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New UK consortium established to monitor COVID-19 vaccine efficacy once they hit market

June 22, 2020
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The UK’s Drug Safety Research Unit (DSRU) and the University of Dundee’s Medicines Monitoring Unit (MEMO Research) have come together …

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SAGE group warns it is not safe to relax social distancing rules across Britain

June 22, 2020
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The Independent SAGE group has warned that it is not safe to relax social distancing rules for indoor settings, after …

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NIH halts hydroxychloroquine trial after no benefit found in COVID-19 patients

June 22, 2020
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have suspended clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine after the drug was found to have no …

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Germany’s infection rate rapidly rises as world sees its largest daily increase in COVID-19 cases

June 22, 2020
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Germany’s coronavirus R number has drastically increased while the world faced its largest increase in cases since the pandemic began. …

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EU reportedly in talks with J&J to secure doses of its COVID-19 vaccine

June 19, 2020
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It has been reported that the European Union is currently negotiating a deal with pharma giant Johnson & Johnson to …

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Roche’s Tecentriq improves pathological complete response in triple-negative breast cancer at Phase 3

June 19, 2020
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Florida approve plan to release 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes to stop the spread of disease

June 19, 2020
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Florida state regulators have gained approval to release 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes across the state to reduce the spread …

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FDA approves Crysvita for treating tumour-induced osteomalacia

June 19, 2020
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The FDA has approved Crysvita (burosumabtwza) injection to treat patients over two years old with tumour-induced osteomalacia (TIO). This is …

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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

June 19, 2020
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The news this week centres around COVID-19 vaccines, as Moderna is to start testing 30,000 people with its vaccine beginning …

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Lilly’s Verzenio combo tops Pfizer’s Ibrance and is first CDK4/6 inhibitor to show benefit in HR+,HER2- early breast cancer

June 18, 2020
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Study launched to assess if asthma treatment ciclesonide can treat COVID-19

June 18, 2020
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Researchers at the University of Buffalo have launched a study to see if the steroid treatment ciclesonide could be effective …

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Experts warn UK government that unnecessary deaths will occur if lockdown is lifted before contact tracing system is implemented

June 18, 2020
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The British government is risking many unnecessary deaths if it lifts the lockdown before an effective contact tracing system is …

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Roche’s rheumatoid arthritis drug Actemra shows no benefit in COVID-19 pneumonia

June 18, 2020
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Hope is waning around the efficacy of Roche’s Actemra (tocilizumab) following the release of results from an Italian study focusing …

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US Strategic National Stockpile now has 66 million hydroxychloroquine pills that cannot be used for coronavirus

June 18, 2020
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The US is now sitting on a pile of 66 million anti-malaria pills, hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, after they were removed …

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FDA approval for Jazz and PharmaMar’s Zepzelca in metastatic small cell lung cancer

June 17, 2020
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The FDA has awarded approval to Jazz Pharma and PharmaMar for Zepzelca (lurbinectedin) as a treatment for metastatic small cell …

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New data from diabetes prevention programme shows a reduction of type 2 diabetes

June 17, 2020
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The Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS) of 2,000 people showed a significant reduction in the participants’ risk of developing …

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Repurposed corticosteroid dexamethasone shown to reduce mortality in COVID-19 patients needing respiratory support

June 17, 2020
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The University of Oxford has unveiled exciting new data in the treatment of the novel coronavirus, with a randomised clinical …

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Pharmafile.com’s weekly COVID-19 news round-up

June 17, 2020
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There is a fear of a second wave of coronavirus coming out of China, as the country reported its highest …

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HPV vaccine approved by FDA to prevent throat cancer

June 17, 2020
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The HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine Gardasil 9 has been approved by the FDA to prevent HPV-related genital tract, agnogenital infections …

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Sanofi drops €610m on new vaccine research and manufacturing sites in France

June 16, 2020
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The coronavirus outbreak has changed the way that the world prioritises healthcare resources, and lay bare just how unprepared many …

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