studentships

October 28, 2019
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing UK, pharma, research

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) have awarded a funding injection of …

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Ovarian cancer market set to smash $6.7 billion by 2025

October 28, 2019
Sales and Marketing Cancer, GlobalData, ovarian cancer, pharma

New research from GlobalData has forecast that the worldwide market for ovarian cancer is set to expand at a compound …

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Almost 400 Nigerian medical dispensaries shut down for sub-standard practice

October 28, 2019
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Nigeria, pharma

Nigeria has seen almost 400 of its medicine dispensaries shut down over “unethical practices and lack of compliance, it has …

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European approval announced for Astellas’ Xospata in FLT3+ treatment-resistant acute myeloid leukaemia

October 28, 2019
Sales and Marketing Astellas, Xospata, leukaemia, pharma

Astellas has revealed that the European Commission has awarded marketing approval for Xospata (gilteritinib) as an oral, once-daily monotherapy for …

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Seattle Genetics reports topline phase 3 HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Data

October 25, 2019
Medical Communications

Seattle Genetics, a strong competitor in the breast cancer space, has reported topline results in its phase 3 study evaluating …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

October 25, 2019
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It’s another end of the week here at Pharmafile and here we run down our top 10 articles and features …

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South West Biosciences to receive £18.5m boost

October 25, 2019

BioSciences in the UK has received a massive boost of £18.5 million awarded from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research …

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Biogen plans Alzheimer’s drug approval after initial research failure

October 25, 2019
Medical Communications

Biogen is planning to seek approval for its experimental drug aducanumab, that could potentially be first to treat Alzheimer’s and …

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FlyPharma tackles supply chain challenges and industry best practice at another successful conference

October 24, 2019
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For its fifth annual Europe conference, FlyPharma chose Copenhagen as its host city to address the latest supply chain challenges …

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Novartis enters license agreement with Pliant Therapeutics for fibrosis assets

October 24, 2019
Research and Development

Novartis has signed a collaboration and license agreement with Pliant Therapeutics to develop and commercialise preclinical asset PLN-1474 which is …

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Alkermes to axe 160 jobs in cost-cutting restructure

October 24, 2019
Sales and Marketing

The Irish biopharma company expects to complete most of the job cuts by end of this year and will take …

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Novartis receives EC label update approval for Cosentyx in ankylosing spondylitis

October 24, 2019
Research and Development

Novartis has announced that the European Commission has approved a label update for the up-titration of Cosentyx (secukunumab) to 300mg …

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Badly implemented electronic systems putting NHS patients at risk

October 24, 2019
Business Services

A new report has warned that poorly implemented electronic medication systems in the NHS could potentially lead to fatal medication …

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GSK receives wider nod for Zejula as it competes with rival AstraZeneca

October 24, 2019
Research and Development

The US FDA has approved GlaxoSmithKline’s Zejula (niraparib) for the use in advanced ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer …

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Damage control: How will pharma manage the health economic impacts of Brexit?

October 23, 2019
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing HEOR, brexit, health economics and outcomes research, pharma

When it comes to life sciences and patient outcomes, the UK’s destiny is inextricably tied to its relationship with the …

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