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Google’s life sciences business gains $800 million funding in pivot to Asia

January 27, 2017
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Verily, a life sciences company owned by Alphabet, Google’s umbrella company, has announced that it has received $800 million in …

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Five most talked about mergers and acquisitions of 2016

January 27, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Actavis, Bayer, Boehringer, Johnson & Johnson, Sanofi, Teva, acquisition, mergers, monsanto, pharma

2017 has kicked off with a bang – as Johnson & Johnson confirmed a $30 billion deal to takeover of …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

January 27, 2017
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We’re nearing the end of the first month of the year and acqusitions have begun to introduce themselves with bang, …

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Innovative routes to market: Rethinking the life sciences distribution model

January 27, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Deloitte, distribution

Originally published in the latest issue of Pharmafile, Deloitte’s life sciences director Lee Feander discusses the often-undervalued importance of distribution …

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Celgene to acquire Delinia in a potential $775 million deal

January 27, 2017
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Celgene has shelled out $300 million upfront, with a potential further $475 million in milestone payments, for Delinia, an autoimmune …

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Skin cancer-detecting AI “on par with board-certified dermatologists”

January 27, 2017
Medical Communications, Research and Development AI, Cancer, skin cancer

New research has found that artificial intelligence repurposed by researchers at Stanford University to identify skin cancer in images has …

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Teva agrees $225 million fee in antitrust case

January 27, 2017
Medical Communications Barr Laboratories, Teva, fine

Barr Laboratories, a subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceuticals, has settled an antitrust class action for $225 million. The case relates to …

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New CFO for Diurnal

January 26, 2017
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Richard Bungay has been named as the new chief financial officer (CFO) of Diurnal; he has succeeded former CFO Ian …

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NICE approves Imbruvica for second-line leukaemia treatment

January 26, 2017
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, CLL, Janssen, ibrutinib, imbruvica

NICE has issued its Technology Appraisal Guidance (TAG) that has recommend Imbruvica (ibrutinib) for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia …

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Two infants in remission from leukaemia after CAR T-Cell therapy

January 26, 2017
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Researchers at the Great Ormond Street Hospital have published the successful treatment of two infants suffering from leukaemia by treatment …

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India’s NPPA slashes essential drug prices by up to 50%

January 26, 2017
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India’s governmental regulatory agency, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), has addressed the pricing of 33 medicines including antibiotics and …

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Jazz Pharmaceuticals UK supplier hit with FDA warning

January 26, 2017
Manufacturing and Production Erwinaze, Porton Biopharma, jazz pharmaceuticals

UK-based Porton Biopharma, supplier of Irish company Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ leukaemia treatment Erwinaze, has been slapped with an FDA warning letter …

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J&J finally seals $30 billion deal for Actelion

January 26, 2017
Sales and Marketing Actelion, Janssen, Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson has, as expected, wrapped up the deal to acquire Actelion in a deal worth $30 billion, working …

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Regeneron agrees ownership of HQ for $720m after 25 years

January 25, 2017
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications Regeneron

After leasing the property for 25 years, Regeneron has agreed to take ownership of its headquarters and buy the Landmark …

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Hospira in US-wide recall of product due to contamination

January 25, 2017
Medical Communications Contamination, Hospira, Pfizer

Hospira, a company owned by Pfizer, has been forced to recall a batch of injectable drugs due to “the presence …

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Takeda UK names new market access director

January 25, 2017
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Takeda

Takeda UK has appointed Peter Wheatley Price to the role of market access director, where he will also sit on …

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MHRA accepts Roche’s Tecentriq into Early Access to Medicines scheme

January 25, 2017
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Roche’s Tecentriq (atezolizumab) has scored another positive opinion, this time from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which …

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Statins revealed to potentially aid cancer treatment

January 25, 2017
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New research, conducted at the University of Kansas, has emerged that reveal a potential use for statins beyond their current …

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Two-step treatment cuts off cancer’s backup defences

January 25, 2017
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New research conducted at Washington University’s School of Medicine and published in Cell Reports details a new method for fighting …

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Breakthrough treatment for pancreatic cancer doubles survival rates

January 25, 2017
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Research led by Liverpool University and funded by Cancer Research UK has shown that a combination treatment of two off-patent …

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