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AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi gets orphan drug designation from FDA

July 12, 2019 Medical Communications AstraZeneca, Cancer, Imfinzi, lung cancer, pharma

AstraZeneca’s cancer immunotherapy Imfinzi has been granted orphan drug status as a treatment for small cell lung cancer (SCLC). The …
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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week!

July 12, 2019 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, HPV, NHS, NICE, Novartis, Pfizer, Trump, pharma, vaccines

This week’s most popular story covered news of Trump’s claims that he will introduce an executive order to ensure the …
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Bernie Sanders to join trip to Canada for cheaper insulin

July 12, 2019 Medical Communications

Senator Bernie Sanders is set to join people with Type 1 diabetes on a trip to Canada in search of …
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Novartis and Amgen halt trials into Alzheimer’s drug after patients get worse

July 12, 2019 Medical Communications Alzheimer's, Amgen, Banner Alzheimer's Institute, Novartis, dementia, pharma, research

Novartis, Amgen and Banner Alzheimer’s Institute have dropped a study into investigational Alzheimer’s drug CNP520 (umibecestat) after some patient’s conditions …
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Trump administration drops law to end rebates for PBMs

July 11, 2019 Medical Communications PBMs, Rebates, Trump, USA, pharma, us politics

The Trump administration has dropped plans to introduce a law which would end rebates on prescription drugs under Medicare. The …
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African measles cases surge by 700%

July 11, 2019 Medical Communications, Research and Development Africa, Médecins Sans Frontières, measles, pharma

The number of cases of measles infection on the African continent has surged by 700%, according to data from the …
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NHS partners with Amazon to offer health information through Alexa

July 11, 2019 Medical Communications Alexa, NHS, NHS LOng term plan, amazon, digitalisation, pharma, privacy

The NHS is collaborating with e-commerce giant Amazon to provide health information through the voice-activated, ‘virtual assistant’ Alexa. Patients will …
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GSK hires computational drug design expert Dr Kim Branson as new head of machine learning and AI

July 10, 2019 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing

British multinational GlaxoSmithKline have hired computational drug design expert Dr Kim Branson as the company’s new Senior Vice President, Global …
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Insider Interview: A roadblock for counterfeit drugs?

July 8, 2019 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Merck KGaA, blockchain, fake drugs, feature, pharma

Dr Thomas Endress, Founder, and Dr Frederic Berkermann, co-?Founder, of a new technology being developed at the Merck Innovation Center …
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ABPI Chief Executive Mike Thompson to retire by the end of 2019

July 5, 2019 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Mike Thompson, pharma

The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has announced that its Chief Executive Mike Thompson is to retire from …
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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week!

July 5, 2019 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Brenntag, Elizabeth Warren, HIV, Novartis, PrEP, cannabis, crispr, pharma

The top story of this week covered Novartis’ announcement that they did not send chemicals that could be used to …
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FDA sharpen focus on pharmaceutical companies under Trump

July 5, 2019 Medical Communications FDA, Obama, Trump, USA, pharma, regulation

The overall number of warning letters being sent out by the FDA has dropped under President Donald Trump, according to …
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NICE recommends Pfizer’s Vizimpro, rejects AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso, in non-small cell lung cancer

July 5, 2019 Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Cancer, NHS, NICE, Pfizer, UK, Vizimpro, lung cancer, pharma

NICE has announced its decision to recommend Pfizer’s Vizimpro (Dacomitinib) in the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) – a …
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Scientists use cold virus to treat bladder cancer

July 5, 2019 Medical Communications, Research and Development CVA21, Cancer, bladder cancer, oncology, oncolytic, pharma, virus

A strain of the virus that causes the common cold has been found to potentially target, infect and kill cancer …
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UK Government call for more research into medicinal cannabis

July 4, 2019 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing CBMP, Marijuana, UK, medicinal cannabis, pharma, politics

The British government has called for more research into cannabis-based medicinal products (CBMPs). In a paper published on 3 July, …
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