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GSK begins work on £100m India facility

September 9, 2015 Manufacturing and Production GlaxoSmithKline, India, manufacturing

GSK has begun work on its new Rs. 1000 crore (£100m) pharmaceutical factory in Vemgal, southern India. When fully operational …

Sun Pharma strengthens opiates business

September 8, 2015 Manufacturing and Production Australia, GSK, Sun Pharma, manufacturing and production, opiates

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has strengthened its global opiates manufacturing business with the acquisition of two Australian manufacturing facilities from GlaxoSmithKline. …
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Novo Nordisk expands in Denmark

September 8, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Denmark, Novo Nordisk, haemophilia API

Novo Nordisk has announced that the company is investing 500 million Danish kroner (about £48.8 million) in a new 19,000 …
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Novo joins forces with MIT innovating drug devices

September 8, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk has initiated a research collaboration with the Langer Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for what is …
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Neurology comes to the fore

September 7, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, neurology

Neurology is an area where pharma has struggled to deliver in recent years.Yet the high unmet need for drugs to …
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Sandoz launches first US biosimilar

September 3, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Amgen, Neupogen, Novartis, Sandoz, Zarxio, biosimilar, biosimilars, filgrastim

Sandoz, the generics arm of the pharma giants Novartis, has become the first company to launch a biosimilar product in …
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Shire appoints Sara Mathew to board of directors

September 2, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Sara Mathew, Shire

Shire has appointed Sara Mathew to its board of directors as a non-executive director.Mathew will also be a member of …
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Standardising the pharma benefit-risk assessment process

September 1, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, FDA, benefit-risk analysis, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacovigilance

Over the past decade, pharmaceutical companies and regulatory agencies have been reviewing the benefit-risk assessment of medicines with a view …
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Alexion scores double EU approval

September 1, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Alexion, EC, European Commission, Kanuma, Strensiq, asfotase alfa, sebelipase alfa, ultra rare disease, ultra-rare disease

Two treatments developed by ultra-rare disease specialists Alexion Pharmaceuticals are now approved for use in Europe. The European Commission approved …

Bristol-Myers Squibb makes big pharma deals

September 1, 2015 Manufacturing and Production BMS, Bristol-Myers Squibb, PRM-151, Promedior, QIMR, fibrosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, immuno-oncology, myelofibrosis

Bristol-Myers Squibb is flexing its muscles in respiratory disease, by signing a deal to acquire the exclusive right to acquire …
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FDA issues gliptin joint pain warning

September 1, 2015 Manufacturing and Production DPP-4 inhibitors, ESC, FDA, TECOS, adverse effects, drug safety, gliptins, safety alert, safety warning

The FDA has issued a safety alert, warning of joint pain caused by the gliptins, a common class of drugs …
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Abbott to table $25bn bid for medical device maker St Jude?

August 27, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Abbott Laboratories, mergers and acquisitions, st jude medical

Abbott Laboratories is said to be preparing a $25 billion takeover bid for medical device maker St Jude Medical.  Illinois-based Abbott …
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Novo Nordisk plans $2bn expansion of production facilities

August 26, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Novo Nordisk, manufacturing

Novo Nordisk will invest an estimated $2 billion over the next five years in new production facilities in the US, …
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Lilly and Boehringer launch biosimilar insulin in the UK

August 26, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Boehringer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, Lantus, abasaglar, basal insulin, biosimilar, biosimilars, diabetes, insuling glargine, lilly

Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim have launched their biosimilar insulin, called abasaglar, for the UK market. Abasaglar will now challenge the …
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TSRI and Janssen close in on universal flu vaccine

August 25, 2015 Manufacturing and Production Janssen, Vaccine, flu, immunology, universal flu vaccine

Scientists from Janssen and The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found a way to induce antibodies to fight a wide …
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