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GSK and Sanofi considering developing Zika vaccine

January 26, 2016 Manufacturing and Production GSK, Sanofi, World Health Organisation, Zika virus, microcephaly

Pharma companies Sanofi and GSK are reviewing the possibility of using their respective inoculation technologies to develop a vaccine for …
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UK Government commits £1 billion to malaria fight

January 26, 2016 Manufacturing and Production Bill Gates, Chancellor, George Osborne, Ross Fund, infectious diseases, malaria

Chancellor George Osborne has set out details of a billion pound fund to develop, test and produce new products to …
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Shire tries again with lifitegrast dry eye FDA application

January 25, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing FDA, Shire, dry eye disease, lifitegrast

Shire has resubmitted its New Drug Application (NDA) to the US FDA for its rejected dry eye syndrome drug lifitegrast. …
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Avacta appoints Philippe Cotrel as chief commercial officer

January 25, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Avacta

Cotrel joins Avacta from Abcam, where he held the role of commercial operations director.He will lead the Group’s commercial strategy …
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New chief exec at MannKind

January 25, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alfred Mann, Duane DeSisto, Insulet, Mannkind, Matthew Pffefer

The board of directors of MannKind have appointed Matthew Pfeffer as chief executive of MannKind.He replaces Alfred Mann who has …
Appointment

AbbVie VP joins UCB Pharma

January 25, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Pascale Richetta, UCB, UCB Pharma

Pascale Richetta will join the UCB as its new head of the bone therapy patient value unit as from February …
Appointment
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Researchers raise TPP legislation concerns

January 25, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Legislation, Trans-Pacific Partnership, tpp, trade agreement

Academics have warned that global trade regulations under consideration by the US and other countries could prevent access to medicines …
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Patients sue J&J for $800m for ‘hiding antibiotic side effects’

January 22, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, Janssen, Johnson and Johnson, Levaquin, Margaret Hamburg, lawsuit, levofloxacin

Six users of Johnson & Johnson’s antibiotic Levaquin are to sue the company for up to $870 million, claiming the …
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Pharma leads global call for action on antimicrobial resistance

January 21, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Davos, Lord Jim O'Neill, Review on antimicrobial resistance, World Economic Forum, antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial resistance

More than 70 leading international pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, as well as industry associations, have come together to call for …
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MSD and GAVI agree Ebola vaccine deal

January 20, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Ebola, GAVI, MSD, WHO

MSD and the global vaccine alliance Gavi have agreed a deal to provide 300,000 dosesof  an Ebola virus vaccine, to …
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Lilly awaits FDA review of new arthritis treatment

January 20, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Eli Lilly, FDA, Incyte, NDA, baricitinib, lilly, new drug application, rheumatoid arthritis

Eli Lilly has submitted a new drug application (NDA) to the FDA for baricitinib as a treatment for moderate-to-severe rheumatoid …
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J&J to cut up to 3,000 jobs in key business unit

January 20, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Jobs, Johnson and Johnson, pharmajobs, redundancies

Johnson & Johnson has announced a restructuring of its medical devices business unit that could result in up to 3,000 …
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French Health Minister criticises CRO’s slow response to clinical trial accident

January 19, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Bial, Biotrial, Marisol Tourain, clinical trial

Days after the clinical trial accident that left one participant dead and five hospitalised with neurological problems, French Health Minister …
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Bayer opens OTC drug plant in China

January 19, 2016 Manufacturing and Production Bayer, China, OTC, TCM, Yunnan, over the counter, traditional Chinese medicine

Bayer has opened a new manufacturing plant to produce over-the-counter (OTC) drugs in China, as the German firm looks to …
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Alzheimer’s drugs prescriptions rise six-fold in a decade

January 19, 2016 Manufacturing and Production Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's disease, NHSIC, dementia, prescribing

The number of prescriptions dispensed in England for approved medicines to treat Alzheimer’s increased from 502,000 in 2004 to 3 …
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