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

April 28, 2021
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The past week has seen plenty of COVID-19 news continue to roll in: The European Commission has sued AstraZeneca over …

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COVID Symptom Study app reveals most common vaccine side effects

April 28, 2021
Research and Development COVID-19, Vaccine, data

An analysis of over 600,000 people’s vaccine reports has been published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal, in the largest …

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Calliditas’ kidney disease drug granted priority review by FDA

April 28, 2021
Research and Development Calliditas, FDA, nephropathy, pharma, pharma news

The FDA has granted priority review for the New Drug Applicaton (NDA) for Calliditas Therapeutics’ Nefecon, for the treatment of …

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NICE to join GetReal Institute alongside nine key healthcare players

April 28, 2021
Research and Development EU, NICE, rwe

NICE has announced it will join with nine other organisations to form the GetReal Institute, a not-for-profit multi-stakeholder enterprise, as …

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Single dose of COVID vaccine can cut transmissions in half

April 28, 2021
Research and Development COVID-19, Public Health England, Vaccine

A Public Health England (PHE) study into the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines has found that a single dose of either …

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Sheila Frame new President for the Americas at Amryt

April 27, 2021
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Biopharmaceutical company Amryt have appointed Sheila Frame as President for the Americas.

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Francesco Maria Lavino appointed CEO of F2G Ltd

April 27, 2021
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

F2G Limited has announced that Francesco Maria Lavino has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of …

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Macrogen Europe appoints Dr Bongcho Kim as new CEO

April 27, 2021
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Macrogen Europe have announced the appointment of a new CEO, Dr Bongcho Kim, who joins the company after a successful …

Appointment

King & Spalding announce appointment of former FDA official

April 27, 2021
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

Eva Temkin, a former senior FDA official for therapeutic biologics and biosimilars, has joined King & Spalding in Washington, US, …

Appointment

Are we on the cusp of an AI revolution?

April 27, 2021
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

The pharmaceutical industry has historically been slow to adapt to change, with high regulatory hurdles and widespread scepticism facing new …

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Navigating through the post-COVID-19 R&D bottleneck

April 27, 2021
Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

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European Commission sues AstraZeneca over COVID-19 jab supplies

April 27, 2021
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The European Commission (EC) announced yesterday that it was suing AstraZeneca for failing to respect its contract to supply COVID-19 …

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NICE updates guidelines on atrial fibrillation based on new evidence

April 27, 2021
Manufacturing and Production NICE

NICE has updated its guideline on the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation (AF) based on new evidence found since …

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Hilco Industrial acquires all machinery and equipment from Legacy Pharmaceutical Switzerland

April 27, 2021
Manufacturing and Production

Hilco Industrial Acquisitions, an Amsterdam based industrial asset disposition and acquisition company, has acquired all machinery and equipment from the …

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Data published on novel molecules for leukaemia treatment

April 27, 2021
Manufacturing and Production oncology

STORM Therapeutics have published new data in Nature on targeting RNA modifying enzymes for the development of new anti-cancer therapeutics, …

News

Home breast cancer treatment offered in UK for first time

April 27, 2021
Manufacturing and Production

Phesgo, a treatment for breast cancer, will now be offered to patients at home in the UK for the very …

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Study finds superior outcomes for fracture risk reduction in osteoporosis

April 26, 2021
Sales and Marketing

A real-world evidence study, presented at the International Conference on Osteoporosis, Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders, has shown for the first …

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Dermavant Sciences announce data of two Phase III trials for psoriasis

April 26, 2021
Sales and Marketing

Dermavant Sciences have presented successful data from two Phase III trials for tapinarof, for the treatment of psoriasis in adults, …

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LEO Pharma receives positive CHMP opinion for dermatitis treatment

April 26, 2021
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The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive opinion …

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Sanofi’s RSV drug sees Phase III clinical trial success

April 26, 2021
Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Sanofi

Sanofi have announced positive topline results from the Phase III MELODY trial into nirsevimab, which demonstrated protection against respiratory syncytial …

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