Data-driven insights: Keeping pace with the technological boom
June 8, 2017Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Big Data, data, technology
If you want to understand the importance of data, look at Google and Facebook – neither company is out of …
Calls strengthen for HPV vaccine for boys
June 8, 2017Medical Communications, Research and Development HPV, HPV vaccine
The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine began to be implemented in the UK in 2008. It started by immunising girls between …
Blood biomarker found to track development of Huntington’s disease
June 8, 2017Research and Development UCL, huntington's disease
Huntington’s disease (HD) is a rare and incurable hereditary condition of the central nervous system. The condition can cause involuntary …
AbbVie posts promising data on RA drug
June 8, 2017Research and Development AbbVie, JAK inhibitor
AbbVie posted results on upadacitinib, the latest drug in its pipeline for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the results have given …
Pfizer gets fast-track approval for rare heart condition
June 8, 2017Sales and Marketing Pfizer
Pfizer’s tafamidis has already been given approval in 40 countries across the globe but it has not currently broken into …
Genes found to play an important role in empathy
June 8, 2017Research and Development 23andME, University of Cambridge
A recent study, conducted by the University of Cambridge, has found that DNA plays a part in determining an individual’s …
Novartis and IBM form breast cancer research partnership
June 7, 2017Research and Development Novartis, ibm
Novartis is to join forces with tech giant IBM and its Watson Health platform to tackle advanced breast cancer with …
Unprecedented CAR-T data shows 100% response rate
June 7, 2017Research and Development ASCO, CAR T, CAR-T
Researchers celebrated a world-first at the American Society of Clinical Oncology conference, revealing data which showed that, in a study …
Takeda launches construction of €40 million Dublin facility
June 7, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Dublin, Ireland, Takeda
Takeda has officially launched the construction of a new €40 million expansion of its production facility in Dublin, Ireland, with …
1 in 6 US patients are given wrong dose of blood-thinners, study suggests
June 7, 2017Research and Development Mayo Clinic, atrial fibrillation, blood thinner, blood-thinner
New research data from the Mayo Clinic has suggested that as much as one in six patients suffering from atrial …
Servier fights fine over antitrust breaches
June 7, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing European Commission, Servier, generic
Servier, a French pharmaceutical firm, has sought to lower the fine it received from the European Commission for breaching antitrust …
Oxford Uni collaboration Scenic Biotech secures funding for its ‘genetic off-switch’
June 6, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development University of Oxford
The University of Oxford has joined forces with the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) in an international collaboration known as Scenic …
Novartis and BMS partner up to explore Mekinist/Opdivo combinations
June 6, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development
Novartis and Bristol-Myers Squibb have announced they are to enter a clinical research partnership to investigate and assess the effectiveness …
ABPI launches online tool for greater research collaboration
June 6, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development
A new tool developed by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry could lead to stronger research relationships between the …
Pfizer drug beats AZ rival in halting lung cancer
June 6, 2017Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development NSCLC, Pfizer
New data from late-stage trials suggests that Pfizer’s dacomitinib beat out AstraZeneca’s rival treatment Iressa (gefitinib) at halting the progression …
AZ withdraws Brilinta batch for containing the wrong drug after packaging mix-up
June 6, 2017Manufacturing and Production AstraZeneca
The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Health and Prevention has called for the withdrawal of a batch of AstraZeneca’s cardiovascular …
Novel Drug Movers and Shakers 2013-2016
June 5, 2017Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
To view the original whitepaper from NDA, please click here.Small and Medium Sized Companies in North America Lead Novel Drug …
Recipharm opens new GMP suite for clinical trial material
June 5, 2017Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing
Recipharm, the contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), has opened a newly built GMP suite for clinical trial material (CTM) …
New game, new rules: Pathways for better and affordable medicines in Europe
June 5, 2017Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EU, brexit, market access
Yannis Natsis, Policy Manager for Universal Access and Affordable Medicines at the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), discusses the latest …
BMS’ Opdivo scores eighth approval in Europe for bladder cancer
June 5, 2017Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cancer, Europe, European Commission, bladder cancer, immunotherapy
Bristol-Myers Squibb has announced that its flagship immunotherapy treatment Opdivo (nivolumab) has secured its eighth approval in Europe as the …
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