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England’s antidepressant prescriptions double to 70m in a decade

March 29, 2019 Medical Communications England, UK, antidepressants, anxiety, depression, pharma

Figures released by NHS Digital have revealed that prescriptions for antidepressants in the UK have risen to 70.9 million, almost …
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ABPI calls for temporary export ban in effort to prevent shortages in case of no-deal Brexit

March 29, 2019 Medical Communications ABPI, UK, brexit, drug shortages, export market

The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has called for a temporary ban on exports as a means of …
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Sacklers fraudulently transferred funds to dodge litigation, lawsuit says

March 29, 2019 Medical Communications Litigation, New York, OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, Sackelr, opioids

New York state prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against members of the Sackler family, alleging the Purdue Pharma controllers fraudulently …
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Vertex destroyed nearly 8,000 packs of Orkambi in 2018

March 28, 2019 Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Briatin, Orkambi, UK, Vertex, cystic fibrosis

Vertex destroyed nearly 8,000 packs of the $272,000 a year cystic fibrosis drug Orkambi in 2018, the company said in …
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Working Life: Dr Paul-Peter Tak, ex-Senior Vice President, Development Lead and Chief Immunology Officer at GSK, Venture Partner at Flagship Pioneering

March 28, 2019 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing GSK, Working Life, feature

Dr Paul-Peter Tak, ex-Senior Vice President, Development Lead and Chief Immunology Officer at GSK, Venture Partner at Flagship Pioneering.How did …
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AMR advisor calls for public utility company to tackle AMR

March 28, 2019 Medical Communications, Research and Development AMR, Lord Jim O'Neill, antimicrobial resistance, pharma, public health

Lord Jim O’Neill, an economist and former government advisor on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), has accused the pharmaceutical industry of “spewing …
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Gilead accused of ripping off US taxpayers

March 28, 2019 Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing CDC, Gilead, HIV, PrEP, Truvada, US government, patents

Gilead have been accused of ‘ripping off’ US taxpayers after the firm was revealed to have generated $3 billion in …
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Japanese court orders public health campaigner to pay ¥3.3 million to anti-vaccine researcher

March 27, 2019 Medical Communications, Research and Development HPV, Japan, anti vaxx, anti-vaccine, public health, vaccines

Dr Riko Muranaka, a researcher and journalist who has campaigned against misinformation surrounding vaccines, has been ordered to pay ¥3.3 …
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Conducting internal investigations within a pharmaceutical business

March 25, 2019 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Reed Smith, feature, internal investigations, pharma

Though often necessary, internal investigations are seldom smooth or easy. Rosanne Kay, Partner at law firm Reed Smith, outlines a …
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FDA authorises Jazz Pharma’s sleep disorder therapy Sunosi

March 22, 2019 Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing FDA, jazz pharmaceuticals, pharma, sleep apnoea

Jazz Pharmaceuticals has announced that its dopamine and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (DNRI) Sunosi (solriamfetol) has been approved by the FDA …
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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week!

March 22, 2019 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Biogen, Eisai, FDA, Merck, NICE, Pfizer, Roche, Sandoz

This week was a bad week for clinical trials. While the FDA put Roche and AbbVie’s multiple myeloma trial on …
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Specialists petition FDA over opioid approval process

March 22, 2019 Medical Communications FDA, approval process, opioid crisis, opioids, painkillers

FDA officials have called on the federal agency to halt the approval of new narcotic painkillers. Dr Sidney Wolfe, a …
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Tate art galleries will not accept donations from Sacklers

March 22, 2019 Medical Communications OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, Sacklers, Tate, art galleries, opioid crisis

The Tate network of art galleries has said it will no longer accept gifts from the notorious Sackler family, the …
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Department of Veteran Affairs to offer Janssen’s esketamine to veterans with depression

March 21, 2019 Medical Communications Jannsen, Spravato, VA, depression, esketamine, military, veteran affairs

The United States Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), the federal agency responsible for providing healthcare services to military veterans, is …
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Breathing life into COPD research

March 21, 2019 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing COPD, GSK, feature

Alison Hollands, Vice President, Respiratory, UK Pharmaceuticals at GlaxoSmithKline, addresses the importance of implementing the latest approaches to treating COPD …
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