Austerity policies blamed as English life expectancy stalls for first time in a century
February 25, 2020Manufacturing and Production England, NHS England, UCL, austerity, life expectancy
A landmark report has shown that English life expectancy has stalled for the first time in a century, and reversed …
FDA greenlights first oral, daily, non-statin therapy for lowering LDL-Cholesterol
February 25, 2020Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Esperion, FDA, Nexletol, pharma
Esperion’s ATP Citrase Lyase (ACL) inhibitor Nexletol (bempedoic acid) has secured approval from the FDA, it has emerged. It is …
World’s second largest API company to be created by Sanofi
February 25, 2020Manufacturing and Production API, APIs, China API, Coronavirus API, India API, Sanofi
Sanofi plans to create a new company in Europe dedicated to the production and marketing of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API). …
US domestic supply of 150 drugs under threat from coronavirus outbreak
February 25, 2020Manufacturing and Production MERS, Sars, US, US Coronavirus, Wuhan Coronavirus, china coronavirus, coronavirus
Disruption to the US drug production pipeline from the coronavirus could hurt its domestic supply of 150 drugs. US senators …
2020 Veeva Unified Clinical Operations Survey
February 24, 2020Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing pharma, survey, veeva
Every year, Veeva asks clinical professionals to take part in the Veeva Unified Clinical Operations Survey to help the industry …
FDA approves first adjuvanted quadrivalent flu vaccine in over-65s
February 24, 2020Sales and Marketing FDA, flu, influenza, pharma, seqirus
The FDA has just authorised its first adjuvanted quadrivalent influenza vaccine, it has been announced. Seqirus’ Fluad Quadrivalent (influenza vaccine, adjuvanted) …
Clover Biopharmaceuticals partners up with GSK to accelerate coronavirus vaccine development
February 24, 2020Sales and Marketing China, Clover Biopharmaceuticals, GSK, coronavirus, pharma
Chinese biotech firm Clover Biopharmaceuticals has joined the race to develop interventions against the ongoing coronavirus outbreak with the announcement …
Eli Lilly’s Trulicity approved in US to reduce cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetes patients
February 24, 2020Sales and Marketing Eli Lilly, Trulicity, cardiovascular disease, pharma
Eli Lilly’s Trulicity (duraglutide) has been awarded marketing authorisation from the FDA as a therapy to reduce major adverse cardiovascular …
Lundbeck’s Vyepti secures US approval for migraine prevention
February 24, 2020Sales and Marketing FDA, Lundbeck, Vyepti, migraine, pharma
Lundbeck’s Vyepti (eptinezumab-jjmr) has secured approval from the FDA, it has emerged, for the prevention of migraine in adult patients. …
FDA approval for Baudax Bio’s non-opioid painkiller Anjeso
February 24, 2020Sales and Marketing Anjeso, FDA, opioids, pharma
Baudax Bio has revealed the FDA approval of its non-opioid painkiller Anjeso (meloxicam injection) as a therapy for the management …
Merck KGaA to flog Allergopharma business to Dermapharm
February 21, 2020Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Allergopharma, Dermapharm, Merck KGaA, pharma
German-based drugmaker Merck KGaA has confirmed its intention to divest its allergy business Allergopharma to Dermapharm, another German manufacturer of …
Teva’s Austedo fails in two paediatric Tourette’s syndrome trials
February 21, 2020Medical Communications, Research and Development Austedo, Teva, pharma, tourette's
Israeli firm Teva has shared disappointing results for its vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) Austedo (deutetrabenazine) after it failed to …
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February 21, 2020Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Drug market, Europe, coronavirus, opioid crisis, opioids
The coronavirus is again in the news, with the Indian government considering banning exports of medicine as the epidemic threatens …
Ukrainian protestors attack bus carrying Chinese evacuees from Wuhan
February 21, 2020Medical Communications Chinese Coronavirus, MERS, Sars, Wuhan, Wuhan Coronavirus, coronavirus
On Thursday, Ukrainian protestors attacked buses carrying people evacuated from Wuhan in China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. The …
New antibiotic discovered by AI for the first time
February 21, 2020Medical Communications AI, AI Clinical Trials, AI Drugs, AI antibiotics, MIT, algorithm, clinical trials
MIT researchers have identified a new antibiotic compound using a machine-learning algorithm. In the laboratory tests, the drug killed many …
New Keytruda dosing schedule rejected in six cancers by the FDA
February 20, 2020Sales and Marketing Cancer, FDA, MSD, keytruda, pharma
MSD’s blockbuster immunotherapy Keytruda has been stopped in its tracks by the FDA after the US regulator rejected its application …
Bristol-Myers Squibb demonstrates potential for long-term survival in kidney cancer patients treated with Opdivo plus Yervoy
February 20, 2020Business Services Cancer, Cancers, Yervoy, opdivo, renacl cell carcinoma, renal cancer
Bristol-Myers Squibb has announced updated results from trialing Opdivo (nivolumab) plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) versus sunitinib in patients with previously untreated …
GlaxoSmithKline acquires two solid tumor cell therapies from Immatics for $50 million
February 20, 2020Business Services Cancer, cancer cells, celluar immunotherapies, immunotherapies
GlaxoSmithKline has struck a deal to access two Immatics T-cell receptor (TCR) therapeutics. The deal sees GSK pay $50 million …
FDA approved over 1,000 generic drugs in 2019
February 20, 2020Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, generic drugs, pharma
The FDA covered a lot of ground in 2019 when it came to generic drugs, awarding at least tentative approval …
Two passengers with coronavirus die on quarantined cruise ship in Japan
February 20, 2020Business Services Chinese Coronavirus, MARS, Sars, Wuhan, Wuhan Coronavirus, coronavirus
Two Japanese passengers on a quarantined cruise ship have died after contracting the coronavirus.The pair were both in their 80’s …
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