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Shire hands over its oncology franchise to Servier for $2.4bn

August 31, 2018 Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cancer, Servier, Shire, oncology, pharma, sale

Shire has completed the sale of its oncology franchise to French firm Servier for $2.4 billion, handing over the global …
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Trump administration resists WHO efforts to tackle antimicrobial resistance

August 31, 2018 Medical Communications AMR, Trump, US, US government, WHO, antimicrobial resistance

The Trump administration is in the process of drafting an alternative to the World Health Organization’s guidelines on the use …
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AZ’s lupus drug fails to curb lupus activity at Phase 3

August 31, 2018 Medical Communications, Research and Development AstraZeneca, Lupus, anifrolumab, pharma

AstraZeneca and its biologics R&D arm MedImmune have released a statement admitting that their fully human monoclonal antibody anifrolumab failed …
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Bristol-Myers Squibb appoints Christopher Boerner as new Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer

August 30, 2018 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing BMS, Bristol-Myers Squibb, bristol myers squibb, cco, chief commercial officer, christopher boerner, executive vice president, murdo gordon

Bristol Myers Squibb has announced that Dr Christopher Boerner will take over from Murdo Gordon as executive Vice President and …
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Contraceptive app Natural Cycles investigated over “misleading” efficacy claims

August 30, 2018 Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing APP Pharma, Natural Cycles, UK, app. pharma

The company behind Natural Cycles, the first-ever approved smartphone app promising a natural alternative to contraception, has seen a Facebook …
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Opioid prescriptions hit 15 year low, as FDA’s Gottlieb reaffirms commitment against crisis

August 30, 2018 Medical Communications FDA, opioid crisis, prescriptions, scott gottleib

The amount of opioids prescribed to patients in the United States has fallen to a 15 year low according to …
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Russian trolls spread vaccine misinformation on Twitter

August 28, 2018 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Russia, misinformation, public health, study, vaccines

Twitter bots and Russian trolls post content about vaccination at significantly higher rates than normal users, a new study has …
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Dompé gives the FDA its first approved neurotrophic keratitis treatment

August 24, 2018 Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Dompe, FDA, Oxervate, eye disease, pharma

Milan-based biotech firm Dompé has revealed that the FDA has awarded approval in the US to its Oxervate (cenegermin-bkbj ophthalmic …
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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

August 24, 2018 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing India, Ireland, manufacturin, san francisco, top 10

As summer comes to an end manufacturing dominated the news, with jobs lost in both Ireland and San Francisco. Meanwhile …
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Homeopathic medicines specialist King Bio enacts nationwide recall

August 24, 2018 Medical Communications asheville, homeopathy, king bio, nc, recall

The Asheville-based drug maker King Bio is recalling 32 children’s medicines because of potential ‘microbial contamination’. The homeopathic medicines specialist …
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Generics could save US Medicare $1 billion per year

August 24, 2018 Medical Communications Medicare, United States, branded, generics, marketing, savings

The United States national health insurance programme Medicare could have save $1 billion through the use of generic drugs according …
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Government publishes no-deal Brexit guidance, health secretary tells pharma companies to stockpile medicines

August 24, 2018 Medical Communications ABPI, EU, UK, brexit, government, stockpiling

The British Government has published a document offering guidance as to what should be expected in the case of a …
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Gilead CMO announces departure alongside two new exec appointments

August 17, 2018 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Gilead, pharma

Gilead has announced that its Chief Medical Officer is to vacate the role after just five months and leave the …
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FDA approves first-ever generic EpiPen versions, courtesy of Teva

August 17, 2018 Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing FDA, Mylan, Teva, US, epipen, pharma

The FDA has announced the approval of the first generic versions of Mylan’s EpiPen and EpiPen Jr epinephrine auto-injectors as …
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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

August 17, 2018 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, CMO, Litigation, OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, approvals, top 10

This week’s pharmaceutical headlines were dominated by legal spats as the state of New York sued OxyContin drug maker Purdue …
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