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GSK closes Legionella-hit US site

August 14, 2015 Manufacturing and Production GSK, Legionnaire's disease, legionella, manufacturing, production

GSK has temporarily shut down its manufacturing site in North Carolina due to the discovery of the bacteria which causes …
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Cost of diabetes treatment in England rises

August 12, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing HSCIC, NHS, diabetes, health and social care information centre, prescribing

As diabetes patients increase in numbers the cost of treating the disease in England has increased to more than £800 …
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MedImmune and Inovio collaborate on cancer vaccine

August 11, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development AstraZeneca, HPV, Inovio, MedImmune, cancer vaccines, cervical cancer, oncology

MedImmune has entered into a license agreement and collaboration with Inovio, a biotechnology company developing DNA-based immunotherapies for cancer and …
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Aprecia boosts 3D printing facilities at new US site

August 11, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development

Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, which scored a world-first by becoming the first manufacturer to gain FDA approval for a three-dimensional printed (3DP) …
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Cold chain management and transportation of medicines

August 11, 2015 Manufacturing and Production CEIV, IATA, Transport, cold chain, fly pharma, fly pharma conference, logistics, supply chain, transportation, vaccines

Riekert Bruinink, a member of the guideline drafting committee and the Dutch health inspectorate, has a very simple explanation of …
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US to lead global contract manufacturing market by 2020

August 11, 2015 Manufacturing and Production APIs, United States, manufacturing, production

The global pharmaceutical contract manufacturing market was worth $58 billion in 2014 and is projected to reach $84 billion in 2020, according to a …
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Price tags on medicine packs a “headline grabbing gimmick”

August 7, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications Drug pricing, Jeremy Hunt, NHS, adherence, compliance

Plans to include a price tag on prescription medicines in England worth more than £20 have been dismissed as a …
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Pfizer and Flynn rapped for overcharging on anti-epilepsy drug

August 6, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing CMA, Drug pricing, Flynn Pharma, Pfizer, competitions markets authority, epilepsy, generics, phenytoin, pricing

Pharma firms Pfizer and Flynn Pharma have been accused by the UK’s competition watchdog of charging ‘excessive and unfair’ prices …
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AstraZeneca buys rights to Heptares experimental cancer treatment

August 6, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Cancer, HTL-1071, immuno-oncology

AstraZeneca has entered into a licensing agreement with Heptares for the global rights to the experimental cancer treatment HTL-1071. The …
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First 3D-printed drug approved by FDA

August 4, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development 3d printing, FDA, manufacturing, production

The world of medicine saw a new pharma milestone this week, with the first approval by the FDA of a …
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Sanofi launches new insulin Toujeo in the UK

August 4, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Lantus, Sanofi, biosimilars, diabetes, hypoglycaemia, insulin, toujeo

Sanofi’s new insulin Toujeo is now available for clinicians to prescribe in the UK. The French firm is looking to …
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Teva buys majority stake in genomic analysis firm

August 4, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CNS, Immuneering, Teva, central nervous system, genetic analysis

Teva has agreed to by a 51% equity share of genomic-analysis company Immuneering to advance treatments for diseases of the …
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Shire in $300m Foresight acquisition

August 4, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FST-100, Foresight Biotherapeutics, Shire, conjunctivitis, dry eye, lifitegrast, pink eye

Shire has acquired Foresight Biotherapeutics for $300 million, as it looks to build its presence in eye diseases. The acquisition …
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CSL completes $275m Novartis vaccines acquisition

August 3, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing CSL, Novartis, acquisitions, asset swap, vaccines

CSL Limited has finalised its transaction to acquire Novartis’s global influenza vaccine business for $275 million. The move means Novartis …
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AstraZeneca and Isis Pharma in $65m drugs collaboration

August 3, 2015 Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development AstraZeneca, Isis Pharma, Isis Pharmaceuticals, antisense, drug R&D

Isis Pharmaceuticals and AstraZeneca have announced a strategic collaboration to discover and develop antisense therapies for cardiovascular, metabolic and renal …
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