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EMA green lights Actelion’s drug after patient deaths scare

April 10, 2017
Sales and Marketing Actelion, Johnson & Johnson, Uptravi

The EMA has ruled that the five patient deaths that occurred in February of this year were not directly related …

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Roche’s lung cancer drug beats Pfizer rival in study

April 10, 2017
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alecensa, Roche

Roche has announced that its drug Alecensa (alectinib) succeeded in meeting its primary endpoint in a Phase 3 trial assessing …

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Fresenius confirms takeover talks with Akorn

April 10, 2017
Sales and Marketing Akorn, Fresenius

Fresenius, Europe’s largest publicly traded healthcare provider, has engaged in discussions with Akorn, a pharmaceutical generics drugmaker, with a view …

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Novartis takes on dry-eye market with drug in-licensing move

April 7, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Lubris, Novartis, dry eye

Novartis has announced that its eyecare-focused division Alcon has in-licensed dry-eye drug ECF843 from US firm Lubris for ophthalmic indications …

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Old antibiotic nears new FDA approval after positive trials

April 7, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development Pfizer, Zavante, Zolyd, antibiotic

Zavante, a biotech company based in San Diego, has unveiled positive results from a recent Phase II/III trials that could …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

April 7, 2017
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It’s Friday, and medical device recalls have been the flavour of the week, with both GSK and Mylan having to …

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Clinical trial shows yoga negates side-effects of prostate cancer treatment

April 7, 2017
Medical Communications prostate cancer, prostate treatment, yoga

Men who are treated for prostate cancer display side-effects of treatment by radiation that can often seriously disrupt their personal …

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Epicast: Brain Cancer – Epidemiology Forecast to 2024

April 7, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development brain cancer, pharmafile

Primary brain cancer is defined as a malignant neoplasm that originates in the central nervous system (CNS), which consists of …

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Faubel takes over RFID specialist SIL

April 6, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Faubel, Nachfolger

The Melsungen printer Faubel & Co. Nachfolger GmbH, which mainly produces booklet labels and custom labels for the pharmaceutical industry, …

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J&J ordered to pay $5m over false marketing claims

April 6, 2017
Sales and Marketing J&J, JJ, lawsuit

Johnson & Johnson has become embroiled in yet another class-action lawsuit concerning its products; this time the company is accused …

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CRISPR: An up close and personal take on precision medicine

April 6, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CRISR, Precision Medicine

Traditional approaches to patient therapies are increasingly showing their age inefficacy, but a powerful new gene editing technology is making …

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Relay Therapeutics appoints Allergan CSO to CEO position

April 6, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Allergan, Relay

Relay Therapeutics, a biotech firm launched in September 2016, has announced that Sanjiv K. Patel will be its CEO. Patel …

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Takeda completes enrollment for largest-ever study of dengue vaccine

April 6, 2017
Research and Development Takeda, clinical trial, dengue

Takeda announced that it had completed the enrolment for the largest clinical trial in its history, having enrolled 20,100 children …

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Care Quality Commission targets website which gave prescriptions in 17 seconds

April 6, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Care Quality Commission, prescription

The Care Quality Commission (CQC), England’s health and social care service regulator, has identified four online prescription medicine vendors engaging …

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Ketamine found to offer hope as last-resort treatment for depression

April 6, 2017
Research and Development Ketamine, University of Oxford

Researchers from the University of Oxford have conducted a six-year study looking into the potential therapeutic effects of ketamine as …

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House of Lords slams “short-termism” of NHS in new report

April 6, 2017
Medical Communications House of Lords, NHS

A new report from the House of Lords has slammed current and past “short-sighted” governments for failing to provide a …

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Pfizer resolves pension dispute at Irish facility

April 5, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Ireland, Pfizer, Siptu

Pfizer and trade union Siptu have reached an agreement over a pension dispute at the company’s plant at Ringaskiddy in …

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Supercomputer discovers how cell membrane shape causes cancer

April 5, 2017
Research and Development Cancer, K-Ras

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have harnessed the power of a supercomputer to analyse one particular …

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Researchers identify key protein in cancer drug resistance

April 5, 2017
Research and Development Cancer, university of salford

A University of Salford research team has identified a gene which they believe is one of the leading causes of …

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GSK hit by recall of 600,000 inhalers

April 5, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development FDA, GSK, Ventolin

The FDA has released that GSK would be voluntarily recalling close to 600,000 of its Ventolin asthma inhalers across the …

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