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2017

Seven pharma trends for 2017

December 22, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing M&A, MA, biosimilars, collaborations, digital pharma, emerging markets, patient centricity, pharma, pricing

What will be the key industry trends in 2017?Industry uncertaintyPerhaps the biggest hallmark of 2016-going-into-2017 is the sense of hesitation …
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Fluor wins $2 billion Novo contract to build API manufacturing facility

December 22, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Fluor, Novo Nordisk, north carolina

Fluor Corporation has won an engineering, procurement and construction management contract for Novo Nordisk’s $2 billion diabetes active pharmaceutical ingredient …
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Actelion acquisition hokey-cokey continues with J&J returning to table

December 22, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Actelion, Johnson & Johnson, Sanofi

The Actelion takeover saga continues with Johnson & Johnson back in the game, and now re-entering into exclusive negotiations. Actelion …
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Sun Pharma to acquire Novartis’s drug for $175 million

December 22, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Novartis, Sun Pharma

Sun Pharma has announced that it will acquire Odomzo from Novartis for an upfront fee of $175 million alongside additional …
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Colombian government forces through near half-price cut of Novartis drug

December 21, 2016 Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Colombia, Novartis

The Colombian government has lowered the price of Glivec (imatinib) by 44%, a cancer drug made by Novartis. The case …
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FDA new drug approvals sink to six year low

December 21, 2016 Medical Communications, Research and Development FDA, NDA, new drug approvals

The FDA has released figures to show that drug approvals have fallen from last year’s high of 45 new drugs …
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AZ oncology head leaves to become Innate Pharma chairman

December 21, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AstraZeneca, Innate Pharma

French firm Innate Pharma has announced that the current-AstraZeneca head of oncology is joining the company as chairman of the …
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Treatment using light and deep-sea bacteria kills cancer cells

December 20, 2016 Medical Communications, Research and Development Vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy

A technique called vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy (VTP) has been developed that sent 49% of patients suffering from prostate cancer into …
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Japan announces measure to crack down on drug pricing

December 20, 2016 Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications Japan, Shinzo Abe, opdivo

Japan has committed to annual drug price reviews whilst also expanding the scope by which the prices are deemed to …
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Robert Ross joins Surface Oncology as chief medical officer

December 19, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Surface Oncology, bluebirdbio

Surface Oncology, an immuno-oncology company developing immunotherapies that target the tumour microenvironment, has announced the appointment of Robert Ross as …
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Insider interview: NICE discusses its planned ‘fast-track’ appraisal process

December 19, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing NHS, NICE, UK, approval

Jenniffer Prescott, associate director of planning, operations and topic selection, answers questions on NICE’s recent plans for a ‘fast-track’ appraisal …
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FDA removes black box warning on Pfizer’s anti-smoking medication

December 19, 2016 Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, anti-smoking, nicotine, smoking

The FDA has decided to remove the “black box” warning upon Pfizer’s anti-smoking drug, Chantix, basing its decision upon the …
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Genentech announces Bill Anderson as new CEO

December 16, 2016 Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Bill Anderson, Genentech, Roche

Genentech, the biotech subsidiary of Roche, has announced that Genentech veteran, Ian Clark, will retire as CEO on 1 January. …
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MSD-Gilead patent squabble ends in $2.54 billion verdict

December 16, 2016 Medical Communications

A patent lawsuit between Gilead Sciences and MSD, known as Merck in the US, has resulted in MSD being awarded …
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Top Ten most popular articles on Pharmafile.com this week

December 16, 2016 Medical Communications biggest news, biggest stories, top 10, top 10 stories, top stories, top ten

Christmas is nearly here, but there isn’t much Christmas cheer to be had in the pharmaceutical industry. It’s been a …
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