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FDA approves Kiniksa’s recurrent pericardis treatment ARCALYST

March 22, 2021
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The FDA have approved ARCALYST (rilonacept) for the treatment and risk reduction of recurrent pericardis in adults and children over …

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Roche lung cancer treatment reports promising results in Phase III

March 22, 2021
Sales and Marketing Roche, oncology

Roche’s IMpower010 study, evaluating Tecentriq (atezolizumab) compared with best supportive care, has shown significant improvement in disease-free survival (DFS) in …

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AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine achieves safety and efficacy results in US

March 22, 2021
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Results from the US trial of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine (AZD1222) show it is 79% effective at stopping symptomatic COVID-19 disease …

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Pharmafile.com’s top 10 news stories of the week

March 19, 2021
Medical Communications COVID, COVID-19, covid 19 news, covid-19 news, news, news roundup, pharma news

In the last week, a number of new developments have made the news; for COVID-19, the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been …

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RDIF & Stelis Biopharma to supply 200 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine

March 19, 2021
Medical Communications COVID-19, Russia, Vaccine

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Stelis Biopharma have today announced a partnership which aims to produce and supply …

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NICE recommends new triple therapy for multiple myeloma patients

March 19, 2021
Medical Communications NHS England, NICE, oncology

A new second line triple therapy is to be offered to NHS patients in England with multiple myeloma, following a …

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AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine deemed “safe and effective” by EMA

March 19, 2021
Medical Communications AstraZeneca, COVID-19, EMA, Vaccine

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has been cleared for continued use by the EMA following an investigation into the reports of 37 …

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AstraZeneca & MSD ovarian cancer drug combination approved by NICE

March 19, 2021
Medical Communications AstraZeneca, MSD, NICE, oncology

A new precision drug combination, olaparib with bevacizumab, will now be available on the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) for ovarian …

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Antion launch new technology for cancer and tumour treatments

March 18, 2021
Cancer, action, blood cancer, myeloma

Antion Biosciences has launched a new T-cell technology platform to help with the development of new curative therapies for diseases …

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GSK starts Phase III study for severe asthma treatment

March 18, 2021
GSK, asthma, phase III

GSK has announced today that the first patient has been dosed in part of their Phase III clinical trial investigating …

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Florida woman gives birth to first-known baby born with COVID-19 antibodies

March 18, 2021
COVID-19, Moderna, Vaccine

A woman from Florida has given birth to the first-known baby born with COVID-19 antibodies, according to findings recently published …

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NICE recommends Daiichi Sankyo’s cholesterol-lowering treatments for NHS England use

March 18, 2021
Daiichi Sankyo, NICE, cholesterol

NICE has recommended Daiichi Sankyo’s bempedoic acid and bempedoic acid/ezetimibe for treating primary hypercholesterolaemia (heterozygous familial and non-familial) or mixed …

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AstraZeneca leukaemia treatment recommended for NHS use

March 18, 2021
AstraZeneca, NHS

AstraZeneca has announced today that its oral targeted cancer therapy, Calquence (acalabrutinib), has been recommended by NICE for routine use …

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

March 17, 2021
Research and Development COVID-19, covid-19 roundup, news roundup

The past week has seen a mix of good and bad COVID-19 news; the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine rollout has halted throughout …

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Lilly’s ulcerative colitis treatment meets all key endpoints in Phase III trial

March 17, 2021
Research and Development Eli Lilly, Phase III trial, lilly, mirikizumab, ulcerative colitis

Eli Lilly’s mirikizumab treatment for ulcerative colitis (UC) patients has met the primary endpoints and all key secondary endpoints in …

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Axol Bioscience and CENSO Biotechnologies enter merger agreement

March 17, 2021
Research and Development Axol Bioscience, Censo Biotechnologies, immune cell, merger, neuroscience

Axol Bioscience, an established provider of iPSC-derived cells, media, and characterisation services, and CENSO Biotechnologies, a cell biology CRO focused …

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PEP-Therapy and Institut Curie’s cancer drug trial approved in France

March 17, 2021
Research and Development Cancer, France, Pep-therapy

PEP-Therapy and Institut Curie have been granted approval from the French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) to …

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Medicago & GSK start plant-derived COVID-19 vaccine trial

March 17, 2021
Research and Development COVID-19, GSK

Medicago and GSK have announced the start of Phase III clinical testing of Medicago’s plant-derived COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine candidate …

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Johnson & Johnson’s arthritis drug shows promising results in Phase III trial

March 16, 2021
Manufacturing and Production Janssen, Johnson & Johnson, PSA, Tremfya, arthritis

Johnson & Johnson’s TREMFYA treatment for active Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) has returned positive results in its Phase III trial.

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Roche and PTC’s SMA treatment shows positive trial results

March 16, 2021
Manufacturing and Production PTC, PTC Therapeutics, Roche, sma, spinal muscular atrophy

Roche and PTC Therapeutics’s Evrysdi treatment for children and adults with Type 2 or Type 3 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) …

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