Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week
June 23, 2017Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing top ten
We’re officially into summer, and the weekend is here. This week saw a number of stories that piqued the attention …
Immune system attacks the brain in Alzheimer’s, study suggests
June 22, 2017Research and Development Alzheimer's
New research has identified direct evidence that the body’s immune system attacks the brain in Parkinson’s disease, seemingly confirming a …
Risk estimate produced from long-term BRCA gene study
June 22, 2017Research and Development BRCA, Cancer Research UK, University of Cambridge
A new study funded by Cancer Research UK and carried out by the University of Cambridge has identified the ages …
New research unlocks the key to slowing cancer metastasis
June 22, 2017Research and Development Cancer, metastasis
Stemming from a theory she developed as a sophomore at John Hopkins University in Maryland, Hasini Jayatilaka and a team …
Novartis pulls off surprise success in cardiovascular risk
June 22, 2017Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novartis
Novartis has posted positive news from the Cantos clinical trial study that saw its drug, Canakinumab, pull of a surprise …
FDA’s Gottlieb draws those ‘gaming’ system into pricing debate
June 22, 2017Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Drug pricing, FDA, Trump
President Trump spoke often of how pharmaceutical companies were ‘getting away with murder’, in regards to drug pricing, and now …
FDA locks down import from 3 Indian IPCA facilities
June 21, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development FDA, India, Ipca
More drama in the Indian pharma sector as the FDA announces it has enforced a ban on the import of …
10 years later, Shire gains FDA approval for ADHD drug
June 21, 2017Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ADHD, Shire
Shire has revealed that the FDA has approved its long-acting and interestingly named ADHD drug, Mydayis. The approval comes more …
Immune system exhaustion associated with irritable bowel syndrome
June 21, 2017Research and Development IBS, irritable bowel syndrome, t cells
Researchers from the University of Adelaide have linked a specific type of irritable bowel syndrome with the exhaustion of the …
FDA backs Novo’s diabetes drug for cardiovascular efficacy
June 21, 2017Research and Development Novo Nordisk, Victoza
Good news for Novo Nordisk as the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee (EMDAC) of the FDA recommends that data …
FDA-approved drugs in combination could provide new antibiotics
June 21, 2017Research and Development Antibiotics, FDA, antibiotic resistance
Research emerging from the University of Utah Health has built on knowledge that drugs used in combination can be more …
Novartis receives positive news in eye drug P3 studies
June 20, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Eylea, Novartis, Regeneron
Novartis has achieved positive feedback from its two Phase 3 studies into its eye drug RTH258 (brolucizumab), which found it …
GSK’s new President of Global Pharma join date revealed as AZ drops lawsuit
June 20, 2017Business Services, Manufacturing and Production AZ, AstraZeneca, GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, Luke Miels
The transition of former AstraZeneca Executive Vice President for Europe Luke Miels to rival pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline has not been …
‘Vaccine’ to lower cholesterol enters human trials
June 20, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development AFFiRis, cholesterol, diabetes
After positive results for a ‘vaccine’ to combat fatty deposits in the arteries in mice, the researchers have taken the …
Pfizer launches vaccine study in Group B Streptococcus
June 20, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Group B Streptococcus, Pfizer
A potentially pivotal Phase 1 study has been launched by Pfizer into the use of its investigational vaccine as a …
Merkel opens Takeda’s new production facility in Germany
June 20, 2017Manufacturing and Production Germany, Takeda, merkel
Angela Merkel was part of the opening ceremony that saw Takeda announce the completion of a third production space in …
Thermo Fisher Scientific announces single quadrupole mass spectrometer and specialised columns
June 19, 2017Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced new technologies that are designed to allow analytical …
Severe asthma patients require more support, Novartis study suggests
June 19, 2017Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novartis, asthma
A new study from Novartis has indicated that patients suffering from severe asthma still do not get adequate support to …
Sudanese research centre launches first-ever mycetoma trial
June 19, 2017Research and Development, Sales and Marketing mycetoma
A significant step forward has been made in moving towards a treatment for neglected tropical disease mycetoma as the first-ever …
Making strides in hepatitis
June 19, 2017Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Janssen, Johnson & Johnson
Pharmafocus caughtup with Lawrence Blatt, Janssen’s Global Therapeutic Area Head, Infectious Diseases and Vaccines, to discuss the progress being made in the …
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