US states seek $26.4 billion from major pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors to settle opioid litigation
August 19, 2020Research and Development opioid crisis, opioid epidemic, opioids
Multiple Attorney Generals from across the US are seeking billions of dollars in damages to settle opioid cases against major …
UK Government officially announces National Institute for Health Protection to replace Public Health England
August 19, 2020Research and Development opioid, opioid crisis, opioid epidemic
The UK Government has officially announced that Public Health England will be replaced by the National Institute for Health Protection. …
Pharmafile.com’s weekly COVID-19 news round-up
August 19, 2020Research and Development coronavirus, top 10
Potentially unsafe coronavirus treatments are in the headlines this week, as President Donald Trump reportedly wants to approve Phoenix Biotechnology’s …
Poseida suspends CAR T therapy trial in prostate cancer due to patient death
August 18, 2020Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development CAR T, CAR-T, Poseida, patient death, pharma
Poseida’s Phase 1 trial that used an investigational CAR T therapy for treating prostate cancer has been suspended due to …
Bristol Myers Squibb pays $475 million for exclusive rights to Dragonfly Therapeutics’ IL-12 immunotherapy programme
August 18, 2020Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Bristol Myers Squib, Drgonfly Therapeutics, pharma, pharma deal
Bristol Myers Squibb has scooped up the sole rights to the interleukin-12 (IL-12) immunotherapy programme of Massachusetts-based biotech Dragonfly Therapeutics, …
Trump allegedly “enthusiastic” for oleandrin to be approved as a COVID-19 treatment
August 18, 2020Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development coronavirus vaccine, covid19
President Donald Trump reportedly wants to approve Phoenix Biotechnology’s oleandrin as a coronavirus treatment, despite a lack of evidence for …
China approves its first biosimilar of Roche’s Herceptin in HER2+ cancers
August 18, 2020Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing China, Henlius, Herceptin, Roche, biosimilar
China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has given the green light to Shanghai’s Henlius for its biosimilar version of Roche’s …
NHS guidelines on prescription cannabis to be challenged in court
August 18, 2020Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development CBD, cannabis, epilepsy
The cannabis guidelines followed by the NHS are set to be challenged in court by the parents of a three-year-old …
China’s drug regulator says vaccines must have 50 percent efficacy to be approved
August 17, 2020Sales and Marketing COVID, China, coronavirus, vaccines
The Chinese Centre for Drug Evaluation (CCDE) has said that coronavirus vaccines must show 50 percent efficacy to be approved. …
Public Health England set to be replaced by a new agency to specifically deal with pandemics
August 17, 2020Sales and Marketing COVID, Public Health England, pandemic, phe
Public Health England is set to be replaced with a new agency to prepare the country to deal with future …
Amazon Pharmacy launches in India
August 17, 2020Sales and Marketing India, amazon, pharma
Amazon has entered the pharmaceutical market by launching ‘Amazon Pharmacy’ in India.
Sanofi to buy Principia Biopharma for $3.4 billion
August 17, 2020Sales and Marketing MS, Sanofi
Sanofi is set to buy California based Principia Biopharma in a deal that is worth $3.4 billion. This deal means …
FDA approves Roche’s Enspryng for neuromyelitis optica
August 17, 2020Sales and Marketing COVID, COVID-19, coronavirus
The FDA has granted approval for Roche’s Enspryng for treating the central nervous system disorder neuromyelitis optica. The drug (satralizumab) …
FDA panel votes 9-1 in favour of approval for Mesoblast’s Ryoncil in paediatric steroid-refractory acute graft versus host disease
August 14, 2020Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing FDA, Mesoblast, Ryoncil, pharma
It’s good news for Mesoblast as an expert FDA panel gave a glowing recommendation for the approval in the US …
Philippines expected to approve Russia’s ‘Sputnik’ COVID-19 vaccine
August 14, 2020Medical Communications COVID, COVID-19, coronavirus, vaccines
The Philippines is expected to begin large scale human testing of Russia’s controversial ‘Sputnik’ coronavirus vaccine. Rodrigo Duterte, the President …
Novavax and Janssen commit 90 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to UK Government with two new deals
August 14, 2020Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing COVID-19, J&J, JJ, Novavax, UK, pharma
The UK Government has signed a new deal with Johnson & Johnson and Novavax to secure 90 million orders of …
Top Russian doctor quits over questionable ethics that rushed through coronavirus vaccine approval
August 14, 2020Medical Communications
Professor Alexander Chuchalin has quit the Russian Health Ministry’s ethics council due to the quick approval process for the country’s …
Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week
August 14, 2020Medical Communications COVID-19, coronavirus, pandemic
The top 10 news stories this week once again focus on coronavirus treatments and vaccines, as President Putin announced that …
Gilead’s Truvada becomes first China-approved drug to prevent HIV-1
August 13, 2020Sales and Marketing China, Truvada, approval. HIV
China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has awarded approval to Gilead’s Truvada in a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) indication to prevent …
MHRA designates cenobamate as a Promising Innovative Medicine for treating drug resistant seizures
August 13, 2020Research and Development MHRA, cenobamate, seizures
Arvelle Therapeutics has announced that the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has given their anti-seizure medication (cenobamate) …
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