Wockhardt’s Gujarat plant hit with FDA warning letter
January 5, 2017Manufacturing and Production FDA, Wockhardt
Indian pharma and biotech firm Wockhardt has been accused of violating current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) regulations in a letter …
Morning sickness pill scientific backing called into question
January 5, 2017Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Diclectin, Diclegis, Duchesnay, FDA, kim kardashian, morning sickness
Many women suffer from morning sickness during the early stages of pregnancy and some suffer from hyperemesis gravidarum, acute morning …
Philippine FDA orders Sanofi to pull dengue vaccine ads
January 5, 2017Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Philippines, Sanofi, Vaccine, dengue, virus
Sanofi has suffered a major blow to its dengue immunisation programme in the Philippines after it was requested the company …
FDA steps up fight against superbugs with livestock ruling
January 5, 2017Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Antibiotics, FDA, Guidelines, Livestock, agriculture, antibiotic resistance, farmers
The FDA began the year by announcing the implementation of ‘Guidance for Industry #213’. The new rule is a voluntary …
Gilead makes move in oncology by snaffling Riva from Novartis
January 4, 2017Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Gilead, Novartis, oncology
Gilead Sciences have made an ambitious move to boost its oncology business by appointing current head of global oncology development …
Inotek’s glaucoma lead candidate falls at Phase 3 trial
January 4, 2017Research and Development Glaucoma, inotek, inotek pharma
Inotek Pharmaceutical announced that its lead candidate, trabodenoson, a drug designed to treat glaucoma, had failed to outperform placebos in …
Blast at Sun Pharma factory kills two
January 4, 2017Medical Communications, Research and Development Sun Pharma, factory, fire
A blast at Sun Pharma’s Ahmednagar factory caused the deaths of two workers and injured a further two. The four …
Amgen’s patent win upheld against Sanofi-Regeneron
January 4, 2017Medical Communications, Research and Development Amgen, Regeneron, Sanofi, patent
In March 2016, Amgen won two major patent cases against Sanofi and Regeneron over their drug, Praleunt, after it was …
Texas launches lawsuit against FDA over lethal drug shipment
January 4, 2017Medical Communications, Research and Development FDA, texas
The state of Texas has filed a lawsuit against the FDA to try to force a decision to be made …
Greek authorities raid Novartis’ offices after bribery allegations
January 4, 2017Medical Communications, Research and Development Greece, Greek, Novartis, bribery
The investigation into practices by Novartis in its Greek operations has been accelerated after the attempted suicide of a Greek …
Sanofi and MSD end their joint vaccines partnership
January 3, 2017Research and Development MSD, Sanofi, Sanofi pasteur msd
With a new year comes a fresh start, and so it was the case with Sanofi and MSD’s joint vaccine …
Giovanni Caforio to be made chairman of the board at BMS
January 3, 2017Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bristol-Myers Squibb, Giovanni Caforio, bristol myers-squibb
Bristol-Myers Squibb has announced that Giovanni Caforio has been appointed chairman of the board. Caforio will take up the position …
Biogen’s gains late-year drug approval first for controversially expensive drug
January 3, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Biogen, FDA
The FDA squeezed in one last approval before the year ended with the first approval for a drug to treat …
Four die in Seattle Genetics’ drug trial
January 3, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Seattle Genetics, patient deaths, trial hold
Seattle Genetics released that the FDA had placed a hold had been placed on clinical trials involving its experimental cancer …
Sanofi files lawsuit against Novo Nordisk over ‘false allegations’
January 3, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Novo Nordisk, Sanofi
Sanofi has sued Novo Nordisk over claims made in an advertising campaign for its drug Tresiba. Sanofi has filed the …
Sanofi and Boehringer confirm successful exchange of businesses
January 3, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Boehringer Ingelheim, Sanofi
Sanofi and Boehringer Ingelheim have confirmed the successful completion of the exchange of Sanofi’s animal health business (Merial, based in …
Mylan ends 2016 with spate of generics
January 3, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Mylan, generics, launch
Mylan ended a difficult year for itself by releasing a rash of generics into the market, ending the year strongly …
Pfizer announces acquisition of small-molecule business from AZ for $550 million
December 23, 2016Medical Communications AstraZeneca, Pfizer
Pfizer has announced that they have acquired AstraZeneca’s small molecule anti-infectives business for an upfront fee of $550 million. Pfizer …
French clinical trial tragedy did not check all data
December 23, 2016Medical Communications Bial
There have been new revelations regarding the fatal French clinical trial that occurred in January of this year. Nature reports …
Teva hit with record fine $519 million corruption fine
December 23, 2016Medical Communications Teva, corruption, fine
Teva Pharmaceuticals, the world’s largest generics company, has been hit with the largest criminal fine to come from the US …
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